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Tim Scott was born on September 19, 1965, in North Charleston, South Carolina, to Frances, a nursing assistant, and Ben Scott Sr. When Scott was seven years old, his parents divorced, leaving him and his older brother, who later became a sergeant major in the U.S. Army , to grow up in working-class poverty with their mother, who often worked ...
As the 119 th Congress begins on Friday, Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is poised to make history as the longest-serving African American in the 235-year history of the U.S. Senate ...
Sen. Tim Scott, R-SC, (2nd-R) speaks as Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump (L), North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum (2nd-R) and Vivek Ramaswamy (R) listen during a ...
The previous longest-serving Black senator was the late Republican Sen. Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, who held office from 1967 until 1979. ... Sen. Tim Scott on Friday makes history, becoming ...
A Republican, Brooke was the first black senator to serve two terms in the Senate, holding office until 1979. [5] From 1979 to 1993, there were no black members of the United States Senate. Between 1993 and 2010, three black members of the Illinois Democratic Party would hold Illinois's Class 3 Senate seat at different times.
Republican: 42.8% New York 2022: Cheri Beasley + Democratic: 47.3%: North Carolina 2022: Malcolm Kenyatta: Democratic: 10.85% primary result [7] Pennsylvania 2022: Catherine Fleming Bruce: Democratic: 44.23% primary runoff result [8] South Carolina 2022: Krystle Matthews + Democratic: 37%: South Carolina 2022: Tim Scott + Republican: 62.9% ...
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) has become the longest-serving Black senator in U.S. history, as the 119th Congress begins Friday. Scott was appointed to the Senate in 2012 by then-Gov. Nikki Haley (R ...
Raised by a single mother, Scott, 57, talks often of how Frances Scott worked long hours as a nurse's assistant to provide for her two sons. At age 18, Scott became what he terms a “born-again ...