Tim Scott

Tim Scott
Tim Scott
	Official portrait
United States Senator; from South Carolina
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 2, 2013 Serving with Lindsey Graham
Preceded by	Jim DeMint
Preceded by
Committee positions
Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 3, 2023
Preceded by	Pat Toomey
Ranking Member of the Senate Aging Committee
	In office; February 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023
Preceded by	Bob Casey Jr.
Succeeded by	Mike Braun
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from South Carolina's 1st district
	In office; January 3, 2011 – January 2, 2013
Preceded by	Henry E. Brown Jr.
Succeeded by	Mark Sanford
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives; from the 117th district
	In office; January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011
Preceded by	Tom Dantzler
Succeeded by	Bill Crosby
Member of the Charleston County Council; from the 3rd district
	In office; February 8, 1995 – January 3, 2009
Preceded by	Keith Summey
Succeeded by	Elliott Summey
Personal details
Born	Timothy Eugene Scott; September 19, 1965 (age 59); North Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Mindy Noce (m. 2024)
Education	Presbyterian College; Charleston Southern University (BS)
Signature
Website	Senate website
	Scott's voice Scott on the importance of extended family members in the child-rearing process; Recorded June 22, 2022

Timothy Eugene Scott (born September 19, 1965) is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator from South Carolina since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a member of the Charleston County Council, a state representative, and a U.S. Representative. He also worked in financial services before entering politics.

After the 2024 elections, Scott was elected chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. He chose Senators Marsha Blackburn, Ted Budd, Katie Britt, and Pete Ricketts, and Senator-elect Jim Banks as vice chairs.^[1] Scott will also chair the Senate Banking Committee at the start of the 2025 term.^[2]

Scott served on the Charleston County Council from 1995 to 2009. He then served in the South Carolina General Assembly from 2009 to 2011 and represented South Carolina's 1st congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013.

Nikki Haley, then governor of South Carolina, appointed Scott to the U.S. Senate in 2013 to fill a vacancy. He retained his Senate seat after winning a special election in 2014 and was elected to a full term in 2016 and reelected in 2022. He became the first African-American senator from the Southern United States to be directly elected.^[3]^[4]

Scott was a candidate in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries, forming an exploratory committee on April 13, 2023.^[5] He filed Federal Election Commission paperwork to run for president on May 19 and formally declared his candidacy three days later.^[6] Scott suspended his campaign on November 12 of that year due to low poll numbers.^[7]

^ STAFF, ABC NEWS 4 (November 21, 2024). "Sen. Tim Scott announces NRSC vice-chairs to strengthen Republican Senate majority". WCIV. Retrieved November 24, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Sen. Tim Scott voted National Republican Senatorial Committee chairman". spectrumlocalnews.com. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
^ "Political firsts: How history was made this midterm election". USA Today. November 5, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
^ Reed, Adolph (December 18, 2012). "The Puzzle of Black Republicans". The New York Times. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cai, Sophia; Doherty, Cai (May 22, 2023). "Tim Scott officially kicks off 2024 GOP presidential campaign". Axios. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
^ Vakil, Caroline (November 12, 2023). "Tim Scott suspends 2024 GOP primary bid". The Hill. Retrieved November 12, 2023.