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Scott volunteered for the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse of Northwest Louisiana. Judy Williams, the former council president, compared him to "a coach, someone to encourage [the alcoholics and drug abusers]. He made them aware of the consequences, but he came to know them personally ... by name, their situations. He always ended with an encouragement — 'Keep up the good work' or 'I know you're going to do well.'"<ref name=scottsimpact>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2015/04/26/charles-scotts-personal-impact-shared/26401819/|title=Charles Scott's personal impact shared|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=April 26, 2015}}</ref>

Scott volunteered for the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse of Northwest Louisiana. Judy Williams, the former council president, compared him to "a coach, someone to encourage [the alcoholics and drug abusers]. He made them aware of the consequences, but he came to know them personally ... by name, their situations. He always ended with an encouragement — 'Keep up the good work' or 'I know you're going to do well.'"<ref name=scottsimpact>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2015/04/26/charles-scotts-personal-impact-shared/26401819/|title=Charles Scott's personal impact shared|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=April 26, 2015}}</ref>

On October 1, 1994, Judge Scott ran unsuccessfully for the Louisiana Supreme Court. Appeals Court Judge Henry Newton Brown, Jr., the former district attorney for neighboring Bossier and Webster parishes, led a three-candidate field in the nonpartisan blanket primary with 43,811 votes (37.5 percent). In second place was Brown's circuit judge colleague, [[Jeffrey Victory]] of Shreveport, then a Democrat and later a [[Republican Party|Republican]] convert, who received 36,522 (31.27 percent). Scott finished third with 36,480 votes (31.23 percent), 42 critical ballots behind Victory and was thus eliminated from the race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10011994/10011994_MultiParish.html|title=Primary election returns, October 1, 1994|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=June 26, 2012}}</ref> In the second round of balloting on November 8, 1994, Victory prevailed over Brown, 69,864 (53 percent) to 62,048 (47 percent). Supreme Court terms in Louisiana extend for ten years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11081994/11081994_MultiParish.html|title=General election returns, November 8, 1994|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=June 26, 2012}}</ref> Victory has since retired from the Supreme Court; Brown remains on the circuit court.

On October 1, 1994, Judge Scott ran unsuccessfully for the Louisiana Supreme Court. Appeals Court Judge Henry Newton Brown, Jr., the former district attorney for neighboring Bossier and Webster parishes, led a three-candidate field in the nonpartisan blanket primary with 43,811 votes (37.5 percent). In second place was Brown's circuit judge colleague, [[Jeffrey P. Victory]] of Shreveport, then a Democrat and later a [[Republican Party|Republican]] convert, who received 36,522 (31.27 percent). Scott finished third with 36,480 votes (31.23 percent), 42 critical ballots behind Victory and was thus eliminated from the race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10011994/10011994_MultiParish.html|title=Primary election returns, October 1, 1994|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=June 26, 2012}}</ref> In the second round of balloting on November 8, 1994, Victory prevailed over Brown, 69,864 (53 percent) to 62,048 (47 percent). Supreme Court terms in Louisiana extend for ten years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11081994/11081994_MultiParish.html|title=General election returns, November 8, 1994|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=June 26, 2012}}</ref> Victory has since retired from the Supreme Court; Brown remains on the circuit court.

   

   

In 2008, after retiring as a district judge, Scott returned to public life to run for district attorney to succeed Paul J. Carmouche, a Democrat originally from Assumption Parish in South Louisiana, who instead ran for Louisiana's 4th congressional district seat and lost narrowly to the Republican [[John Fleming]], who still retains that seat. Scott polled 29,419 votes (61.5 percent) to fellow Democrat and criminal defense attorney Craig Smith's 18,424 (38.5 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10042008/10042008_09.html|title=Election Results|date=October 4, 2008|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 25, 2015}}</ref> The 2008 race for DA was the first one contested in the thirty years since Carmouche was elected in 1978. Scott was unopposed for a second six-year term as DA in 2014.

In 2008, after retiring as a district judge, Scott returned to public life to run for district attorney to succeed Paul J. Carmouche, a Democrat originally from Assumption Parish in South Louisiana, who instead ran for Louisiana's 4th congressional district seat and lost narrowly to the Republican [[John Fleming]], who still retains that seat. Scott polled 29,419 votes (61.5 percent) to fellow Democrat and criminal defense attorney Craig Smith's 18,424 (38.5 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10042008/10042008_09.html|title=Election Results|date=October 4, 2008|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 25, 2015}}</ref> The 2008 race for DA was the first one contested in the thirty years since Carmouche was elected in 1978. Scott was unopposed for a second six-year term as DA in 2014.