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|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|

Republican]] (1985)

Republican]] (1985)

|preceded=Edward Gordon "Ned" Randdolph, Jr.

|preceded=[[Ned Randolph|Edward Gordon "Ned" Randolph, Jr.]]

|succeeded=Charles R. Herring

|succeeded=Charles R. Herring

|birth_date=June 29, 1947

|birth_date=June 29, 1947

==Legislative election==

==Legislative election==

In 1975, in the first-ever Louisiana nonpartisan blanket primary, Scott was elected to the District 26 House seat, which primarily covers the city of Alexandria and some surrounding points. He succeeded fellow Democrat Edward Gordon "Ned" Randolph, Jr. (1942-2016), who gave up the position after a single term to contest, successfully, a Louisiana Senate seat in the same election cycle. Scott defeated  Lloyd George Teekell, later a 9th Judicial District judge who had served earlier in the state House from 1953 to 1960. Scott polled 3,908 votes (54.7 percent) to Teekell's 3,233 ballots (45.3 percent). Randolph, meanwhile, unseated four-term Democratic State Senator [[Cecil R. Blair]] of Lecompte in south Rapides Parish.[4]

In 1975, in the first-ever Louisiana nonpartisan blanket primary, Scott was elected to the District 26 House seat, which primarily covers the city of Alexandria and some surrounding points. He succeeded fellow Democrat [[Ned Randolph]], who gave up the position after a single term to contest, successfully, a Louisiana Senate seat in the same election cycle. Scott defeated  Lloyd George Teekell, later a 9th Judicial District judge who had served earlier in the state House from 1953 to 1960. Scott polled 3,908 votes (54.7 percent) to Teekell's 3,233 ballots (45.3 percent). Randolph, meanwhile, unseated four-term Democratic State Senator [[Cecil R. Blair]] of Lecompte in south Rapides Parish.[4]

Randolph, five years Scott's senior, was also a Bolton High school graduate and an attorney. Randolph and Scott quickly acquired reputations as "reformers" or "Young Turks" in the Louisiana legislature. They often disagreed with legislative leaders who wanted more spending than the state's receipts would permit. In 1976, Randolph and Scott headed the Greater Alexandria campaign for Democratic presidential nominee [[Jimmy Carter]] of [[Georgia]], who won majorities in Rapides Parish (54 percent) and statewide (53 percent) as well.

Randolph, five years Scott's senior, was also a Bolton High school graduate and an attorney. Randolph and Scott quickly acquired reputations as "reformers" or "Young Turks" in the Louisiana legislature. They often disagreed with legislative leaders who wanted more spending than the state's receipts would permit. In 1976, Randolph and Scott headed the Greater Alexandria campaign for Democratic presidential nominee [[Jimmy Carter]] of [[Georgia]], who won majorities in Rapides Parish (54 percent) and statewide (53 percent) as well.