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'''John Wyeth Scott II''', known as '''Jock Scott''' (June 29, 1947 – April 25, 2009), was an [[attorney]] and college [[professor]] in his native [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]], who served three terms as the District 26 state representative, first as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] (1976-1985) and then as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] (1985–1988).  

'''John Wyeth Scott II''', known as '''Jock Scott''' (June 29, 1947 – April 25, 2009), was an [[attorney]] and college [[professor]] in his native [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]], who served three terms as the District 26 state representative, first as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] (1976-1985) and then as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] (1985–1988).  

Scott was defeated in a race for the state Senate in 1987. He also lost two bids for the [[United States House of Representatives]]: a 1985 [[special election]] in the 8th congressional district, since disbanded, when he ran as a Democrat, and in the 2004 nonpartisan blanket primary for the 5th congressional district, when he challenged Republican [[U.S. Representative]] [[Rodney Alexander]] of Jackson Parish. The district is now represented  by [[Ralph Abraham]], a Republican who ran unsuccessfully for [[governor]]

Scott was defeated in a race for the state Senate in 1987. He also lost two bids for the [[United States House of Representatives]]: a 1985 [[special election]] in the 8th congressional district, since disbanded, when he ran as a Democrat, and in the 2004 nonpartisan blanket primary for the 5th congressional district, when he challenged Republican [[U.S. Representative]] [[Rodney Alexander]] of Jackson Parish. The district is now represented  by [[Ralph Abraham]], a departing Republican who ran unsuccessfully for [[governor]] in the 2019 nonpartisan blanket primary.  

in the 2019 nonpartisan blanket primary.