'''Tim Scott''' (born September 19, 1965 in North Charleston, South Carolina) is a [[Republican]] member of the [[South Carolina]] House of Representatives and U.S. Representative-elect from South Carolina's 1st congressional district, succeeding retiring Congressman Henry Brown. Scott touted his record as a fiscal and social conservative, and received the endorsment of former Alaska Governor [[Sarah Palin]]. He is the first Black Republican elected to Congress from the Deep South since reconstruction. | '''Tim Scott''' (born September 19, 1965 in North Charleston, South Carolina) is a [[Republican]] member of the [[South Carolina]] House of Representatives and U.S. Representative-elect from South Carolina's 1st congressional district, succeeding retiring Congressman Henry Brown. Scott touted his record as a fiscal and social conservative, and received the endorsment of former Alaska Governor [[Sarah Palin]]. He is the first Black Republican elected to Congress from the Deep South since reconstruction. |