Democratic Congressman, 80, Dies in Office After Announcing Reelection

Democratic Representative David Scott of Georgia has passed away at the age of 80. Scott has spent 50 years in politics, and was set to run for a 13th term in George’s 13th congressional district this year, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, despite a visible decline in his mental acuity. One of his primary opponents, Georgia state Representative Dr. Jasmine Clark, discovered last November through a public records request that Scott has not voted in the past six consecutive elections, inc...