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May 22, 2023 · With his victory, Scott became the first Black Republican from South Carolina to be elected to Congress since Reconstruction.
Sep 3, 2023 · Tim Scott is the only Black Republican presidential candidate who's campaigning aggressively these days in early-voting Iowa.
- He is the only Black Republican in the United States Senate.
- He is the only Black person to ever serve in both chambers of Congress.
- He is one of only 11 Black people in the history of the country to be in the Senate and one of just three (along with Democrats Cory Booker and Raphael Warnock) currently in the Senate.
- “America is not a racist country,” he has said.
May 22, 2023 · Mr. Scott, who just announced a presidential campaign, is the first Black Republican senator from the South in more than a century and has been a prominent voice in his party on matters of race.
May 19, 2023 · WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Tim Scott on Friday launched a bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. He is the only Black Republican candidate so far, and says he...
May 21, 2023 · The South Carolina senator’s bid for the White House — as the sole Black Republican in the Senate — could raise not only his profile, but those of Black conservatives across the country.
May 22, 2023 · In a 2014 special election to serve out the remainder of his term, Scott became the first Black candidate to win a statewide race in South Carolina since the Reconstruction era. Before that,...
