Marvin Scott for Congress
October 13th, 2009 at 8:38 am by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog
My morning e-mail included an announcement that Republican Marvin Scott will run for the 7th District seat held by André Carson next year. It’s an unusual way to launch a campaign (a missive sent in the middle of the night) but then Scott is becoming known for running unusual campaigns.
His challenge to Sen. Evan Bayh in 2004 is remembered because he raised significant amounts of money from out of state but never got on television on the way to 37% showing on Election day. He got very little support from Indiana Republicans in the meantime.
Scott has run unsuccessfully in he 7th before against both Andy Jacobs and Julia Carson.
Tags: Andre Carson, Andy Jacobs, Julia Carson, Marvin Scott
Mr. Shella:
I am Dr. Marvin Scott’s Political Director I have worked for multiple campaigns for over 20 years. For nearly 8 years I worked for Congressman Mike Pence as his Political Director and in the last cycle I worked for Mike Sodrel. I don’t think it is at all unusual to send a “Press Release” in the middle of the night. It was there when you got to the office.