Some Democrats Question David Scott’s Re-Election Bid

“The top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee is gearing up for a reelection campaign some of his fellow Democrats had hoped he wouldn’t pursue,” Politico reports.

“A growing number of colleagues have expressed alarm about Rep. David Scott’s (D-GA) health and what they describe as his declining capacity to negotiate the $1.5 trillion farm bill, which is currently stalled in Congress. So his announcement that he’ll seek a 12th term representing his heavily Democratic Atlanta-area district was a surprise to many members, who had assumed the 78-year-old would retire at the end of the year.”