PERSON: Don Scott

U.S. House of Representatives

Member of Congress

Don Leonard Scott Jr. (born March 5, 1965) is an American lawyer, politician, and veteran. A Democrat, he is a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 88th district. He was minority leader of the Virginia House of Delegates from 2022 to 2024. On January 10, 2024, he became Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. He is the first black speaker in Virginia’s history.

Don Scott was born on March 5, 1965 in Houston, Texas. He was raised in Houston, by a single mother of six children. Scott attended a magnet high school (Houston Ross S. Sterling) for aerodynamics before attending and graduating from Texas A&M University with a degree in agriculture.

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