U.S. Rep. David Scott of Georgia has represented the 13th Congressional District since 2003, but the incumbent is facing multiple challengers in the May 24 Democratic primary, including former state Sen. Vincent Fort.
Georgia’s 13th Congressional District covers areas south and west of Atlanta, including parts of South Fulton, Henry, Cobb, Douglas, Fayette and Clayton counties.
Fort represented parts of Atlanta and East Point as the state senator for the 39th District from 1996 until 2017, when he made an unsuccessful run for Atlanta mayor.
Fort said he’s running because he feels the district needs someone who is “present and progressive.”
“It’s a progressive democratic district,” Fort said about the 13th District. “We have the most conservative Democrat representing a progressive district in the country, or thereabouts.”
