乔治亚州第13国会选区将于周二举行特殊选举，以填补已故民主党众议院议员大卫·斯科特的空缺席位[1]。斯科特于4月去世，享年80岁[1]。本次选举汇聚了四名民主党候选人和两名共和党候选人，其中包括前郡县学校委员会主席埃弗顿·布莱尔、已故议员之女马西·斯科特，以及民主党人托尼·布朗和卡洛斯·穆尔、共和党人凯撒·冈萨雷斯和费思·帕克[1]。由于该地区高度倾向民主党，本次选举结果可能影响目前由共和党微弱控制的众议院权力平衡[1]。
在选票问题上，如果任何候选人获得多数票，将直接赢得席位[1]。否则获票最多的前两名候选人将参加8月25日的特殊决选[1]。截至7月21日，该选区约有584000名注册选民[1]。投票将于美东时间下午7点截止[1]。2024年众议院选举中约358000票被投出，其中约78%通过提前投票或邮寄进行[1]。截至上周五，已投出约8700张提前选票[1]。
Georgia's 13th Congressional District will conduct a special election on Tuesday to fill the House seat left vacant by the death of Democratic Representative David Scott[1]. Scott, who was 80 years old, passed away in April[1]. The heavily Democratic district's election outcome could influence the balance of power in the House, where Republicans hold a narrow majority[1].
Six candidates are competing in the race: four Democrats—former county school board chair Everton Blair, Marcy Scott (the late congressman's daughter), Tony Brown, and Carlos Moor—along with Republicans Caesar Gonzales and Faith Parker[1]. A candidate who secures an outright majority of votes will win the seat immediately; otherwise, the top two finishers will advance to a special runoff scheduled for August 25[1]. Voting concludes at 7 p.m. Eastern Time[1].
As of July 21, approximately 584,000 voters were registered in the district[1]. The 2024 House election drew roughly 358,000 votes from the area, with about 78 percent cast through early voting or mail ballots[1]. Early voting in this special election had generated approximately 8,700 ballots cast as of last Friday[1].