| Norma Sue Edwards Scott | |
 | |
Arkansas State Representative
for District 95 (Benton County) | |
| In office January 2013 – January 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Duncan Baird |
|---|---|
| Succeeded by | Austin McCollum |
| Born | January 11, 1954 Place of birth missing |
| Political party | Republican |
| Children | Eight grandchildren |
| Residence | Rogers, Benton County Arkansas, USA |
| Alma mater | Danville (Arkansas) High School University of Arkansas Community College |
| Occupation | Retired |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
Norma Sue Edwards Scott, known as Sue Scott (born January 11, 1954),[1] is a Republican former state representative from Rogers in Benton County in northwestern Arkansas. Her District 95, which she represented from 2013 to 2017, is within Benton County.[2]
Background
Scott graduated from Danville (Arkansas) High School in Yell County, Arkansas.[2] and thereafter University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton, formerly Petit Jean Vocational Technical School, now the University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton in Conway County, the home region of former Governor Winthrop Rockefeller, a Moderate Republican. She is an Episcopalian.[3]She is a former three-time president of Beta Sigma Phi sorority.[2]
In her spare time, Scott enjoys quilting, gardening, traveling, Bible study classes, and spending time with her eight grandchildren.[2]
Political life
In the 2012 general election, Scott won the District 95 seat vacated by the incumbent Republican Donna Hutchinson of Bella Vista also in Benton County, who was term-limited. Scott defeated the Independent Mark Moore, 6,807 votes (61.4 percent) to 4,275 (38.6 percent.[4]
Scott served on these House committee: (1) Aging, Children and Youth, (2) Legislative and Military, (3) Energy, and (4) Judiciary.[3]
Representative Scott in 2013 joined the required majority to override the vetoes of then Democratic Governor Mike Beebe to enact legislation to require photo identification for casting a ballot in Arkansas and to ban abortion after twenty weeks of gestation. Scott similarly supported related pro-life legislation to ban abortion whenever fetal heartbeat is detected, to forbid the inclusion of abortion in the state insurance exchange, and to make the death of an unborn child a felony in certain cases. She co-sponsored a spending cap in the state budget, but the measure failed to gain approval by two votes in the House. She co-sponsored an amended state income tax. She co-sponsored the bill to empower university officials to engage in the concealed carry of firearms in the name of campus safety. She voted to prohibit the governor from regulating firearms in an emergency. Scott opposed legislation to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas nonpartisan. She was a co-sponsor of legislation, signed by Governor Beebe, to permit the sale of up to five hundred gallons per month of unpasteurized whole milk directly from the farm to consumers. She did not vote on the failed proposal to prohibit the closure of public schools based on declining enrollments over a two-year period.[5]
Scott was re-nominated for a second term in the Republican primary held on May 20, 2014; she defeated Dane Zimmerman, 1,407 votes (55 percent) to 1,170 (45 percent).[6] Two years later, she was succeeded by another Republican, Austin McCollum.
References
- ↑ Sue Scott. Mylife.com. Retrieved on February 5, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Sue Scott, R-95. arkansashouse.org. Retrieved on January 4, 2014; no longer accessible on-line.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sue Scott's Biography. Project Vote Smart. Retrieved on February 5, 2021.
- ↑ District 95. ballotpedia.org. Retrieved on February 5, 2021.
- ↑ Sue Scott's Voting Records. Project Vote Smart. Retrieved on February 5, 2021.
- ↑ Arkansas Primary Election Results. KATV (May 20, 2014). Retrieved on May 21, 2014; no longer accessible on-line.