Greg Scott | |
District: | 54th |
Termstart: | January 3, 2023 |
Predecessor: | Bob Brooks |
State House: | Pennsylvania |
Office2: | Magisterial District Judge, 38-2-09 |
Term Start2: | January 4, 2016[1] |
Term End2: | February 8, 2022[2] |
Party: | Democratic |
Residence: | Norristown, Pennsylvania |
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Gregory Scott is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 54th District since 2023.[3]
A native of Norristown, Scott served as a non-voting junior borough councilman and a volunteer firefighter and EMT as a teenager.[4] He went on to earn a bachelor's degree in business communications from Chestnut Hill College, and a master's degree in organizational leadership from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2013.[2]
Scott worked as a congressional aide to U.S. Representatives Joe Sestak and Chaka Fattah, and as chief of staff to the CEO of Universal Companies, a nonprofit founded by Kenny Gamble.[4]
Scott was elected a magisterial district judge in November 2015, becoming the first African American district judge in Montgomery County and (at 28) the youngest sitting judge in Pennsylvania.[1] He resigned in February 2022 to run for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in the 54th District, which was redistricted from Western Pennsylvania to Montgomery County.[2] He was elected on November 8, 2022, defeating Republican Allen Arthur Anderson by 72% to 28%.[5]