Marvin Scott
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Marvin Scott (born March 10, 1944) was the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in 2004 against incumbent Democrat Evan Bayh but lost to Bayh getting 37%, 904,843 votes. Scott was the Republican candidate for U.S. Congress in Indiana's 10th congressional district in 1994 against Andrew Jacobs, Jr. and received 47.5 % of the vote and in 2000 against Julia Carson receiving 40%, 62,233 votes. Scott unsuccessfully saught the Republican nomination for congress in the 10th district in 1996 losing to former State Senator Virginia Blackenbaker. Dr. Marvin Scott is a Sociology professor at Butler University for sixteen years, and was president for nine years of Marvin Scott Associates, a management-consulting firm, President of Saint Paul's College for two years, Assistant Chancellor of the Borad of Regent for the Commonwealtlh of Massachusetts for five years, Assistant to the Provost, Associate Dean and Professor at Boston University for ten years.[1] He serves on the Indianapolis Water Board, Inter-State Passenger High Speed Rail Commission and the Regional Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Scott and Family are members of the Second Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis [2].
Marvin Scott was born in Henderson, North Carolina. He has a bachelors degree in psychology from Johnson C. Smith University with one year spent at the University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India, and a Doctorate of Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh. He resides with his wife, Anderson University sociology professor Dulce Maria Scott, in Indianapolis. They have four children: Robert, Cinda, Alexandria and Marvin Jr.
[edit] 2004 campaign strategy
Scott's campaign was focused on Christian issues and comparing incumbent Evan Bayh to Hillary Clinton and Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. Scott did not receive direct support from President George W. Bush and current Indiana governor Mitch Daniels and had a very limited campaign budget to work with.
Many of his campaign dollars were spent on radio and print ads in heavily to somewhat Democratic-leaning areas such as Lake County Fort Wayne, and the Evansville area. Due to this, Scott never gained much momentum in core GOP strongholds such as the South Bend area and parts of Indianapolis, which were also areas where Bayh was unusually strong despite Bayh's Democratic background.
After the election, one of his former campaign managers was quoted as saying that he underestimated the strength of Bayh. However, some GOP analysts have since said that Scott could have narrowly won the election if he had not made the miscalculations that he did. After the campaign, Scott returned to teaching at Butler University; however, he also hosts forums with other conservatives on other college campuses from time to time.
