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Tim Scott presidential campaign, 2024

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Tim Scott ended his presidential campaign on November 12, 2023.

“	I rose from a child of poverty to a candidate for president of the United States because we chose patriotism over pity and to be victors, not victims. Made in America. That's my story. That's why it pains my soul to see the Biden liberals attacking every rung of the ladder that helped me climb.^[1]^[2]	”
—Tim Scott (May 2023)

Tim Scott (R) was a U.S. Senator from South Carolina. He had served in the position since 2013. Scott announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election on May 22, 2023, and suspended his candidacy on November 12, 2023.^[3]^[4] He formed a presidential exploratory committee on April 12, 2023.^[5]

Scott highlighted the economy, schools, and public safety as central themes of his campaign. Scott said he would reduce taxes and the national debt, increase U.S. manufacturing, support charter schools, and support investment in the military, law enforcement, and security at the U.S.-Mexico border. He also spoke about his background growing up in a low-income household, saying, "I'm the candidate the far left fears the most. I disrupt their narrative. [...] I'm living proof that America is the land of opportunity and not a land of oppression."^[6]

Before serving in the U.S. Senate, Scott represented South Carolina's 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House from 2011 to 2013. Click here to read more about Scott's biography.

Biography

Scott was born in North Charleston, South Carolina on September 19, 1965, and raised by his single mother who was a nursing assistant.^[7] In high school Scott’s mentor was a Chick-fil-A franchise owner, John Moniz. Scott said that his mother’s hard work ethic and Moniz’s mentorship were responsible for his success.^[8]^[9]^[10] After graduating from R.B. Stall High School, Scott attended Presbyterian College on a football scholarship for one year. He then transferred to Charleston Southern University where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science in 1988.^[11] ^[7] Scott worked in real estate and insurance sales, becoming the owner of his own Allstate Insurance agency, which was named South Carolina Agency Owner of the Year.^[11]^[12]^[13]

In 1995, Scott was elected to the Charleston County City Council, where he served until 2008.^[7] In 2008, Scott ran for and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District. He defeated Paul Thurmond, son of Strom Thurmond, in the Republican primary.^[11] He served in the House until 2013 when he was appointed by Governor Nikki Haley (R) to the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Jim DeMint (R).^[7] Scott was elected to the seat in a special election on November 4, 2014, and was re-elected in 2016.

Campaign finance

See also: Presidential election campaign finance, 2024

The following chart displays noteworthy Republican primary candidates' overall fundraising through the October 2023 quarterly campaign finance reports. Note that the chart displays fundraising figures for candidates who had declared before the most recent reporting deadline. It only displays data for principal campaign committees, not candidate-affiliated PACs.

Receipts is a broad term referring to all money that goes into a campaign account, including contributions by individuals, dividends or interest on loans or investments made by the campaign, transfers of money from other political committees, and offsets to a campaign's expenditures in the form of rebates or refunds. Contributions reflect individual donations to a campaign. Disbursements is a term for campaign spending.

Primary debate participation

See also: Republican presidential primary debates, 2024

Scott participated in the third Republican presidential primary debate on November 8, 2023. See below for a summary of his highlights with a focus on policy. The following paraphrased statements were compiled from debate transcripts. A candidate's opponents are generally not mentioned in his or her summary unless there was a significant exchange between them.

Tim Scott discussed Republican electoral performance, the Israel-Hamas war, Iran, antisemitism, the Russia-Ukraine war, China, parental rights, the economy, Social Security, opioids, and abortion. Scott said the Republican Party needs to attract more independent, Black, and Latino voters, and the country needs to return to faith and Christian values. Scott said Israel has a right and responsibility to destroy Hamas. He said he would tell President Biden that America must strike in Iran to stop attacks on military personnel. Scott said he would end federal funding for any university allowing antisemitism, and rescind visas for any foreign students encouraging Jewish genocide. Scott said he supported increased funding for Ukraine as long as there was transparency about how the money was being spent. He said supporting Ukraine helped degrade the Russian military and prevent American troops from being sent to the region due to NATO obligations. Scott said America could create jobs by investing in both the military and domestic industry. Scott said he would ban TikTok and criticized China for buying U.S. farmland and stealing intellectual property. Scott said he would bring prices down by building the Keystone pipeline, investing in American energy and infrastructure, and creating millions of new jobs. Scott said to keep Social Security solvent he would reduce spending to pre-coronavirus levels and grow the economy, but not raise the retirement age. Scott said to address opioids he would close the southern border, surveil it with military technology, impose economic sanctions on Mexican drug cartels, and deal with the U.S. mental health crisis. Scott said he was 100% pro-life, supported a 15-week federal abortion ban, and supported increased funding for adoption and crisis pregnancy centers. Scott was the most active participant in the debate, speaking for 18.9 minutes.

Expand the sections below to read more about Scott's participation in previous Republican primary debates.

See also: Republican presidential primary debate (September 27, 2023)

Scott participated in the second Republican presidential primary debate on September 27, 2023. See below for a summary of his highlights with a focus on policy. The following paraphrased statements were compiled from debate transcripts. A candidate's opponents are generally not mentioned in his or her summary unless there was a significant exchange between them.

Tim Scott discussed the United Auto Workers (UAW) strikes, immigration, childcare costs, birthright citizenship, race in America, foreign policy, and federal spending. Scott said unions and the federal government should not overpromise and underdeliver, leaving taxpayers on the hook. Scott said fentanyl made all counties in the country border counties, and he would finish the border wall and reinstate Title 42. Scott said he would address childcare costs by reducing taxes to give parents more resources to decide how to take care of their family. Scott said that the 14th Amendment was originally written for slavery, not for birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants. Scott said the greatest problems facing Black people in America are caused by fatherlessness incentivized by welfare, and that America is not a racist country. Scott said financial support for Ukraine is the best way to prevent Russia from attacking a NATO country and drawing American troops into the conflict. Scott highlighted his positions on the Foreign Affairs, Armed Services, and Finance Senate committees, and said the key to preventing terrorist attacks in the U.S. is having the right intelligence partners. Scott said he supported a federal balanced budget amendment and said he would reduce the national debt by growing the economy with jobs in the energy and manufacturing sectors. Scott was the third-most active participant in the debate, speaking for 11.4 minutes.

See also: Republican presidential primary debate (August 23, 2023)

Scott participated in the first Republican presidential primary debate on August 23, 2023. See below for a summary of his highlights with a focus on policy. The following paraphrased statements were compiled from Fox News' debate transcript. A candidate's opponents are generally not mentioned in his or her summary unless there was a significant exchange between them.

Tim Scott discussed the economy, climate change, abortion, Trump’s indictments, national security, and education. Scott said we need to reduce federal spending in order to reduce inflation. Scott said inflation had exploded under Biden, and there was record-low unemployment for the majority of the population at the end of the last Republican Congressional majority in 2019. Scott said China contributed more to carbon emissions than the United States, and he would move jobs from China to the U.S. to address emissions. Scott said he was pro-life, opposed late-term abortion, and supported a federal abortion ban at a minimum of 15 weeks. Scott said the Department of Justice is being weaponized against Trump and conservatives. Scott said America’s most pressing national security issue was the U.S.-Mexico border. He said he would finish the border wall and double the number of border patrol agents. Scott said the only way to improve education was to break up teachers’ unions. Scott was the sixth-most active participant in the debate, speaking for 7.9 minutes.

The following table provides an overview of the date, location, host, and number of participants in each scheduled 2024 Republican presidential primary debate.

2024 Republican presidential primary debates
Debate	Date	Location	Host	Number of participants
First Republican primary debate	August 23, 2023	Milwaukee, Wisconsin^[14]	Fox News^[15]	8
Second Republican primary debate	September 27, 2023	Simi Valley, California^[16]	Fox Business, Univision	7
Third Republican primary debate	November 8, 2023	Miami, Florida^[17]	NBC News, Salem Radio Network	5
Fourth Republican primary debate	December 6, 2023	Tuscaloosa, Alabama^[18]	NewsNation, The Megyn Kelly Show, the Washington Free Beacon	4
On December 7, 2023, CNN reported the RNC would lift its ban on non-RNC sanctioned debates.^[19]
Fifth Republican primary debate	January 10, 2024	Des Moines, Iowa^[19]	CNN	2
Sixth Republican primary debate	January 18, 2024	Manchester, New Hampshire^[20]	ABC News, WMUR-TV, New Hampshire Republican State Committee	Cancelled
Seventh Republican primary debate	January 21, 2024	Goffstown, New Hampshire^[19]	CNN	Cancelled

Noteworthy endorsements

See also: Presidential election endorsements, 2024

The section below lists noteworthy endorsements for Tim Scott in the Republican presidential primary. Noteworthy endorsers include current and former presidents and vice presidents, current and former party leaders, governors and other state executives, members of Congress, mayors of large cities, and state legislative majority and minority leaders.

Noteworthy endorsements for Tim Scott, 2024
Name	State	Party	Date
U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds	SD	Republican Party	May 17, 2023 ^source
U.S. Sen. John Thune	SD	Republican Party	May 21, 2023 ^source

Campaign advertisements

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Campaign themes

Website

Scott listed the following policy positions on his campaign website as of August 8, 2023.

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BORDER SECURITY
“On my first day as Commander-in-Chief, the strongest nation on Earth will stop retreating from our own southern border. If you don’t control your back door, it’s not your house. And if our southern border is unsafe and insecure, it’s not our country.”

Border security is national security. If we want to prevent deadly drugs like fentanyl from infiltrating our communities, we need to stop the illegal immigrants who bring them across our borders. The cartels won’t stop pumping drugs and violence into American communities until we stop them, either with a strong border wall or by military force. Biden’s failure to address the crisis at our southern border has turned every county in America into a border county.

Expel illegal immigrants trying to enter the country by reinstating Title 42 to combat the fentanyl crisis.
Fully fund the construction of the wall at the southern border, while strengthening law enforcement’s capabilities to detect drug smugglers and human traffickers before they enter our country.
End Biden’s “Catch and release” policies which weaken our nation’s security, and undermine our nation’s sovereignty.
Recognize drug cartels as terrorists and let the world’s greatest military power defend our borders and our lives.

EDUCATION, NOT INDOCTRINATION
“I have lived the truth that education is the closest thing to magic in America. But today, the far left has us retreating away from excellence in our schools. Extreme liberals are letting Big Labor bosses trap millions of kids in failing systems. They’re replacing education with indoctrination.”

America’s children should be learning ABCs, not CRT. The radical Left wants to indoctrinate our children, not educate them. We will fight to ensure that America’s kids are learning how to read and write, not about gender transition and sexual identity. We must demand excellence in our schools, which means giving every family a choice, every parent a voice, and every child a chance.

Defend parental rights by giving every family the power and resources they need to decide their child’s education and future.
Demand transparency in the classroom so parents are informed as to what their children learn in school.
Expand opportunities for all children by embracing education freedom and empowering parents, which will allow millions of children to unlock their God-given potential.

CONSERVATIVE VALUES AND GOD-GIVEN RIGHTS
“Under Joe Biden, we have become a nation in retreat. Retreating from religious liberty and the worship of God himself. I will preserve one nation, Under God, indivisible — where we honor our Creator and respect every innocent life.”

Conservatism is the home of common sense. The radical Left has tried its best to remove faith, patriotism, and religious liberty from our society, but we won’t back down. It’s time for new conservative leadership to bring Americans together with faith: Faith in God, faith in each other, and faith in America.

Life has intrinsic value because it comes from God. With a 100% pro-life voting record, we must stand up against the radical left pushing taxpayer-funded abortion up until the moment of birth. This starts by fostering a culture of life, and winning the hearts and minds of Americans.
Celebrate our Founding Fathers, not cancel them. Americans have won the lottery of citizenship. Each generation must pass on the appreciation for the magnificence of our U.S. Constitution and the God-given rights it protects while cherishing the power of American exceptionalism.
Individual Responsibility is an American value. If you are able-bodied, you work. You don’t spend what you don’t have. If you take out a loan, you pay it back. If you commit a violent crime, you go to jail. It’s common sense.

NATIONAL SECURITY
“Security starts on our borders, but it doesn’t end there. The Chinese Communist Party’s goal is not just to surpass us. It is to beat us. As President, I will rebuild a military so lethal and powerful that our adversaries will fear us and our allies will respect us.”

Joe Biden and the radical Left have shown weakness on a global stage, and have made our adversaries bolder. Defeating China starts with reducing our soaring national debt and removing the Chinese Communist Party from our universities, our farmland, our personal data, and our skies.

Peace through strength can only be achieved if we have the most capable fighting force on the planet. My father and my brothers have 85 years of combined military service between them. When I am President, our service members will have every tool they need, and our veterans will have every resource they deserve. We must steadfastly support those who risk their lives to protect our freedom and ensure they have the modern capabilities they need to address the threats of tomorrow.
Economic prosperity promotes stability and security — here at home and around the world. As Biden sends us deeper and deeper in debt to the Chinese Communist Party, he only further fuels China’s rise. And we will win the next century by the strength of our economy. China started this new economic Cold War, but America will finish it.
Our military is not a social experiment, and we must show the world we are prepared and serious about winning the next century.

LAW AND ORDER
“In Biden’s America, crime is on the rise and law enforcement is in retreat. The far left is ending cash bail. They’re demonizing, demoralizing, and de-funding the police. I grew up in neighborhoods alongside people who ended up incarcerated or in a cemetery. We needed more public safety, not less!”

Joe Biden and the radical Left’s agenda isn’t about protecting communities, they seek to promote chaos and fear under the guise of “fairness.” We must break the concept in this nation that you have to be for law enforcement or for communities of color. That is a false binary choice. We must re-fund our police and support public safety, because we cannot have innocent people at risk, police officers getting attacked and ambushed, and seniors locked in their homes in fear from sundown until sunup.

Supporting law enforcement: One out of every four law enforcement officer positions remains vacant. They can’t get people to do the job. President Biden has blamed the police, allowed for the Democrats to defund the police, and they’ve demonized the actual law enforcement profession.
End sanctuary cities to stop illegal immigration, allowing local law enforcement to work with federal immigration authorities.
Increase the penalties for criminals who intentionally target law enforcement officers.

CREATE OPPORTUNITIES AND GROW WAGES
“I am living proof that America is the land of opportunity, not a land of oppression. The circumstances may be different, the details may change, but every one of us is here because of an American journey where there were obstacles that became opportunities.”

Biden and the left have taxed, borrowed, and spent trillions of dollars trying to replace a hand up with handouts. All they bought us was crushing inflation that has devastated families like yours and mine. We must rebuild and restore every rung of the ladder that helped me climb. Because I want my American story to pale in comparison to you.

Made in America agenda that ramps up research and development, reclaims supply chains, and re-energizes our manufacturing base with Opportunity Zones 2.0.
Unleash American energy and innovation by removing burdensome red tape, cutting taxes, and expanding an all-of-the-above energy approach.
Live within our means, by reining in the left’s out-of-control spending, ending earmarks and political favors, and making tax cuts permanent.^[21]^[2]

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Campaign logo and slogan

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2024 Republican presidential candidate logos
Candidate	Logo	Slogan
Tim Scott		Faith in America

Campaign staff

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The table below shows a partial list of national campaign staff members, including the campaign manager, senior advisors, political directors, communications directors, field directors, and the national press secretary. They are presented alongside their positions in the campaign, their most recent positions prior to the campaign, and their Twitter handles. To recommend additions, please email us at editor@ballotpedia.org.

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Tim Scott presidential campaign national staff, 2024
Staff	Position	Prior experience	Twitter handle
Jennifer DeCasper^[22]	Campaign manager	Founder, political consulting firm	@d3casp3r
Mikee Johnson^[23]	National finance co-chair	Chief executive officer, Remsom and U.S. Brick	@JohnsonMikee

Social media and campaign website

Campaign website

Tim Scott's campaign website

Timeline of campaign activity

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The following section provides a timeline of Scott's campaign activity from April to November 2023. The entries are sorted by month in reverse chronological order.

2023

November 12, 2023: Scott suspended his campaign. In an interview on Fox News, Scott said, "Traveling this country, meeting people has been one of the most fantastic experiences of my entire life. I love America more today than I did on May 22nd. But when I go back to Iowa, it will not be as a presidential candidate. I am suspending my campaign. I think the voters, who are the most remarkable people on the planet, have been really clear that they're telling me, 'Not now, Tim.' I don't think they're saying 'No,' but I do think they're saying 'Not now.'"^[24]
November 8, 2023: Scott participated in the third Republican presidential primary debate in Miami, Florida. Click here to read a summary of his statements.
November 4, 2023: Scott spoke at the Florida Republican Party's Freedom Summit in Orlando, Florida.^[25] Click here to view his remarks.
November 2, 2023: Scott campaigned in Marion, Independence, and Decorah, Iowa.^[26]^[27]

October 28, 2023:
- Scott spoke at the Republican Jewish Coalition Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Click here to view his remarks.^[28]
- Scott's campaign said he met the fundraising criteria necessary to qualify for the third Republican primary debate.^[29]
October 24, 2023: Scott campaigned in Griswold, Indianola, and Greenville, Iowa.^[30]^[31]^[32]
October 23, 2023:
- Scott delivered remarks about race at New Beginnings Church in Chicago, Illinois, and held a town hall in Marshalltown, Iowa.^[33]^[34]
- Scott's campaign announced it would be shifting resources from New Hampshire to Iowa. The campaign said it would double its Iowa staff and open a new headquarters in West Des Moines, Iowa.^[35]
October 21, 2023: Scott campaigned in Maquoketa and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.^[36]^[37]
October 20, 2023: Scott spoke at Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks' annual tailgate in Iowa City, Iowa.^[38]
October 16, 2023:
- Scott held a campaign event in Columbia, South Carolina.^[39]
- Scott spoke about foreign policy as an Associated Press forum in Washington, D.C..^[40]
October 15, 2023: The October quarterly Federal Election Commission campaign finance reporting deadline passed. Scott raised $5 million and spent $12 million, with $13 million in cash on hand as of September 30.^[41]
October 14, 2023:
- Scott wrote an op-ed for The Hill titled "Sen. Tim Scott: As president, I will restore peace through American strength." Scott wrote, "As president, I will bring back a Middle East policy that treats our friends like friends and enemies like enemies. I will stop desperately chasing bad deals with Iran, and strengthen and extend our sanctions instead. I will shut off the funding that Joe Biden restarted to the UN’s irredeemably flawed Palestinian aid programs — because the best investment we can make in peace and stability is backing Israel 100 percent. I will rebuild and reinvest in American military dominance, so the arsenal of freedom is fully stocked for ourselves and our allies. And I will put terrorists across the world on notice with one simple policy: If you take an American life, it is guaranteed to cost you yours."^[42]
- Scott signed Americans for Tax Reform's Taxpayer Protection Pledge, which said he would "oppose and veto any tax increase."^[43]
- Scott spoke at the New Hampshire Republican Party's First in the Nation Leadership Summit in Nashua, New Hampshire. Click here to view his remarks.^[44]
October 13, 2023:
- Scott held campaign events in Cedar Rapids and Waterloo, Iowa.^[45]
- Scott filed to run in Nevada's state-sponsored Republican presidential primary, rather than the Nevada's Republican Party-sponsored caucus, meaning he is ineligible to receive any delegates from the state.^[46]
October 12, 2023: Scott campaigned in Newton, Iowa, and spoke at the Scott County Republican Party Ronald Reagan dinner in Bettendorf, Iowa.^[47]^[48]
October 11, 2023: Scott campaigned in Des Moines, Iowa.^[49]
October 10, 2023: Scott delivered remarks about foreign policy at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C..^[50]
October 9, 2023: Scott campaigned in Greenville, South Carolina.^[51]^[52]
October 7, 2023: Scott issued a statement in response to Hamas' military attacks against Israel, and Israel's subsequent declaration of war. Scott said, "Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel today is an assault on Western Civilization. The truth is though, Joe Biden funded these attacks on Israel. America’s weakness is blood in the water for bad actors, but this is worse than that. We didn’t just invite this aggression, we paid for it. Iran is the biggest funder of Hamas. This is the Biden $6 billion ransom payment at work. Israel must defend its people and the nation, and the United States must do everything we can to assist our ally Israel."^[53]
October 6, 2023: Scott held a campaign event in Bluffton, South Carolina.^[54]
October 4, 2023: Scott held a town hall in Van Meter, Iowa.^[55]

September 29, 2023: Scott delivered remarks at the California Republican Party convention in Orange County, California.^[56]
September 27, 2023: Scott participated in the second Republican presidential primary debate in Simi Valley, California. Click here to read a summary of his statements.
September 20, 2023:
- Scott attended a Politics & Eggs forum in Windham, New Hampshire, where he discussed economic policy.^[57]
- Scott released a policy plan titled "Build. Don't Borrow." Scott said he would, "Stop Democrats from turning the temporary pandemic into permanent socialism" ... "move cabinet agency staff out of Washington D.C. and push money and jobs back into the Heartland" ... "prevent the looming Biden Tax Hike and make your 2017 personal and family tax cuts permanent" and "deliver pro-life and pro-family tax cuts to support expectant moms and adoptive families," among other things.^[58]
September 18, 2023: Scott campaigned in Fort Dodge and Mason City, Iowa.^[59]
September 16, 2023: Scott held a campaign event in Dubuque, Iowa. Scott also spoke at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition Town Hall in Des Moines. Click here to view his remarks.^[60]^[61]
September 15, 2023: Scott participated in a roundtable discussion about economic policy at Spartanburg Community College's Tyger River Campus in Duncan, South Carolina.^[62]
September 8, 2023:
- Scott campaigned in Manchester and Meredith, New Hampshire.^[63]^[64]
- Scott wrote an op-ed for The Hill titled "Sen. Tim Scott: My plan to empower parents." Scott wrote, "I’ll sign a sweeping Parents’ Bill of Rights that gives full transparency into how your tax dollars are being spent to teach your child. And families will have strong conscience protections and opt-out rights if you see radical propaganda you don’t like. We’ll raise test scores by doubling down on the basics, like phonics, math, real civics and financial literacy. We’ll stop the far left from doing China’s work for them by attacking honors courses and SATs in the name of 'equity.' And I will be the president who destroys victimhood culture and leverages federal funding to get the hope-stealing lies of critical race theory out of K-12."^[65]
September 7, 2023: Scott spoke at former Sen. Scott Brown's (R-Mass.) No B.S. Backyard Barbecue in Rye, New Hampshire.^[66]

August 31, 2023: Scott campaigned in Osceola and Oskaloosa, Iowa.^[67]^[68]
August 30, 2023: Scott campaigned in Le Mars and Sioux Center, Iowa.^[69]
August 28, 2023: Scott unveiled his education policy at a town hall in Lexington, South Carolina. Scott also attended U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan's (R-S.C.) Faith & Freedom BBQ event.^[70]^[71]
August 25, 2023: Scott held campaign events in Concord and Hooksett, New Hampshire.^[72]
August 23, 2023: Scott participated in the first Republican presidential primary debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Click here to read a summary of his statements.
August 18, 2023: Scott spoke at The Gathering, a conservative conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Click here to watch his remarks.^[73]
August 17, 2023: Scott's campaign announced an $8 million television, radio, and digital ad buy in Iowa and New Hampshire. The ads aired through November.^[74]
August 15, 2023:
- Scott commented on the Georgia grand jury indictment of Donald Trump (R). Scott said, "We see the legal system being weaponized against political opponents. [...] We need a better system than that and I, frankly, hopefully, will be the president of the United States where we have an opportunity to restore confidence and integrity in all of our Departments of Justice in the country."^[75]
- Scott participated in Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds' (R) Fair-Side Chats event at the Iowa State Fair. Click here to view the discussion.^[76]
- Scott spoke at the Story County Republican Party's Lincoln Dinner in Cambridge, Iowa.^[77]
August 11, 2023: Scott signed the Republican National Committee pledges necessary to participate in the first Republican primary debate.^[78]
August 9, 2023: Scott attended at a fundraiser in the Hamptons in New York.^[79]
August 4, 2023: Scott campaigned at the U.S.-Mexico border in Yuma, Arizona, where he hosted a round table on immigration policy.^[80]
August 1, 2023: Scott commented on the federal indictment of Donald Trump (R) related to interference in the certification of the 2020 presidential election. Scott said, "I remain concerned about the weaponization of Biden’s DOJ and its immense power used against political opponents. What we see today are two different tracks of justice. One for political opponents and another for the son of the current president."^[81]

July 28, 2023: Scott spoke at the Iowa Republican Party's Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa. Click here to watch his remarks.^[82]
July 27, 2023: Scott appeared at a town hall event with Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds (R) in Ankeny, Iowa.^[83]
July 21, 2023: Scott participated in a WMUR televised town hall.^[84]
July 18, 2023:
- Scott held a town hall in Salem, New Hampshire.^[85]
- Politico's Natalie Allison reported that Trust In the Mission PAC (TIM PAC)—a political action committee aligned with Scott—made a $40 million television and digital ad buy to begin in September.^[86]
July 15, 2023:
- Scott campaigned in Davenport, Iowa.^[87]
- The July quarterly Federal Election Commission campaign finance reporting deadline passed. Scott raised $6 million and spent $7 million with $21 million in cash on hand as of June 30.^[88]
July 14, 2023: Scott spoke at the Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines, Iowa.^[89]
July 12, 2023:
- Scott began airing an ad in Iowa titled "Foundation." In the ad, Scott says, "If we want a better America, I think it starts with faith in God and faith in each other."^[90]
- Scott said he had reached the 40,000 donor threshold necessary to qualify for the first Republican primary debate.^[91]
July 4, 2023: Scott participated in an Independence Day parade in Merrimack, New Hampshire.^[92]

June 30, 2023: Scott campaigned in South Carolina at Morrison Yard, a development project that used tax benefits offered through his 2017 Opportunity Zone legislation.^[93]
June 29, 2023: The Scott campaign released a new radio ad titled "Sanctity of Life." The ad was part of a six-figure radio ad buy, and was set to air on Christian radio in Iowa throughout the summer.^[94]
June 23, 2023:
- Scott spoke at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, D.C..^[95]
Scott wrote an op-ed for the Des Moines Register titled "A year after Dobbs, there's more work to do for life." Scott wrote, "I am 100% pro-life. When I am president of the United States, I will sign the most pro-life legislation the House and Senate can put on my desk. We should begin with a 15-week national limit."^[96]
June 20, 2023: Scott participated in a Fox News town hall in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.^[97]
June 16, 2023: Scott attended two campaign fundraising events in Laguna Niguel, California and San Diego, California. Dr. Nikan Khatibi, a doctor and former member of the National Cancer Advisory Board during the Trump administration, hosted the Laguna Niguel fundraiser, and New Majority PAC hosted the San Diego fundraiser.^[98]^[99]
June 14, 2023: Scott held a town hall in Pella, Iowa.^[100]
June 12, 2023:
- Scott campaigned in Spartanburg, South Carolina.^[101]
- Scott released a list of more than 140 endorsements from elected officials in South Carolina, including Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey (R), House Chief Majority Whip Brandon Newton (R), and Columbia Mayor Daniel Rickenmann.^[102]
- Scott commented on Trump's indictment on charges he mishandled classified documents: "That double standard is both un-American and unacceptable. ... You can't protect Democrats while targeting and hunting Republicans. This case is a serious case with serious allegations but in America, you're still innocent until proven guilty."^[103]
June 7, 2023: Scott released an ad in which he said: "If you’re able-bodied, you work. If you take out a loan, you pay it back. If you commit a violent crime, you go to jail. And if you’re a man, you should play sports against men. America needs more victors and less victims." The ad will air in Iowa and is part of a $6 million ad campaign set to run in Iowa and New Hampshire.^[104]
June 3, 2023: Scott attended an event organized by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) in Des Moines, Iowa.^[105]
June 2, 2023: Scott campaigned in Council Bluffs, Iowa.^[106]
June 1, 2023:
- Scott wrote an op-ed for Fox News titled "America is a land of opportunity, not a land of oppression." Scott wrote, "The Biden liberals are so fixated on race and the pain of the past that they can’t see the promise of America’s future. The truth of my life disproves their lies and that’s why I’m the conservative they fear the most."^[107]
- Trust in the Mission PAC, a political action committee supporting Scott's campaign, began airing an ad in New Hampshire and Iowa supporting Scott. The initial ad buy was $6 million for television and $1.25 million for digital. The ad was set to air through September 4, 2023.^[108]
- Scott hired Annie Kelly Kuhle to serve as a senior campaign advisor and Jeff Glassburner to serve as Iowa state director.^[109]

May 31, 2023: Scott said he would vote against the debt ceiling proposal, the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. Scott said, "When I think about what’s in the deal, I find that two things are really important. Number one, that Kevin did a good job of figuring out how to negotiate with someone who did not wanna negotiate. The question I asked myself is at the end of the negotiation, is it in our best interest as a nation to allow Joe Biden, someone we cannot trust on spending, to have an open checkbook, no limit on the credit card until the end of his term? My answer is no."^[110]
May 30, 2023: Scott introduced a bill in the Senate that would require app stores to disclose the countries where an app is owned and developed. Scott said, "The Chinese Communist Party is an existential threat. Period. Our adversaries will use any tool - our apps, border, air space - to exploit American data & security."^[111]
May 28, 2023: Scott held a town hall at New Life Christian Fellowship Church in Goose Creek, South Carolina.^[112]
May 25, 2023: Scott campaigned in New Hampshire, appearing at a New Hampshire Federation of Republican Women event and holding a town hall in Merrimack, New Hampshire.^[113]^[114]
May 24, 2023: Scott held a town hall in Sioux City, Iowa.^[115]
May 22, 2023: Scott announced his candidacy at a rally in North Charleston, South Carolina.^[116]
May 22, 2023: Scott announced he would run at a rally in North Charleston, South Carolina.^[117]
May 19, 2023: Scott made a $5.5 million television and radio ad buy in Iowa and New Hampshire. The ads were set to air through the beginning of the Republican primary debates in August 2023.^[118]
May 15, 2023: Scott selected former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) to serve as his campaign's national co-chair, Michael Johnson to serve as national finance co-chair, and Zac Moffatt as a senior campaign official.^[119]
May 12, 2023: Scott spoke at a 4th District Republican Club event in Greenville, South Carolina.^[120]
May 11, 2023: Scott hired Jon Downs, Trent Wisecup, and Annie Kelly Kuhle as campaign advisors. He also hired the consultancy firm Targeted Victory to aid in campaign fundraising and FP1 Strategies to aid in political advertising.^[121]
May 10, 2023: Scott introduced a bill, the Alan T. Shao II Fentanyl Public Health Emergency and Overdose Prevention Act, to "utilize powers similar to those under Title 42 so that the Department of Homeland Security continues to expedite the processing and removal of migrants illegally entering the country in response to the fentanyl-related public health emergency."^[122]
May 9, 2023: Scott campaigned in New Hampshire.^[123]
May 8, 2023: Scott held a town hall in Manchester, New Hampshire.^[124]
May 6, 2023: Scott held a town hall in Dallas County, Iowa.^[125]
May 2, 2023:
- Scott wrote an op-ed for the Washington Examiner titled, "Biden won't rise to his duty on the border crisis, so I'm rising to mine." Scott wrote, "It’s time for a change and for us to turn our attention to our communities. That starts with securing our borders and dismantling the criminal cartels trafficking children and deadly drugs across our border and in violation of our laws. Americans can no longer wait on Biden to take decisive action to solve the border crisis. He has proven incapable of doing so."^[126]
- Jennifer DeCasper, Scott's former chief of staff and adviser to a PAC supporting Scott, confirmed that she would serve as Scott's campaign manager if he runs for president.^[127]

April 30, 2023:
- Scott held a town hall in Charleston, South Carolina.^[128]
- Scott said he planned to make an important announcement on May 22 in North Charleston. Scott said, "We will talk about America’s future. Big things to come." and "It's time to take the final step."^[129]^[130]
April 26, 2023: In an interview on Fox News, Scott said he planned to decide whether he will run for president by the end of May.^[131]
April 25, 2023: Scott issued a statement responding to President Joe Biden's (D) re-election announcement. Scott said, "Biden & the radical Left’s blueprint to ruin America includes attacking our patriotism, targeting our religious liberties, leaving our border wide open, & wasting trillions of dollars we don’t have. We need a president who will restore hope, create opportunity, & protect America. I have faith in America, & it’s about time the president did too."^[132]
April 22, 2023: Scott spoke at an event hosted by the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition in Clive, Iowa.^[133] He also campaigned in Madison County, Iowa.^[134]
April 19, 2023: Scott spoke at the Heritage Foundation’s Leadership Summit in National Harbor, Maryland.^[135]
April 15, 2023: Scott campaigned in Charleston, South Carolina.^[136]
April 14, 2023: Scott campaigned in Goose Creek and Charleston, South Carolina.^[137]
April 13, 2023: Scott campaigned in Manchester, New Hampshire.^[138]
April 12, 2023:
- Scott announced he had formed a presidential exploratory committee.^[139]
- Scott campaigned in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.^[140]^[141]

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