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 sought 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 Board 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, Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission [www.miprc.org], The National Council for the Humanities, the board of the Abraham Clark School of Law and the Regional Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Scott and Family are members of the Second Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis, where he serves as a Deacon. [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, Alexandre 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 momentum in core GOP strongholds. Scott also had two TV commercials that were filmed and ready to air, but they were never aired due to a lack of funds for TV advertising. Many also said that Scott's inability to work with other Republicans for fundraising led to his poor showing in the elections.
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 practiced better fundraising skills and 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.
