# Everton Blair Jr. (GA-13) — Legislator Fact Sheet · The GA Files > How Everton Blair Jr. voted on the most consequential federal legislation, with campaign-finance data from FEC filings. *Source: https://thegafiles.com/EvertonBlair.html · The GA Files (thegafiles.com)* --- Legislator Fact Sheet · Georgia's 13th Congressional District # Everton Blair Jr. Party Democrat In Office September 2026 – present Seat GA-13 Key Votes Recorded 0 of 12 HRC Equality ScoreNot yet scored Everton Blair Jr., a Lilburn Democrat and former chair of the Gwinnett County Board of Education, won the August 25, 2026 special-election runoff for Georgia's 13th District over Marcye Scott, daughter of the late Rep. David Scott, and was sworn in on September 1, 2026. He is **Georgia's first openly gay member of Congress**, and the Human Rights Campaign describes him as the first Black, openly gay member of Congress from the South. The son of Jamaican immigrants, he holds degrees from Harvard and Stanford and was the first Black and first openly gay member of the Gwinnett school board. He is serving out the remainder of Scott's term, which ends in January 2027; in the May primary for the full term, won by Rep. Jasmine Clark, he finished third. All twelve scorecard votes predate his tenure. 0 / 12Sworn in September 1, 2026 — all twelve scorecard votes predate his tenure. **HRC Equality Score — not yet scored.** The [Human Rights Campaign](https://www.hrc.org/resources/congressional-scorecard)'s congressional scorecard runs a full Congress at a time; Everton Blair Jr. took office after the 118th Congress (2023–24), so he will be rated when HRC publishes the 119th Congress scorecard. **Methodology.** Every vote below is the member's actual recorded position, pulled directly from the official House Clerk roll-call XML and cross-checked against the published vote totals. DNV = did not vote; — = not yet in office. Summaries are factual; framing is left to the reader. **No scorecard votes yet.** Rep. Blair was sworn in on September 1, 2026 — after every vote currently tracked in this scorecard. His votes will be added here as new key legislation reaches the floor. Constituent Access ## Town Halls Open public forums with constituents · review period September 2026 Blair was sworn in on September 1, 2026, to serve the final four months of the late Rep. David Scott's term. As of this review his office has not announced a public town hall, and no constituent town halls have been reported since he took office. ## Documented Record - **September 1, 2026 — sworn in.** On taking office he said: “I will do everything in my capacity to make life more affordable for the hardworking Americans in Georgia's 13th Congressional District.” - No open constituent town hall hosted by Rep. Blair has been documented as of mid-September 2026. This section will be updated as events are announced. Blair has been in office only since September 1, 2026, so his constituent-access record is brief. Constituents with records of a Blair town hall are encouraged to submit a correction. ## Sources - [AJC — Everton Blair, Georgia's first openly gay congressman, sworn into office (Sept. 1, 2026)](https://www.ajc.com/politics/2026/09/everton-blair-georgias-first-openly-gay-congressman-sworn-into-office/) - [Ballotpedia News — Everton Blair Jr. takes office (Sept. 2, 2026)](https://news.ballotpedia.org/2026/09/02/everton-blair-jr-takes-office-ending-the-vacancy-in-georgias-13th-congressional-district/) - [Office of Rep. Everton Blair Jr.](https://blair.house.gov/) Campaign Finance ## Campaign Finance 2025–26 cycle · Federal Election Commission Raised$875K Spent$854K Cash on Hand$21K Blair's campaign raised **$874,826** through August 5, 2026 — about **97% from individual donors**, with no self-funding. His committee money came from LGBTQ+ and progressive groups, led by Forging Progress PAC, March On PAC and the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund. Pinned — AIPAC Money $0 this cycle [AIPAC's FEC disbursement filings](https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?committee_id=C00797670&recipient_name=C00901157) report no contributions or earmarked donor money to this campaign in the 2025–26 cycle. ## Top PAC & Committee Contributors | # | Contributor | Amount | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Forging Progress PAC | $7,000 | | 2 | March On PAC | $5,000 | | 3 | Lgbtq Victory Fund Federal PAC | $5,000 | | 4 | Resist Reclaim Rebuild PAC | $1,500 | | 5 | Policy Is Personal PAC | $1,000 | | 6 | Leaders In Education | $1,000 | Source: Federal Election Commission, 2025–26 cycle. Direct PAC contributions and committee transfers only — individual donors, earmarked conduit pass-throughs, refunds, and loans are excluded. Figures auto-pulled from FEC filings. ## Sources - [FEC — candidate profile & filings](https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6GA13062/) ## Verification Resources - [House Clerk roll-call votes](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes) - [Everton Blair Jr. — Congressional Biographical Directory](https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B001328) - [FEC — campaign finance filings](https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6GA13062/) Vote positions are taken from official roll-call records, not secondhand summaries. Campaign-finance figures are drawn directly from the candidate's FEC filings for the 2025–26 cycle. [← All Legislators](https://thegafiles.com/legislators.html)