Brandon Scott
Brandon Scott (born April 8, 1984) is an American politician serving as the mayor of Baltimore, Maryland since 2020. He is the former president of the Baltimore City Council and was a candidate for lieutenant governor of Maryland in 2018, as well as a representative for Baltimore's second district. On May 6, 2019, Scott was elected to replace Jack Young as council president after Young succeeded Mayor Catherine Pugh. In September 2019, Scott announced his candidacy for mayor and won the June 2020 Democratic primary. Scott won the November 3 general election and took office on December  8, 2020. Early life and education. Scott was born and raised in Park Heights. He ran track and cross country at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School where he graduated in 2002 and received a degree in political science from St. Mary's College in 2006. After graduating, he worked as a liaison for then City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. Career. After graduating from college, Scott worked as a liaison for City Council President Stephanie Rawlings Blake. In 2011, he was elected to serve as the city councilperson for the second district, making him one of the youngest ever elected  to city office. He was the chair of the Public Safety Committee and a member of the Budget and Appropriations and Judiciary and Legislative Investigations committees. Scott has participated in the 300 Man March, a nonviolence group. 2020 Baltimore mayoral election. Scott announced his campaign for mayor on September 13, 2019, at a press conference in his childhood neighborhood of Park Heights. On June 9, 2020, Scott was declared the winner of the Democratic primary. This all but assured him victory in the November general election. Democrats have a nearly 10-to-1 advantage in registered voters, and for years the  Democratic primary has been the real contest. As expected, he won the November 3, 2020 general election in a landslide, with a nearly 3-to-1 margin over his nearest opponent, independent Bob Wallace. For the second election in a row, the Republicans were pushed into third place. Baltimore City Mayor. Inaugurated in a small, socially distanced ceremony on December 8, 2020, Scott vowed to take on both “public health emergencies” — gun violence and the coronavirus.