CHARLESTON-State Rep. Tim Scott,R-Charleston-Berkeley, announced Monday he is running as a Republican for U.S. Congress to represent South Carolina's First Congressional District.
The seat is currently held by Rep. Henry Brown who announced earlier this year that he is retiring after completing the current term.
"I'm a conservative Republican and I want to go to Washington to win our country back," Scott said in a news release issued by his campaign. "I believe America is at a crossroads, and we must quickly reverse the course the Obama Administration and the Democrats in Congress have charted of more government spending, more government involvement in the lives of its citizens, and ever higher taxes to pay for it. I strongly oppose that course for our nation, and am determined to fight to reverse that course."
Scott is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives where he serves on the Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee, the release said.
He is the first African-American Republican elected to the state assembly since Reconstruction.
Before being elected to the S.C. House, Scott served on Charleston County Council for 13 years.
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