Who is Scott Perry? Biography, issues of Republican congressman up for re-election
U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, R-York County, speaks with members of the Rotary Club of York following a debate against Democratic challenger George Scott at the Country Club of York on Wednesday, September 19, 2018. (Ty Lohr/The York Daily Record)
Scott Perry never imagined he’d be here.
He never thought that the 13-year-old boy picking fruit at a farm in Mechanicsburg would one day be a United States Congressman.
“But, I guess that’s the American dream,” Perry said.
On Nov. 6, the three-term incumbent will fight to keep that dream alive, going head to head with Democrat George Scott for the newly drawn 10th Congressional District seat.
Congressional District 10 in Pennsylvania (Photo: File)
Perry won his last three terms in Congress by no fewer than 25 percentage points. But now, because of a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision to redraw the state’s congressional map, it’s a district that has a chance of flipping in the November General Election.
“I knew the people of the 4th District,” Perry said. “I grew up with them. So when the district was redrawn, it was heartbreaking. But that’s the hand you’re dealt and if you have to start over again, that’s what you do — it’s about getting to know that new portion of 700,000 people you want to represent.”
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