Scott Eugene DesJarlais is an American politician and physician serving as the US representative for since 2011.
22 Facts About Scott DesJarlais
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Scott DesJarlais earned his undergraduate degree in Chemistry and Psychology from the University of South Dakota in 1987 and his Doctor of Medicine from the University of South Dakota School of Medicine in 1991.
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Scott DesJarlais moved to East Tennessee in 1993 to practice medicine as a generalist.
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Scott DesJarlais was challenged by Democratic nominee and state senator Eric Stewart.
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In 2014 Scott DesJarlais's seat was considered vulnerable, as controversy over the divorce record revelations returned to the fore.
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Scott DesJarlais had been reelected in 2012 with a reduced majority.
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Scott DesJarlais raised an additional $150,000 in the fourth quarter and reported $840,000 cash on hand.
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Scott DesJarlais was again challenged in the primary, but won by 40 points.
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Scott DesJarlais went on to win the general election by almost 30 points.
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In 2020 Scott DesJarlais defeated Republican primary challenger Doug Meyer, a veteran and former police officer.
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Hale describes himself as a "pro-life Democrat" and strongly criticized Scott DesJarlais for having pressured his mistress to get an abortion.
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In December 2020, DesJarlais was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus brief in support of Texas v Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden defeated incumbent Donald Trump.
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In June 2021, Scott DesJarlais was one of 14 House Republicans to vote against legislation to establish June 19, or Juneteenth, as a federal holiday.
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In 2022, Scott DesJarlais was one of 39 Republicans to vote for the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022, an antitrust package that would crack down on corporations for anti-competitive behavior.
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Scott DesJarlais was the first member of the House Freedom Caucus to endorse Donald Trump for president of the United States.
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In October 2012 the Huffington Post obtained a transcript of a September 2000 phone conversation in which Scott DesJarlais pressured a mistress to get an abortion.
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Scott DesJarlais repeatedly denied that he had taped the conversation.
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Scott DesJarlais alleged that the two smoked marijuana together and that he prescribed opioids for her while she was at his house.
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Two weeks after Scott DesJarlais won the 2012 election, the Chattanooga Times Free Press obtained a full transcript of his 2001 divorce proceedings.
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The transcript revealed that his former wife had had two abortions, and that Scott DesJarlais had admitted under oath that he and his former wife had recorded the phone conversation with the mistress.
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In November 2012, after further details of the divorce proceedings were published, CREW asked the House of Representatives' Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate whether Scott DesJarlais had violated House ethics rules, asserting that he had "blatantly" lied when he denied having taped the telephone conversation.
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In July 2014, Scott DesJarlais announced he was undergoing aggressive chemotherapy to treat cancer in his neck that had spread to a lymph node.