He trailed by nine points and won anyway. Georgia’s 13th district gambled on a record over a surname. Everton Blair Jr. was not supposed to win.

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, Sept. 9, 2026 - Five weeks before he was sworn into the United States House of Representatives, he had finished second in a crowded special primary — nearly nine points behind a candidate carrying the only surname Georgia’s 13th congressional district had voted for since 2003. Marcye Scott was the daughter of the late David Scott. Blair was a former school board chairman with a doctorate and no dynasty.