Delbert Lee Scott is a businessman and politician

Politician

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 from Missouri

Missouri

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. He has served as a city council

City council

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man for Lowry City, Missouri

Lowry City, Missouri

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, as a Republican

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 member of the Missouri House of Representatives

Missouri House of Representatives

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, and as a member of the Missouri State Senate. He makes his home in Lowry City, Missouri.

He was born in Clinton, Missouri

Clinton, Missouri

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, and educated at Kansas City College and Southwest Missouri State University. He is married to Donna Kramer, and they have three children: Todd Scott, Timothy Scott, and Tiffany Scott. He is a member of the Church of God (Holiness), and is in the home furnishings business.

Scott was first elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in a special election on June 11, 1985. Scott became the House Minority Leader in 1997. He served in that body through 2002, when he won election to the Missouri State Senate. He is on the following committees:

• Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections (chair)
• Pensions, Veteran's Affairs and General Laws
• Small Business, Insurance and Industrial Relations
• Transportation