Scott was elected in 2014 and has been re-elected every two years since as a Representative to the Wisconsin State Assembly, 97^th District, and serves the City of Waukesha, the Villages of Dousman, North Prairie, and Waukesha, and the Towns of Genesee, Mukwonago, Ottawa, and Summit.

Scott was born in Racine, Wisconsin in 1965. During his elementary school years Scott lived in Northern Wisconsin, in Tomahawk, and finished his secondary education in Southeastern Wisconsin graduating in 1984 from Kettle Moraine High School.

Right out of high school Scott served in the US Army Reserve working mostly in Wisconsin’s 84^th Division and completed his six-year term with the 349^th General Hospital. During his term Scott was promoted to the rank of Sergeant and in 1989 Scott was honored with the Wisconsin Reserve Military Achievement Award.

Having attended UW-Oshkosh and UW-Waukesha, Scott completed his bachelor’s degree in political science at UW-Milwaukee. He then enrolled in a dual degree program at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles where he earned the Master of Public Administration and Master of Urban Planning.