Helena Scott
2025 - Present
2027
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Helena Scott (Democratic Party) is a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 8. She assumed office on January 1, 2025. Her current term ends on January 1, 2027.
Scott ran for election to the Detroit City Council to represent District 2 in Michigan. She lost in the primary on August 5, 2025.
Biography
Helena Scott lives in Detroit, Michigan. Scott graduated from Samuel C. Mumford High School. She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Marygrove College. Scott's career experience includes working as an organizer for Southeast Michigan Jobs with Justice and as a training coordinator for the League of Women Voters of Detroit. Scott is a member of the Coalition of Union Women Voters.[1][2][3]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Scott was assigned to the following committees:
- Communications and Technology Committee, Chair
- Education Committee
- Financial Services Committee
- House Regulatory Reform Committee
2021-2022
Scott was assigned to the following committees:
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Detroit, Michigan (2025)
General election
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General election for Detroit City Council District 2
Incumbent Angela Calloway and Roy McCalister Jr. are running in the general election for Detroit City Council District 2 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | ||
 | Angela Calloway (Nonpartisan) | |
 | Roy McCalister Jr. (Nonpartisan) | |
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Detroit City Council District 2
Incumbent Angela Calloway and Roy McCalister Jr. defeated Helena Scott in the primary for Detroit City Council District 2 on August 5, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Angela Calloway (Nonpartisan) | 44.4 | 7,425 |
| ✔ | | Roy McCalister Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 29.8 | 4,983 |
 | Helena Scott (Nonpartisan) | 25.4 | 4,256 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 63 | ||
| Total votes: 16,727 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Carnell Lockhart (Nonpartisan)
Endorsements
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2024
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 8
Incumbent Helena Scott defeated Alex Kuhn and Logan Ausherman in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 8 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Helena Scott (D) | 87.5 | 37,677 |
| Alex Kuhn (R) | 9.2 | 3,964 | ||
| Logan Ausherman (Working Class Party) | 3.3 | 1,402 | ||
| Total votes: 43,043 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 8
Incumbent Helena Scott defeated Chris Gilmer-Hill in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 8 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Helena Scott | 73.3 | 10,111 |
 | Chris Gilmer-Hill | 26.7 | 3,682 | |
| Total votes: 13,793 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- LaTanya Garrett (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 8
Alex Kuhn advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 8 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Alex Kuhn | 100.0 | 653 | |
| Total votes: 653 | |||
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Working Class Party convention
Working Class Party convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 8
Logan Ausherman advanced from the Working Class Party convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 8 on June 23, 2024.
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| ✔ | Logan Ausherman (Working Class Party) | |
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
2022
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 7
Incumbent Helena Scott won election in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 7 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Helena Scott (D) | 100.0 | 34,427 |
| Total votes: 34,427 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 7
Incumbent Helena Scott defeated Melanie Macey and Grant Rivet in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 7 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Helena Scott | 53.2 | 9,073 |
 | Melanie Macey | 40.1 | 6,848 | |
 | Grant Rivet | 6.7 | 1,137 | |
| Total votes: 17,058 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ronald Cole (R)
Campaign finance
2020
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 7
Helena Scott defeated Kimberly Givens, Ronald Cole, and Anita Belle in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 7 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Helena Scott (D) | 93.0 | 32,483 |
 | Kimberly Givens (Working Class Party) | 3.5 | 1,224 | |
| Ronald Cole (R) | 2.3 | 791 | ||
 | Anita Belle (G) | 1.2 | 420 | |
| Total votes: 34,918 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 7
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 7 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Helena Scott | 36.6 | 5,504 |
 | Cynthia Thornton | 18.4 | 2,770 | |
 | Bernard Thompson | 15.4 | 2,311 | |
| Lee Yancy | 10.5 | 1,585 | ||
 | Anistia Thomas | 10.5 | 1,580 | |
| Elene Robinson | 4.8 | 716 | ||
 | Nyia Bentley | 3.8 | 577 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 15,044 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 7
Ronald Cole advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 7 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ronald Cole | 100.0 | 128 | |
| Total votes: 128 | |||
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Green convention
Green convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 7
Anita Belle advanced from the Green convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 7 on June 20, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Anita Belle (G) |
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Working Class Party convention
Working Class Party convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 7
Kimberly Givens advanced from the Working Class Party convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 7 on July 26, 2020.
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| ✔ | | Kimberly Givens (Working Class Party) |
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2017
The city of Detroit, Michigan, held elections for mayor, city council, city clerk, and the Detroit Board of Police Commisisoners on November 7, 2017. A primary election was held on August 8, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 25, 2017.[4]
The following candidates ran in the primary election for District 2 on the Detroit City Council.[5]
| Detroit City Council, District 2 Primary Election, 2017 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Roy McCalister Jr. |
24.85% | 3,162 |
| Virgil Smith |
22.10% | 2,812 |
| George Cushingberry Jr. Incumbent | 19.65% | 2,501 |
| Helena Scott | 17.85% | 2,271 |
| Linda Bernard | 9.39% | 1,195 |
| Tyra Dear-Williams | 5.28% | 672 |
| Write-in votes | 0.88% | 112 |
| Total Votes | 12,725 | |
| Source: Wayne County Clerk, "2017 Primary Official Results," accessed August 23, 2017 | ||
2016
A special election for the position of Michigan State Senate District 4 was called for November 8. A primary election took place on August 2. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 10.[6]
The seat was vacant following Virgil Smith's (D) resignation on April 12, 2016. He resigned from jail after he pleaded guilty to shooting up his ex-wife's Mercedes Benz.[7]
Ian Conyers defeated James Cole Jr., Fred Durhal, Jr., Patricia Holmes, Vanessa Simpson Olive, Carron Pinkins, Ralph Rayner, Helena Scott, and Howard Worthy in the Democratic primary. Keith Franklin was unopposed in the Republican primary.[8] Conyers defeated Franklin in the special election.[9][10]
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Helena Scott did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2024
Helena Scott did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Helena Scott did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Helena Scott completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Scott's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I have the Integrity, Dedication, Commitment and Experience to serve the residents of District 7 and the State on "Day 1"
- I know the district well and have worked with Representative LaTanya Garrett as her Community Liaison serving the residents of District 7.
- I care about my community, I know the district well and have developed relationships that will enable me to deliver for the district.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
2017
Scott's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[11]
Jobs
- Excerpt: "Support all labor initiatives, while championing the effort to close the gender pay gap for women. Enable women to earn an honest wage in a work environment free of sexual harassment and abuse. Create more green jobs while maintaining a sustainable economy. Support the D15 Campaign to raise the minimum wage for fast food and retail workers."
Education
- Excerpt: "Furnish teachers with the resources necessary to provide all students access to a world-class education. Support an initiative for a newly elected school board for the Detroit Public Schools."
Community development
- Excerpt: "Build relationships with my constituency, elected officials, and community leaders in order to address issues in District 4."
Campaign finance summary
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2024
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In 2024, the Michigan State Legislature was in session from January 10 to December 23.
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2023
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In 2023, the Michigan State Legislature was in session from January 11 to November 14.
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2022
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In 2022, the Michigan State Legislature was in session from January 12 to December 28.
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2021
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In 2021, the Michigan State Legislature was in session from January 13 to December 31.
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Officeholder Michigan House of Representatives District 8 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Helena Scott campaign website, "About," accessed June 15, 2017
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 2, 2020
- ↑ votehelenascott, "About Helena," accessed January 20, 2021
- ↑ Detroit Free Press, "Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announces re-election bid," February 4, 2017
- ↑ Detroit Free Press, "It's official: 8 Detroit mayoral candidates will be on primary ballot," May 11, 2017
- ↑ Detroit Free Press, "Gov. Snyder sets elections to fill Virgil Smith's Senate seat," accessed April 12, 2016
- ↑ Detroit Free Press, "Sen. Virgil Smith resigns his seat in Michigan Senate," accessed March 31, 2016
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 Michigan candidate listing," accessed May 12, 2016
- ↑ Michigan Department of State, "2016 Michigan election results," accessed August 3, 2016
- ↑ Michigan Department of State, "2016 Michigan general election results," accessed November 10, 2016
- ↑ Helena Scott campaign website, "Platform," accessed June 15, 2017
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Mike McFall (D) |
Michigan House of Representatives District 8 2025-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by LaTanya Garrett (D) |
Michigan House of Representatives District 7 2021-2025 |
Succeeded by Tonya Myers Phillips (D) |
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