LegiStorm

Summary

Biographical

Family:

Press Releases

Education

• Rutgers School of Law-Camden - JD (1984)

• Montclair State University - BA, cum laude (1981)

Office History

Election Results

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  5th Congressional District of New Jersey
  Joshua S. Gottheimer (Josh), 51.11%

  Democrat
  Ernest Scott Garrett (Scott), 46.70%

  Republican
  Claudio Belusic, 2.20%

  Libertarian

• 2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

  5th Congressional District of New Jersey
  Ernest Scott Garrett (Scott), 55.41%

  Republican
  Roy Dongwhee Cho, 43.30%

  Democrat
  Mark D Quick, 1.29%

  Undetermined

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  5th Congressional District of New Jersey
  Ernest Scott Garrett (Scott), 55.03%

  Republican
  Adam Gussen, 42.74%

  Democrat
  Patricia Alessandrini, 2.22%

  Green

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  5th Congressional District of New Jersey
  Ernest Scott Garrett (Scott), 64.94%

  Republican
  Tod Theise, 32.79%

  Democrat
  Ed Fanning, 1.23%

  Green

• 2009 (Nov. 4, 2008 election)

  5th Congressional District of New Jersey
  Ernest Scott Garrett (Scott), 55.87%

  Republican
  Dennis Shulman, 42.40%

  Democrat
  Ed Fanning, 1.72%

  Green

• 2007 (Nov. 7, 2006 election)

  5th Congressional District of New Jersey
  Ernest Scott Garrett (Scott), 54.91%

  Republican
  Paul Aronsohn, 43.82%

  Democrat
  R Matthew Fretz, 1.27%

  Undetermined

• 2005 (Nov. 2, 2004 election)

  5th Congressional District of New Jersey
  Ernest Scott Garrett (Scott), 57.57%

  Republican
  Dorothea Anne Wolfe, 41.11%

  Democrat

• 2003 (Nov. 5, 2002 election)

  5th Congressional District of New Jersey
  Ernest Scott Garrett (Scott), 59.48%

  Republican
  Anne Sumers, 38.28%

  Democrat
  Michael J Cino, 2.23%

  Undetermined

Employment History

• Self-employed lobbyist (2023-)

• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (March 2018-March 2021)

  Senior Adviser

• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Feb. 2017-March 2018)

  Adviser

Associated Organizations

• Scott Garrett for Congress (New Jersey)

• Supporting Conservatives of Today and Tomorrow

Awards

• Freedom Fighter Award (FreedomWorks Inc.) (July 2017)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (March 2017)

• Taxpayers’ Friend Award (National Taxpayers Union) (Oct. 2013)

• Defender of Liberty Award (American Conservative Union) (Feb. 21, 2013)

Official Signature

Lobbying and Foreign Representation

Listed as lobbyist by registrants:

• Garrett, Ernest Scott (2023)

Lobbied on behalf of:

• Honduras Prospera Inc.

Privately Financed Travel

35 trips taken between 2003 - 2016 costing $176,076

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Congressional Staff

Caught Our Eye

• Ex-Rep. Scott Garrett (R-N.J.) becomes first-time lobbyist

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Sept. 25, 2023
  Former Rep. Scott Garrett (R-N.J.) is now a first-time registered federal lobbyist. read more

• Senior Republican staffer moves to libertarian think tank

  Posted by John Sugden on May 27, 2014
  K Street is not the only revolving door destination for congressional staffers. John Maniscalco, most recently a senior legislative assistant to Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ), has left the congressman's office to be director of congressional affairs at the libertarian Cato Institute. The move is not a huge leap: his old boss is a signator of the Liberty Compact by the Republican Liberty Caucus. read more

• Posted by LegiStorm on Nov. 16, 2011
  Rep. Nan Hayworth (R-N.Y.) has just lost her legislative director to K Street and replaced him with a former lobbyist. read more