Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
- Democratic · US Representative, Virginia District 3 · On the Nov 3 ballot for re-election
- Background
- Attorney · State legislator · Served in the Army
- Raised
- $882K
- Cash on hand
- $162K
- Years in Congress
- 33
- Age
- 79
- Races
- Won 17 of 18
Spectrum
Centrist is the middle of the scale, not of Congress. How this works
By donors (CFscore, 2024 cycle)
Research estimate from Stanford DIME 4.0. Source
Method and limits
Published score −0.664 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 678 donors. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Places a candidate by who gave them money; candidates who share donors sit close together.
Reflects the donor network, not votes or views, and comes from past cycles, not a 2026 reading.
Now
Career
| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | US House, VA-03 | Won | 70% | |
| 2022 | US House, VA-03 | Won · primary won 100% | 67.2% | |
| 2020 | US House, VA-03 | Won · primary won 100% | 68.4% | |
| 2018 | US House, VA-03 | Won · primary won 100% | 91.2% | |
| 2016 | US House, VA-03 | Won · primary won 100% | 66.7% | |
| 2014 | US House, VA-03 | Won · primary won 100% | 94.4% | |
| 2012 | US House, VA-03 | Won · primary won 100% | 81.3% | |
| 2010 | US House, VA-03 | Won · primary won 100% | 70% |
Earlier races (10 more races)
| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | US House, VA-03 | Won · primary won 100% | 97% | |
| 2006 | US House, VA-03 | Won · primary won | 96.1% | |
| 2004 | US House, VA-03 | Won · primary won 100% | 69.3% | |
| 2002 | US House, VA-03 | Won · primary won 100% | 96.1% | |
| 2000 | US House, VA-03 | Won · primary won 100% | 97.7% | |
| 1998 | US House, VA-03 | Won · primary won 100% | 76% | |
| 1996 | US House, VA-03 | Won · primary won | 82.1% | |
| 1994 | US House, VA-03 | Won · primary won 100% | 79.4% | |
| 1992 | US House, VA-03 | Won · primary won 67% | 78.6% | |
| 1986 | US House, VA-01 | Lost · primary won 100% | 44% | Herbert H "Herb" Bateman 56% |
About this list
Races in our results files. Other offices, earlier years and most primaries can be missing. A general that went to a runoff counts as neither a win nor a loss.
Money
FEC, through Oct 14, 2026Spent $886K · Debts owed $3K
Where the money came from
- Individuals$449K
- PACs and other committees$433K
- Party committees$0
- Candidate’s own money$0
- Loans from the candidate$0
As the campaign reported to the FEC through Oct 14, 2026. Bars compare these lines. Some money has no line here, so they may not add up to the total raised. Source: FEC candidate summary.
Committees giving to this campaign
96 committees reported giving $344K.
- Machinists Non Partisan Political League of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace WorkersPAC$10,000
- NEA Fund for Children and Public EducationPAC$10,000
- International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Campaign Assistance FundPAC$10,000
- American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee on Political EducationPAC$10,000
- Engineers Political Education Committee (Epec)/International Union of Operating EngineersPAC$10,000
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- National Automobile Dealers Association PACPAC$10,000
- American Crystal Sugar Company PACPAC$10,000
- Forward Together PACLeadership PAC$10,000
- Southern Company Gas Employees PACPAC$8,500
- American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L EPAC$7,500
- American Association for Justice PAC (AAJ PAC)PAC$7,500
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers PACPAC$7,500
- Dominion Energy, Inc. PAC - Dominion PACPAC$7,500
- Elevance Health, Inc. PAC (Elevance Health PAC)PAC$7,500
- Fraternity & Sorority PACPAC$7,500
- Mcguirewoods Federal PACPAC$7,000
- Employees of Northrop Grumman Corporation PACPAC$6,000
- Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood of Carpenters and JoinersPAC$5,000
- United Steelworkers Political Action FundPAC$5,000
- Int'L Union of Bricklayers and Allied CraftworkersPAC$5,000
The largest 20 are listed. Refunds the committees reported are taken out. Independent spending isn’t included. These figures come from the committees’ own reports, so they can differ from the campaign’s lines above, sometimes by a lot. Source: FEC committee-to-candidate file, dated Oct 25, 2026.
Reports through Oct 14, 2026.
How these are counted
Later filings are not in yet. Totals for the 2025 to 2026 cycle. Raised $882,179. Cash on hand $162,483. Spent $886,379. Debts owed $3,191. Individuals $449,299. PACs and other committees $432,881. Party committees $0. Candidate’s own money $0. Loans from the candidate $0. Other loans $0. Transfers from the candidate’s other committees $0. Main committee: Scott for Congress. No individual donor names are shown.
House votes
119th Congress, through Sept 16, 2026676 roll calls. Yea 285, Nay 384, Present 2, Not voting 4.
- Roll calls missed
- 0.6%
- Voted with own party when parties split
- 99.6%
How these are counted
Missed is Not Voting divided by every roll call the member was listed on, including quorum calls and procedural votes. It covers any absence, including illness and leave.
Party split: a roll call counts when the Democratic majority and the Republican majority voted opposite ways. That was 470 roll calls, and the member matched their own party on 468. We pick no votes ourselves.
Showing the newest 3 of 676
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 314
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
Vote: YeaPassed, 401 to 14
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 313
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H R 9497
Water Resources Development Act
Vote: YeaPassed, 415 to 9
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 312
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H R 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
Vote: YeaPassed, 417 to 3
Legislation
119th Congress, congress.gov, as of Oct 30, 2026Sponsored 19 bills and 2 resolutions. Cosponsored 164 bills and 60 resolutions. Amendments are not counted.
Latest bills Robert C. "Bobby" Scott sponsored
- Direct CARE Opportunity Act of 2026H.R. 10704, introduced Oct 1, 2026
- Protecting Workers’ Benefits ActH.R. 10703, introduced Oct 1, 2026
- Workers’ Retirement Savings Protection Act of 2026H.R. 10702, introduced Oct 1, 2026
- Protecting Workers' Wages from Medical Debt ActH.R. 10373, introduced Sep 14, 2026
- Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2026H.R. 7340, introduced Feb 4, 2026
More about Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
Offices held (17 terms and offices)
- 1993 to nowUS House, Virginia District 3Democratic
Committees (2 assignments)
House Committee on Education and Workforce, Ranking Member
House Committee on the Budget
Background
- Attorney
- State legislator
- Served in the Army
Sources: Official House site, Wikidata
Official pages (7 links)
Sources (13 sources)
Ballot listing, elections.virginia.gov
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Oct 6, 2026.
unitedstates/congress-legislators (current)
Office, terms, committees, official links, age. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026. License: CC0-1.0.
Compiled by the @unitedstates project volunteers (rosters from official congressional sources) from official returns. Not an official source.
Federal 2026 candidates: money totals (web/data/people/money) and the MN federal filing list. Bulk files, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 31, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Totals and committee names only; no donor names or addresses are stored.
FEC bulk data 2025-2026: contributions from committees to candidates (pas226)
Federal 2026 candidates: committees giving to each candidate (web/data/people/money-types). Bulk file, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 31, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Committee totals only; the individual contributions file is not used.
Stanford DIME public v4.0, recipients file (CFscores)
CFscores for candidates and officials; web/data/ideology/dime.json and aggregate.json. A research estimate by Adam Bonica, not an official measure. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Compiled by Adam Bonica, Stanford University Libraries (built from campaign finance filings) from official returns. Not an official source.
Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0 [Computer file]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime .
Clerk of the House: roll call votes, 119th Congress
House roll calls. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work.
Congress.gov API: sponsored and cosponsored legislation, nominations
Bills and resolutions. Retrieved Oct 30, 2026. License: US government work.
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
unitedstates/congress-legislators
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.
Stanford DIME v4.0 recipients file
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House 1976-2024
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
Election Wrld officials files (web/data/officials)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
- Age: unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), official birthday field, counted to Nov 3, 2026. We show the age, never the birth date.
- Took office in Congress 1993-01-05. Basis: congress-legislators terms (CC0).
Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.
DataDownload votes (JSON)Sources: FEC, House Clerk, congress.gov, DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026Photo credits