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U.S. Representative · Virginia 3rd District
Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
DemocratDistrict D+18119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score27#338 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Robert C. "Bobby" Scott’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2328 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4603
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 4 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 4 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 1329, H.R. 6317.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 909 Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 979 AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1329 Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act
Keeps them with Democrats · 2 signals
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 33.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Education and WorkforceRanking MemberMinority · 1st in seniority
- House Committee on the BudgetMinority · 3rd in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Scott← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.450 is 0.06 to the left of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 51–100 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. 787VetPAC Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 51
| Middle |