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Robert C. "Bobby" Scott

DemocratRobert C. "Bobby" Scott

U.S. Representative · Virginia

Virginia's 3rd district

DemocratFederal

U.S. Representative from Virginia

4 tracked promises

Virginia · Virginia's 3rd district

Virginia's 3rd district

Their congressional district

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Running against

How they won their seat

Robert C “Bobby” Scott won the 2022 U.S. House election in Virginia (District 3) with 67.2% of the vote (139,659 votes).

67.2%
Win share
139,659
Votes for winner
207,850
Total cast
  • Robert C “Bobby” Scott · Democrat67.2%
  • Terry T Namkung · Republican32.6%
  • 1 Other Candidate0.3%

Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.

Inferred legislative agendas

The record indicates sponsorship of bills related to education, workforce development, and social equity, as evidenced by the sponsorship of bills such as the Rebuild America’s Schools Act and the Child Care for Working Families Act. Additionally, there is evidence of sponsorship of bills related to worker protections and anti-discrimination measures, reflected in the LET’S Protect Workers Act and the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act. Focus areas (from the record): Education · Workforce Development · Social Equity · Worker Protections · Anti-Discrimination Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. The absence of declared positions limits the ability to assess alignment with inferred activity patterns. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of the sponsored bills; There is no information on the politician's motives or intentions; The absence of declared positions limits the ability to assess consistency with stated goals. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).

Inferred, not stated. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.

Showing 2019. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.

Activity in office

What Robert C. "Bobby" Scott has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score.

Bills sponsored
18

Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.

Bills sponsored over time

18bills sponsored
18 awaiting status
05101520Bills2019: 18 awaiting status182019

Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.

Bill success rate

0%
0 of 0 sponsored bills became law

Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.

Campaign finance over time

$0
Cash on hand · 2026
$771K
Raised, 20262026
RaisedSpentCash on hand
$0$250K$500K$750K$1M2026: raised $771K2026: spent $766K20262026: cash on hand $0
Where the money came from · 2026
Small-dollar (unitemized): $39K (5%)Large individual (itemized): $154K (20%)20%PAC / committee: $575K (75%)75%
  • Small-dollar (unitemized)$39K5%
  • Large individual (itemized)$154K20%
  • PAC / committee$575K75%

By election cycle. Source: FEC.

Committee memberships

Source: Congress.gov.

Integrity

Not yet rated

No promises have been rated yet, so there is no Integrity Score to show. Lifecycle promises (in progress, not yet rated) are tracked but never scored.

The score, once promises are rated, is a signed −100…+100 breakdown weighted by significance and evidence confidence — never a single opaque grade. How this is measured.

Integrity over time

The integrity timeline appears here once this official's promises are rated. In office since Jan 2019.
Not yet scoredNot yet rated 4— tracked, but not counted toward Integrity

Topic coverage

4 promises across 4 topics

What this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.

  • Child Care1
  • Education / School Infrastructure1
  • Labor / Right to Organize1
  • Minimum Wage / Workers1
Kept Worked against No opportunity / not yet scored

Evidence & significance

Evidence quality

Strongest source cited per promise.

  • Primary (official record)4100%

Significance mix

How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).

10
20
30
40
54

Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.

Tracked promises

4 tracked promises

Not yet rated

Establish a federal need-based grant program to fund long-term improvements to public elementary and secondary school facilities and restore school-infrastructure tax-credit bonds — via the Rebuild America's Schools Act of 2026 (H.R. 7340), which Scott sponsors.

Education / School InfrastructureSpecific · measurablePromised Feb 2026
Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7340https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr7340
Not yet rated

Lower child care costs for working families and increase the quality and supply of child care through the Child Care for Working Families Act (H.R. 4418), which Scott sponsors.

Child CareSpecific · measurablePromised Jul 2025
Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4418https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr4418
Not yet rated

Raise the federal minimum wage to $17.00 an hour, phased in over five years, and phase out the separate subminimum wages for tipped workers, youth, and workers with disabilities — via the Raise the Wage Act of 2025 (H.R. 2743), which Scott sponsors.

Minimum Wage / WorkersSpecific · measurablePromised Apr 2025
Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2743https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2743/texthttps://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr2743
Not yet rated

Enact the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act (H.R. 20) to overhaul federal labor law — strengthening workers' right to organize and collectively bargain, adding penalties for violations, and closing loopholes that let employers misclassify employees — which Scott introduced as lead House sponsor.

Labor / Right to OrganizeSpecific · measurablePromised Mar 2025
Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/20https://bobbyscott.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/bipartisan-labor-leaders-introduce-bill-protect-workers-right-0https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr20

Voting record

Total votes
609
Yea
261
Nay
346
Present
0
Not voting
2

Full voting record

609 votes
120 of 609
Page 1 / 31

Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.

Stated positions

4 positions on record

What this official says they believe — sourced claims, shown distinctly from tracked promises and from any assessment of what they did. A stated position is never scored and never affects the Integrity Score.

  • Education / School InfrastructureStated position

    Establish a federal need-based grant program to fund long-term improvements to public elementary and secondary school facilities and restore school-infrastructure tax-credit bonds — via the Rebuild America's Schools Act of 2026 (H.R. 7340), which Scott sponsors.

    Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7340https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr7340
    View position & sources →
  • Child CareStated position

    Lower child care costs for working families and increase the quality and supply of child care through the Child Care for Working Families Act (H.R. 4418), which Scott sponsors.

    Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4418https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr4418
    View position & sources →
  • Minimum Wage / WorkersStated position

    Raise the federal minimum wage to $17.00 an hour, phased in over five years, and phase out the separate subminimum wages for tipped workers, youth, and workers with disabilities — via the Raise the Wage Act of 2025 (H.R. 2743), which Scott sponsors.

    Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2743/texthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2743https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr2743
    View position & sources →
  • Labor / Right to OrganizeStated position

    Enact the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act (H.R. 20) to overhaul federal labor law — strengthening workers' right to organize and collectively bargain, adding penalties for violations, and closing loopholes that let employers misclassify employees — which Scott introduced as lead House sponsor.

    Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/20https://bobbyscott.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/bipartisan-labor-leaders-introduce-bill-protect-workers-right-0https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr20
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Disclosure
No undisclosed priorities on record

Disclosure

A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.

No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.

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