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Bobby Scott

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 30, 1947 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Groton School (Groton, MA), 1965
  • Harvard University, B.A., 1969
  • Boston College, J.D., 1973

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1970-1974
  • MA Army National Guard, 1974-1976

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • VA House, 1978-1983
  • VA Senate, 1983-1993



Election Results for Bobby Scott


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1986 39 VA D U.S. House District 01 General 2 63,364 44.0%
1992 45 VA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 23,381 67.0%
1992 45 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 132,432 78.6%
1994 47 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 108,532 79.4%
1996 49 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 118,603 82.1%
1998 51 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 48,129 76.0%
2000 53 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 137,527 97.7%
2002 55 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 87,521 96.1%
2004 57 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 159,373 69.3%
2006 59 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 133,546 96.1%
2008 61 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 239,911 97.0%
2010 63 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 114,754 70.0%
2012 65 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 259,199 81.3%
2014 67 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 139,197 94.4%
2016 69 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 208,337 66.7%
2018 71 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 198,615 91.2%
2020 73 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 233,326 68.4%
2022 75 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 139,659 67.2%
2024 77 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 219,926 70.0%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.




Ideology Data for Bobby Scott


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition
Party UnityPresidential
Support
Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1993 46 House 30 70 93 4 D 89 11 96 90 8
1994 47 House 28 72 94 4 D 82 18 98 79 24
1995 48 House 38 62 91 8 D 80 18 99 95 4
1996 49 House 59 41 89 10 D 84 15 98 90 0
1997 50 House 60 40 87 11 D 72 28 98 90 8
1998 51 House 43 57 91 9 D 89 11 100 95 20
1999 52 House 91 8 D 80 20 98 90 4
2000 53 House 91 7 D 78 22 97 95 4
2001 54 House 94 6 R 14 86 98 100 4
2002 55 House 95 4 R 18 79 99 100 4
2003 56 House 97 3 R 9 89 99 100 8
2004 57 House 97 2 R 18 82 98 100 4
2005 58 House 95 5 R 13 87 97 100 4
2006 59 House 94 5 R 26 74 99 100 4
2007 60 House 98 2 R 2 98 99 100 4
2008 61 House 97 1 R 13 87 98 100 8
2009 62 House 94 2 D 90 4 97 100 4
2010 63 House 97 3 D 85 15 98 100 0
2011 64 House 93 6 D 80 20 99 80 4
2012 65 House 95 4 D 80 17 98 90 0
2013 66 House 96 4 D 89 11 98 90 8
2014 67 House 97 3 D 91 9 99 80 4
2015 68 House 98 1 D 93 6 99 100 4
2016 69 House 97 2 D 98 0 99 100 0
2017 70 House 98 2 R 11 89 99 100 4
2018 71 House 96 3 R 33 67 99 67 4
2019 72 House 98 2 R 4 96 99 90 3
2020 73 House 100 0 R 6 94 99 90 0
2021 74 House 99 1 D 100 0 99 85 8
2022 75 House 99 0 D 100 0 99 3
2023 76 House 94 6 D 99 1
2024 77 House 91 9 D 99 8
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.



Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.



Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.



Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.



Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)



Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.



Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.