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Elections · U.S. House · Virginia

Virginia House race, District 3

Bobby Scott holds this seat and is running to keep it against Edwin Rivera.

The November ballot

Scott
$688K
Rivera
$7K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Bobby Scott

Democrat · Holds the seat now

22
Trades disclosed
$250K
Estimated volume
3
Committee overlaps
Cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Virginia

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 11 days before, or same-day during early voting and on Election Day in person (same-day ballots are provisional).

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Where each candidate's money comes from

4%$27KSmall donors$1.3K20%
52%$356KLarge donors$65010%
44%$305KPACs$5008%
--Self-funding$4.1K63%

Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Not on the November ballot

5 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

The district

Census context
People
776K
Median household income
$68K
Unemployment
5.9%
Living below the poverty line
15.0%
Without health insurance
8.0%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

How this seat voted last time

D+40 in 2024

  • Robert C. "Bobby" ScottWon70%
  • John Sitka III29.8%

314,397 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.