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Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA)
House · Democrat (most recent term) · VA-3 · in Congress 1993–present · Bioguide ID S000185
Party history: D 1993–present. Source: term data in unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0); party shown is as recorded per term there.
Estimated net worth (from public disclosures)
| Estimate | Report year | Low | Mid | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Estimated net worth at the earliest available report (2013); the member entered office earlier, in 1993 | 2013 | −$638,939 | $129,028 | $896,996 |
| (b) Latest net worth estimate | 2025 | $25,042 | $794,519 | $1,563,996 |
| (c) Estimated gain / loss, nominal dollars, 2013 → 2025 (12 years spanned) | 2013–2025 | −$871,954 | +$665,490 | +$2,202,935 |
Gain Low = latest Low − earliest High; Gain High = latest High − earliest Low (widest possible spread); Mid = latest Mid − earliest Mid.
Reliability flags (net worth): none for these two endpoints. Included in the recommended dollar-gain ranking.
Net worth by report year (mid; Low–High)
| Report year | Assets (mid) | Liabilities (mid) | Net worth mid | Low … High | Status / flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | $754,030 | $625,002 | $129,028 | −$638,939 … $896,996 | computed |
| 2014 | $1,446,540 | $525,002 | $921,538 | −$91,921 … $1,934,996 | computed |
| 2015 | $1,181,036 | $665,003 | $516,033 | −$452,928 … $1,484,994 | computed |
| 2016 | $1,360,038 | $600,002 | $760,036 | −$264,924 … $1,784,996 | computed |
| 2017 | $1,415,034 | $632,502 | $782,531 | −$288,933 … $1,853,995 | computed |
| 2018 | $1,454,536 | $382,502 | $1,072,034 | $66,071 … $2,077,997 | computed |
| 2019 | $1,611,537 | $395,002 | $1,216,536 | $144,074 … $2,288,997 | computed; 1 Schedule A row(s) had the upper bound of the range lost in text extraction; completed from the fixed statutory bracket |
| 2020 | $1,684,538 | $395,002 | $1,289,537 | $175,077 … $2,403,997 | computed |
| 2021 | $1,962,530 | $607,503 | $1,355,027 | $128,060 … $2,581,994 | computed |
| 2022 | $1,597,528 | $665,003 | $932,525 | −$187,944 … $2,052,994 | computed |
| 2023 | $1,763,528 | $632,502 | $1,131,026 | −$24,944 … $2,286,995 | computed |
| 2024 | $1,744,528 | $457,502 | $1,287,026 | $218,056 … $2,355,996 | computed |
| 2025 | $1,252,021 | $457,502 | $794,519 | $25,042 … $1,563,996 | computed |
- What this is: Net worth = Schedule A assets (each value range at its midpoint; low–high range shown) minus Schedule D liabilities (midpoints / ranges). Low = assets at range floors minus liabilities at range ceilings; Mid = midpoints; High = assets at ceilings minus liabilities at floors. Low and High are outer bounds of the reported ranges, not likely outcomes.
- What it excludes / understates: exact values (only ranges are reported); a personal residence is not reported as an asset (although a mortgage on it may be listed as a liability, which then lowers the estimate); retirement and federal accounts (e.g. Thrift Savings Plan, defined-benefit pensions) are only partly or not reported; assets of excepted/blind trusts, cash held below reporting thresholds, vehicles, household goods and most spouse/dependent items exempt from reporting are not included; liabilities on a personal residence, revolving credit under thresholds and loans to family may be omitted by filers.
- Open-ended top ranges (e.g. “Over $50,000,000”) are counted at their lower bound and flagged, so such values are understated.
- The change is a change in estimated net worth in nominal dollars (no inflation adjustment). It includes salary, gifts, inheritances, business income and re-valuation as well as investment results, and it is subject to range-bracket noise; it is not an investment return and implies nothing about conduct.
Read this first. Members report asset values only as ranges (e.g. “$15,001 – $50,000”), never exact dollars. Every figure below is an estimate computed from range midpoints, not a measured return. Figures cannot be interpreted as investment performance, and they do not show wrongdoing or skill. Methodology and limitations are at the end and in the project README. Sources: public financial disclosure reports filed with the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and/or the Secretary of the Senate (Senate eFD), linked below.
Avg. annual change (geometric, est.)+2.8%
Simple average of years+3.6%
Years estimated9
Best / worst single year2024 +16%
2015 -24%
2015 -24%
Reliability flags: 1 unparsed value(s).
Sensitivity band for the average (all ranges at floor vs. all at ceiling, same holdings both years): +4.6% to +2.2%. This band is narrow because it moves both years together; the true uncertainty is larger — see the per-year “strict envelope” column and the limitations.
Estimated year-over-year change
Bars: midpoint estimate; whisker: same-position floor/ceiling band. Axis clipped to −100%…+150%. Years with insufficient traceable holdings are omitted.
| Year (t−1 → t) | Opening value (mid) | Closing value (mid) | Income (mid) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) | Est. gain | Same-position band | Strict envelope | Traced coverage | Status / flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013→2014 | $144,508 | $187,506 | $3,655 | $75,000 | $32,002 | +2.5% | +2.3% … +4.9% | -193% … +199% | 19% | excluded; not eligible: traced coverage 19% < 60% |
| 2014→2015 | $1,084,528 | $809,527 | $14,021 | $0 | $0 | -24.1% | -34.8% … -21.0% | -127% … +79% | 75% | counted |
| 2015→2016 | $1,090,034 | $1,303,536 | $19,472 | $99,002 | $0 | +12.3% | +11.0% … +17.2% | -120% … +144% | 92% | counted |
| 2016→2017 | $982,025 | $982,522 | $17,464 | $0 | $16,001 | +3.5% | +1.5% … +4.0% | -113% … +120% | 72% | counted |
| 2017→2018 | $1,221,024 | $1,228,524 | $16,663 | $0 | $0 | +2.0% | +1.4% … +2.1% | -107% … +111% | 86% | counted |
| 2018→2019 | $1,339,034 | $1,405,034 | $20,673 | $8,000 | $0 | +5.9% | +5.1% … +8.7% | -115% … +127% | 92% | counted |
| 2019→2020 | $1,366,530 | $1,369,528 | $9,067 | $184,012 | $282,510 | +8.1% | +5.7% … +16.5% | -128% … +144% | 89% | counted |
| 2020→2021 | $1,325,528 | $1,616,026 | $20,565 | $367,012 | $238,505 | +13.8% | +9.3% … +29.3% | -131% … +159% | 79% | counted |
| 2021→2022 | $1,499,026 | $1,398,526 | $13,366 | $112,506 | $113,502 | -5.7% | -6.2% … -5.6% | -117% … +106% | 76% | counted |
| 2022→2023 | $235,508 | $583,010 | $704 | $48,003 | $0 | +127.5% | +106.3% … +225.0% | -84% … +339% | 15% | excluded; not eligible: traced coverage 15% < 60%; many new/exited positions |
| 2023→2024 | $1,589,025 | $1,564,524 | $603 | $32,002 | $315,002 | +16.3% | +13.8% … +24.2% | -95% … +127% | 90% | counted |
| 2024→2025 | $24,002 | $322,004 | $302 | $72,503 | $32,500 | +1076.2% | +756.9% … +5860.9% | +121% … +2032% | 1% | excluded; not eligible: traced prior-year value below $50,000; high turnover (buys+sells > 100% of opening value); many new/exited positions |
Filings used
Each annual-report year uses one filing (most recently filed version among originals/amendments whose Schedule A row count is ≥ 40% of the largest). Electronic (text) PDFs are parsed. Scanned/image-only filings are OCR-read and used only if they pass the explicit validation gates described in the project README (value/income coverage, two-engine agreement, exact bracket snapping, page completeness, year-to-year position continuity); such years are labelled OCR-derived below. Scanned filings that fail validation are listed as “insufficient data – scanned”.
| Report year | Doc ID | Type | Filed | Schedule A rows | Rows with unparsed value | Source (official filing) / SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 10003790 | House amendment | 7/22/2014 | 62 | 0 | 10003790.pdf3a2f725f546704e52a8eb5ef8ef05522bc308fcf5aae7cac0d1948d01680011d |
| 2014 | 10009715 | House amendment | 3/11/2016 | 111 | 0 | 10009715.pdf36e07f0b017e2622f29464e1f7c13ddbaedcd03afe943ea1c6c313abec37691a |
| 2015 | 10014159 | House amendment | 10/22/2016 | 74 | 0 | 10014159.pdf98b3702e275d4bf73ddc08fab978d1c033da73c61fbddfd3b97ae8c265e63f05 |
| 2016 | 10018351 | House annual | 8/12/2017 | 79 | 0 | 10018351.pdf1e3ebfcc58bf56fe5d89a561d8b7ed397e34e9ab13228766eee681c741e29672 |
| 2017 | 10022061 | House annual | 8/13/2018 | 71 | 0 | 10022061.pdf4577e8fea774e84bacacba426b1eb731c21338632ab9285cc28be2c256322ca4 |
| 2018 | 10027745 | House annual | 8/12/2019 | 71 | 0 | 10027745.pdf6b6907d4415971dab3af61e7570dcd422df317acfed497633047b7213406e029 |
| 2019 | 10038355 | House annual | 8/13/2020 | 74 | 1 | 10038355.pdf0160f1d8d77e5e01c7ca6e2ba191fcd235a8843ffdd838648e5907c5f3bf1b99 |
| 2020 | 10042751 | House annual | 9/12/2021 | 87 | 0 | 10042751.pdf6f845ea5a48b9b831b5c54f289cf9e40dc6976a98156b1d859c82e8ff8f2fe2d |
| 2021 | 10048535 | House annual | 8/12/2022 | 74 | 0 | 10048535.pdfeb571fb9bf735a6b1383b07aa0c6a0b6f407d237f7723b5d989aabc30f32d9d2 |
| 2022 | 10053595 | House annual | 8/11/2023 | 58 | 0 | 10053595.pdf60b4e97dc828dee665be7b3d8bd284d59399c3f03547b29080fe354e2cd76b9a |
| 2023 | 10061165 | House annual | 8/9/2024 | 56 | 0 | 10061165.pdf9bfef8b7383068aa98e4c0f7409afee9bd1d135fce5c0455c8caa239e800f50b |
| 2024 | 10078225 | House amendment | 5/14/2026 | 59 | 0 | 10078225.pdf09df72d03a0fa8a178f3faaa308775a9e4c8733b28e03eb2bead46020cf1932e |
| 2025 | 10077012 | House annual | 8/4/2026 | 58 | 0 | 10077012.pdfb34bb4ec9cdfeac9bb1081e045c05eb6f64a00190ee4f526ed354243b1bf872c |
Largest movers 2020→2021
| Position (as written in filing) | Owner | Kind | Opening range(s) | Closing range(s) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Funds Target Date Retirement - 2025 Fund CLA (AADTX) [MF] | — | held | $50,001 - $100,000 | $50,001 - $100,000 | $8,000 | $75,000 |
| Vanguard Sector Index FDS & Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Vipers (VCR) [EF] | — | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | $50,001 - $100,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Growth Fund America CL FI (GFAFX) [MF] | — | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $40,501 | $0 |
| American Funds 2030 Target Date Retirement Fund Class A (AAETX) [MF] | — | new | — | $100,001 - $250,000 | $150,001 | $0 |
| Clearbridge Small Cap A (LMSAX) [MF] | — | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Growth Fund America CL A (AGTHX) [MF] | — | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Edgar Lomax Value Fund (LOMAX) [MF] | — | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Brown Capital Management Intl Small Company Fund Investor Shares (BCSVX) [MF] | — | new | — | $15,001 - $50,000 | $8,000 | $0 |
Largest movers 2021→2022
| Position (as written in filing) | Owner | Kind | Opening range(s) | Closing range(s) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF (VTI) [EF] | — | held | $50,001 - $100,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Vanguard Sector Index FDS & Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Vipers (VCR) [EF] | — | held | $50,001 - $100,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Clearbridge Small Cap A (LMSAX) [MF] | — | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | $1,001 - $15,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Old Point National Bank [BA] | — | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | $1,001 - $15,000 | $0 | $0 |
| SPDR Portfolio ETF S&P 500 High Dividend SPYD [EF] | — | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Motley Fool Global Opportunities ETF (TMFG) [EF] | — | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Dodge & Cox Stock Fund Class I (DODGX) [MF] | — | new | — | $15,001 - $50,000 | $8,000 | $0 |
| Motley Fool Mid Cap Growth ETF (TMFM) [EF] | — | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
Largest movers 2023→2024
| Position (as written in filing) | Owner | Kind | Opening range(s) | Closing range(s) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Fds 2025 Target Date Retirement Fd Cl A (AADTX) [MF] | — | held | $50,001 - $100,000 | $100,001 - $250,000 | $8,000 | $0 |
| Fidelity Contra Fund (FCNTX) [MF] | — | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | $50,001 - $100,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Impact Shares Trust I Impact Shares NAACP Minority Empowerment ETF (NACP) [EF] | — | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | $50,001 - $100,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF (VIG) [EF] | — | held | $100,001 - $250,000 | $15,001 - $50,000; $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $75,000 |
| The Growth Fund of America Class A Shares (AGTHX) [MF] | — | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | $50,001 - $100,000 | $8,000 | $0 |
| Brown Capital Management International Small Company Fund Investor Shares (BCSVX) [MF] | — | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF (SPHQ) [EF] | — | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
| ClearBridge International Growth Fund Class A (LGGAX) [MF] | — | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
Method (summary)
- Schedule A asset rows are read from each annual report; the dollar range for each row is converted to its midpoint. Open-ended top ranges (“Over $50,000,000”) are excluded from the traced set and counted as a coverage loss.
- Positions are matched year to year by owner code (self/SP/DC/JT) + normalised asset name. A position that appears only in year t is included only if Schedule B shows a purchase of it in year t (opening value 0); a position that disappears is included only if Schedule B shows a sale (closing value 0). Otherwise it is excluded as unexplained.
- Estimated gain = (closing − opening + reported income − purchases + sale proceeds) ÷ opening, all at midpoints, for the traced positions. “Capital gains” income is not added again (it is already in value change and sale proceeds).
- A year counts only if traced opening value ≥ $50,000 and traced coverage ≥ 60% of the opening midpoint. A member is ranked only with ≥ 3 such years (exactly 2 = “limited data”, shown but unranked). Average = geometric mean of (1+yearly estimate).
Limitations
- Ranges are wide (up to a factor of 5 or more, and up to $50M+ open-ended); a holding can move between ranges without any real change in value, and stay in a range while moving materially. Yearly estimates are therefore noisy; the “strict envelope” shows the mathematical worst/best case and is typically wider than ±100%.
- Purchases and sales are only disclosed as ranges and only for transactions over $1,000; partial sales, dividend reinvestment, spousal/dependent accounts and retirement-plan funds are reported inconsistently. Excepted/blind trusts, personal residences and certain pensions are not reported at all.
- Filers sometimes change how they list assets (e.g. listing a brokerage account vs. its individual holdings), which can make positions untraceable across years; these are excluded rather than guessed.
- Asset values in an annual report are as of Dec 31 of the reporting year; the report year t−1→t covers that calendar year. Late or amended filings are used when filed; extensions can delay them.
- The text of these reports is machine-parsed from PDFs; parse errors are possible. Every number links back to the cited filing. This is not investment advice.
- Use of these filings is restricted by 5 U.S.C. § 105(c) (no unlawful, commercial or credit-rating purpose, and none for solicitation of money).
Generated 2026-10-01 by an automated pipeline. Data: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives (disclosures-clerk.house.gov); member roster: unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0).