Robert Cortez Scott (D)
About The Candidate
- Office Sought: Representative, Virginia (3)
- Birth Date: April 30, 1947
- Occupation: Attorney
- Religion: Episcopalian
- Web site: http://www.house.gov/scott/
Education
- Boston College, JD
- Harvard University, BA
Robert 'Bobby' Scott was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Newport News, Va. He received a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from Harvard University in 1969 and a law degree from Boston College in 1973.
He returned to Newport News to practice law and was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1977.
He won a seat in the Virginia Senate in 1982 and was re-elected three times.
He was first elected to the U.S. House in 1992.
Scott is divorced and has no children.
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