# Phil Scott

Phil Scott is a Republican member of the Virginia House for district 63.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia House, district 63
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6a07d7b6-a4b4-42f8-9a06-6a860249f5b9

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6a07d7b6-a4b4-42f8-9a06-6a860249f5b9 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Scott sits at +1.08 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 100% of State House Republicans.

## What Scott says (VA 2025–26 session)

120 classified statements: 120 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Scott | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 14.2% | 9.3% | 186 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 35.8% | 31.9% | 323 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.8% | 1.8% | 436 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 6.7% | 12.7% | 498 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 1.7% | 1.4% | 226 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 37% (State House Republicans 18%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 16% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Education 14% (State House Republicans 15%); Health 9.3% (State House Republicans 10%); Crime and Law Enforcement 7.0% (State House Republicans 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +1.08 (standard error 0.03), from 158 donors and 746 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 100% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 97.9% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 99.2% (96.5%). 442 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 50 bills: 50 reached committee, 22 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 82. 72.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 91 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2088: Commending Christopher Ezelle. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2088/
- HJ 207: Commending David Cooper. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ207/
- HJ 208: Celebrating the life of Deborah Fisher Williams. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ208/
- HJ 210: Commending Alexander Yui. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ210/
- HJ 209: Commending the Community Foundation. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ209/
- HJ 179: Commending LOWLINC. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ179/
- HJ 147: Commending Joan McClung. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ147/
- HJ 149: Celebrating the life of Vernon Rea Jones. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ149/
- HJ 145: Celebrating the life of Donald C. Pfanz. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ145/
- HJ 148: Commending the Spotsylvania County Museum. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ148/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $79.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-08-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/philscottva/status/2093421654634303759
- 2026-08-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/philscottva/status/2091966649075196282
- 2026-08-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/philscottva/status/2091585578710044975
- 2026-08-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/philscottva/status/2091222754464760030
- 2026-08-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/philscottva/status/2090884440079634660
- 2026-05-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/philscottva/status/2052783453477757302
- 2026-04-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/philscottva/status/2047427624700420161
- 2026-03-12 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/philscottva/status/2032216806773957048
- 2026-03-06 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/philscottva/status/2029925346640908770
- 2026-02-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/philscottva/status/2023551237984317813

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0342
- Campaign site: https://www.philscottva.com/
- X: https://x.com/philscottva
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philscottva
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philscottva/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWR6fX1Cx-UtXm7kARhpfwg
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillip-scott/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6a07d7b6-a4b4-42f8-9a06-6a860249f5b9