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2026 Virginia District 3 House Election

Bobby Scott (D) incumbent

About this race

Bobby Scott, a Democrat, currently holds this House seat and is running for re-election. Nobody in this race has donations linked to AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group, according to available records. The November ballot lists 4 candidates: one Democrat, one Republican and two independent.

Key issues in Virginia

Major issues facing Virginia, based on 2025–2026 reporting. Compare them with what each candidate says they focus on below.

Candidates & funding

Bobby Scott Democrat Nominee

✓ No AIPAC-linked FEC record
2026 fundraising (FEC)$688,444 raised · $709,197 spent · $145,929 cash on hand through Jul 15, 2026
Focus: Raising minimum wage, PRO Act for workers, education affordability, Post-9/11 GI Bill, criminal justice reform

Edwin Rivera Republican Nominee

✓ No AIPAC-linked FEC record
2026 fundraising (FEC)$6,555 raised · $4,793 spent · $1,762 cash on hand through Jul 15, 2026
Focus: Strengthening families, expanding opportunity, safer communities, protecting Second Amendment rights

Makiba Gaines Independent Nominee

✓ No AIPAC-linked FEC record
Focus: Affordability, peace and stability, prosperity; civil-rights attorney protecting children and vulnerable groups

Steve Woll Independent Nominee

✓ No AIPAC-linked FEC record
2026 fundraising (FEC)$34,330 raised · $19,613 spent · $14,717 cash on hand through Jul 15, 2026
Focus: Independent representation answerable to the district, not parties or donors; evidence-based problem-solving over partisanship

Where the money comes from

FEC campaign finance data through Jul 15, 2026. Campaign dollars, by source.

Bobby Scott DEdwin Rivera RMakiba Gaines ISteve Woll I
Raised$688K$7K—$34K
Individuals$381K55%$2K30%—$14K42%
PACs & parties$308K45%$5008%—$0
Self-funded$0$4K63%—$20K58%
Other$0$0—$0
AIPAC-linked*————
Outside spending†————

* AIPAC-linked money is already counted in the rows above — it flags the pro-Israel share, not extra money.

† Independent spending on ads for or against a candidate. It never goes to their campaign.

“Individuals” covers both small-dollar (under $200) and large donors.

Who are the biggest donors?

Every donor ranked by how much they gave, from the candidate’s own FEC filings — individuals, PACs, and party committees all in one list. Expand a candidate to see theirs, then tap any name to learn more about the donor.

Why are so many gifts exactly $10,000? That’s the legal maximum a PAC can give one candidate for the whole cycle — $5,000 for the primary plus $5,000 for the general — so many PACs give the max. Individuals can give up to $3,500 per election.

Bobby Scott 310 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$688K
Campaign spent$709K
Cash on hand$146K
FEC 2026 through 07/15/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals55%
PACs / committees45%
Self-funding0%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
  • Trade association PAC$10K
  • Leadership PAC$10K
  • Labor PAC$10K
  • Labor PAC$10K
  • Labor PAC$10K
  • Cooperative PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$8K
  • Corporate PAC$8K
  • PAC$8K
  • Corporate PAC$8K
  • Membership PAC$8K
  • Labor PAC$8K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$6K
  • Individual$6K
  • Corporate PAC$6K
  • Individual$5K
  • Individual$5K
  • Individual$5K
  • Individual$5K
  • Individual$5K
  • Corporate PAC$5K
  • Labor PAC$5K
  • Trade association PAC$5K
  • Labor PAC$5K
  • Trade association PAC$5K
  • Labor PAC$5K
  • Corporate PAC$5K
  • Corporate PAC$5K
  • Labor PAC$5K
  • Labor PAC$5K
  • Membership PAC$5K
  • Labor PAC$5K
  • Corporate PAC$5K
  • Labor PAC$5K
  • PAC$5K
  • Labor PAC$5K
  • Labor PAC$5K
  • Membership PAC$5K

Showing the 50 biggest of 310 donors. The other 260 gave $315K combined.

Plus $38K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.

See Bobby Scott’s full FEC filings →

Edwin Rivera 3 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$7K
Campaign spent$5K
Cash on hand$2K
FEC 2026 through 07/15/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals30%
PACs / committees8%
Self-funding63%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
  • Self-funded$4K
  • Individual$500
  • Individual$150

Plus $1K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.

See Edwin Rivera’s full FEC filings →

Steve Woll 8 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$34K
Campaign spent$20K
Cash on hand$15K
FEC 2026 through 07/15/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals42%
PACs / committees0%
Self-funding58%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
  • Individual$4K
  • Individual$4K
  • Individual$4K
  • Individual$1K
  • Individual$1K
  • Individual$500
  • Individual$500
  • Individual$300

Plus $530 from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.

See Steve Woll’s full FEC filings →

These figures come from the candidate’s own itemized FEC reports (2026 cycle, through the coverage date above), with amendments applied and refunds netted. Joint fundraising transfers are left out of the ranking: they’re pass-throughs, and the individual donations behind them are listed above. Bank interest, vendor refunds, and other non-donation receipts are excluded. Donor names are as reported — the same person can appear twice if their name was recorded differently. Independent spending on ads is never included here — see the Outside spending column.

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