Former member of Congress · last served 114th Congress
E. Scott Rigell
E. Rigell was a Republican U.S. representative from Virginia, first elected to Congress in 2011, who voted with most Republicans on 92% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes.
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
5 most recent votes
- NayOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 3777 America First ActMar 23, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- H.R. 4208 Authority for the Use of Military Force Against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ActDec 10, 2015 · Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- H.Con.Res. 71 Providing for a plan to alleviate the effects of sequestration.Aug 7, 2015 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 2259 Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights ActJun 1, 2015 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- H.R. 1840 Virginia Jobs and Energy ActMay 7, 2015 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4212 (112th) Drywall Safety Act of 2012Became law
- H.Res. 644 (113th) Condemning and disapproving of the failure of the Obama administration to comply with the lawful statutory requirement to notify Congress before transferring…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2087 (112th) To remove restrictions from a parcel of land situated in the Atlantic District, Accomack County, Virginia.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4388 (112th) Right to Habeas Corpus Act36 cosponsors
- H.R. 1168 (112th) Lead By Example Act7 cosponsors
- H.R. 3882 (112th) Mid-Atlantic Energy and Jobs Act of 20124 cosponsors
- H.R. 4199 (112th) Jets for Vets Act of 20124 cosponsors
- H.Res. 215 (112th) Encouraging creditors to safeguard the credit scores of members of the Armed Forces and their immediate family in the event of a Government shutdown.4 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Rigell has won
Rep. Rigell has won 3 U.S. House elections (2010–2014). Of the contested races, margins ran from 7.7 to 17.6 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has Virginia’s 2nd district done while Rep. Rigell served?
2012 to 2015 in VA-2: typical household income was up 6% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 1.9 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Virginia’s 2nd district during Rigell’s time representing it (2011 to 2017). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Only one set of district lines is shown. VA-2 was redrawn in 2012, 2016 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2012 to 2015 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2011 to 2017.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
114th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 5 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 5 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 4 | See the 4 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 114th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.