Winner, unofficial result · U.S. House, CA-50
Scott Peters
American lawyer & politician (born 1958)
- Term begins
- January 3, 2027
Unofficial result, not yet certified. Source: Wikipedia (House results table) · read 2026-11-04
Called it. Before the polls closed, Vugol.Me called this race for the Democrat (D +26.0, from the Vugol Vector model) and the Democrat won. Every call, frozen before polls closed
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Overview
Scott Harvey Peters is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative from California's 50th congressional district since 2023, previously representing the 52nd congressional district from 2013 to 2023.
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His district includes both coastal and central portions of San Diego, as well as the suburbs of Poway and Coronado.
Source: Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-10-31 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Born
- June 17, 1958 (age 68)
- Education
- Duke University, Bachelor of Arts, 1980
- New York University School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1984
- Occupation
- lawyer, economist
- In Congress
- 7 House terms, since January 3, 2013
Facts above: Wikidata (CC0, retrieved 2026-11-05) and congress-legislators (public domain, retrieved 2026-11-05).
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The race
U.S. House, CA-50. Won.
- Scott Peters Democratic · winnern/a
Source: Wikipedia (House results table) · retrieved 2026-11-04 · unofficial until certified
Polls and models against the result
- Frozen call
- Democrat (D +26.0, from the Vugol Vector model)
- Result
- Won
Source: Vugol.Me calls ledger, frozen before polls closed and never edited after. Margins are Republican minus Democrat.
Money
Principal campaign committee: SCOTT PETERS FOR CONGRESS. Covers January 1, 2025 to October 14, 2026; latest report: Pre-General. Money raised after that date appears once the next report is filed.
Where the money came from
4.8% of the $427,704 from individuals came in contributions the FEC does not itemize (donors who gave $200 or less in total).
- Individuals, unitemized (donors giving $200 or less in total)0.9%$20,349
- Individuals, itemized18.6%$407,354
- Other political committees (PACs)60.8%$1,333,250
- The candidate (own money and loans)0.1%$1,922
- Transfers, other loans and other receipts19.6%$429,093
Employers donors listed
- RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP$17,5005 contributions
- ARNOLD VENTURES$14,0004 contributions
- GENERAL ATOMICS$13,5008 contributions
- ROBBINS GELLER$8,0003 contributions
- ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN & DOWD LLP$8,0003 contributions
- ENDEAVOR BIOMEDICINES$7,5004 contributions
- DUANE MORRUS$7,0002 contributions
- EDGILITY$7,0002 contributions
- G.G. GREENE ENTERPRISES INC.$7,0002 contributions
- INVESTMENT ASSOCIATE$7,0002 contributions
Sum of itemized individual contributions by the employer the donor listed. These are employees giving as individuals, not donations by the companies. Entries such as retired, not employed or self-employed are left out of this list.
Source: Federal Election Commission (OpenFEC) · reports filed through October 14, 2026 · retrieved 2026-11-09 · filings can be amended · response hash 042fc01de265
Industries
Industry totals are not on file here. OpenSecrets publishes them on its page for this member.
Record
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce
3 subcommittees
- Energy
- Environment
- Communications and Technology
- House Committee on the Budget
Source: congress-legislators (current committees) · retrieved 2026-11-05 · current Congress; the new committees are set after January 3, 2027
Bills and resolutions, 119th Congress (2025 to 2027)
- Sponsored
- 38 bills and resolutions, and 1 amendments
- Cosponsored
- 458 bills and resolutions
Most recent sponsored bills
- H.R. 10591: Safer Choice Program Authorization Act of 2026Introduced September 24, 2026. Latest action September 24, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- H.R. 10302: Certainty in Litigation for Electric Asset Reliability (CLEAR) Act of 2026Introduced September 4, 2026. Latest action September 4, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- H.R. 10215: Workforce Mobility Act of 2026Introduced September 1, 2026. Latest action September 1, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- H.R. 9929: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4640 Cass Street in San Diego, California, as the "Mary Wilding Memorial Post Office Building".Introduced July 23, 2026. Latest action July 23, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- H.R. 9870: Affordable Housing Incentives ActIntroduced July 22, 2026. Latest action July 22, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 9760: National Coordination on Adaptation and Resilience for Security Act of 2026Introduced July 16, 2026. Latest action July 16, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: Congress.gov (Library of Congress) · the 119th Congress runs until January 3, 2027; a later Congress is not included · retrieved 2026-11-09 · counts of activity, not a measure of results · response hash 804f05818d97
Bills and votes
The full list of bills and every recorded vote are published by Congress. We link to them rather than copy them:
Roll-call vote records are not on file here.
Issues and positions
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Contact and links
- Website
- scottpeters.house.gov via Wikidata
- Office phone
- 202-225-0508
- Washington office
- 2369 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0550
- Campaign email
- info@scottpeters.com · source
Sources: congress-legislators (official, public domain, retrieved 2026-11-05); Wikidata (CC0) for linked accounts; campaign-provided items are labeled.
Timeline
- 2026Called the winner of this race. Called by Wikipedia editors 2:51 AM ET
- 2024U.S. House, CA-50 · General · result not on file Vugol.Me record
- 2022U.S. House, CA-50 · General · won · 168,816 votes (62.8%) Vugol.Me record
- 2020U.S. House, CA-52 · General · won · 244,145 votes (61.6%) Vugol.Me record
- 2018U.S. House, CA-52 · General · won · 188,992 votes (63.9%) Vugol.Me record
- 2013 to presentUnited States representative Wikidata
- 2009 to 2012commissioner Wikidata
- 2006 to 2008president Wikidata
- 2000 to 2008member Wikidata
- Dates not givenUnited States representative Wikidata
Offices and dates: Wikidata (CC0) (Q3791514). Elections: Vugol.Me candidacy record.
All sources
- Result: Wikipedia (House results table), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2026_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections&oldid=1383742945
- Call time: Called by Wikipedia editors 2:51 AM ET (revision)
- Pre-election call: Vugol.Me calls ledger (frozen), /calls
- Background: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Peters_(politician)
- Birth, education, occupation and offices held: Wikidata (CC0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3791514
- Congressional service, committees and official contact: congress-legislators (public domain), https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators
- Term start: U.S. Constitution, 20th Amendment, section 1
- Campaign finance: Federal Election Commission
- Roster, FEC filing https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H2CA52089/
- photo_headshot https://unitedstates.github.io/
- photo_gallery https://scottpeters.house.gov/about
- photo_gallery https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scott_Peters_2011_(cropped).jpg
- photo_gallery https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scott_Peter%27s_Official_113th_Congressional_Portrait_(cropped).jpg
- photo_gallery https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scott_Peter%27s_Official_113th_Congressional_Portrait.jpg
- photo_gallery https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scott_Peters_2011.jpg
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