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Scott Taylor is an American politician who currently serves as the U.S. Representative for Virginia's 2nd congressional district. He was born on June 27, 1979 in Baltimore, Maryland. Taylor graduated from the University of Maryland in 2001 with a degree in Government and Politics. He then served in the United States Navy from 2001 to 2005, and was deployed to Iraq in 2003. After his service, he worked as a defense contractor in Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2011, Taylor was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 85th district. He was re-elected in 2013 and 2015. In 2017, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Virginia's 2nd congressional district. Taylor is married to his wife, Amanda, and they have two children. He is a member of the Republican Party. As of 2021, Scott Taylor's net worth is estimated to be $1 million.

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On July 8, 2019, Taylor announced that he was running for the United States Senate against two-term incumbent Mark Warner in the 2020 election. In an interview with the Associated Press after announcing his candidacy, Taylor said that his military service and moderate record on social issues could help attract voters. He accused Warner of moving away from centrist pro-business policies that he embraced as governor and focused too heavily on fostering the "illusion" that Donald Trump colluded with Russia.

Taylor decided to withdraw from the Senate race on December 9, 2019, and instead chose to run in his old House of Representatives district, setting up a potential general election rematch between Luria and Taylor. Taylor gained attention by referring to congresswomen like his opponent Elaine Luria, who graduated from the United States Naval Academy, as "girls that have national security backgrounds."

Taylor proposed a VA SEA Act from his concerns with senior VA officials’ responses to complaints about poor management at the Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center. His Act became a law in 2018. The U.S. Congress also passed his Ashanti Alert Act making it a law. He also proposed a Defense Roads Appropriations language which became a law stating that the Department of Defense can work with the Department of Transportation to help fund off-base projects in the areas of reoccurring floods and sea level rise.

In May 2018, former Navy commander Elaine Luria announced her intention to run for Taylor's seat. In the June 10 Democratic primary, Luria received 62% of the vote, defeating Karen Mallard, who received 38%. In the Republican primary, Taylor readily defeated Mary Jones, 76% to 24%.

On August 7, 2018, the Virginia commonwealth's attorney appointed a special prosecutor to investigate fraudulent petitions circulated by members of Taylor's 2018 campaign staff on behalf of independent candidate Shaun Brown. A FOIA request made by WHRO found that four paid workers on Taylor's campaign had collected signatures to put Shaun Brown on the ballot as an independent candidate in the 2nd district race. Gathering signatures to put another candidate on the ballot is legal, and observers believe that Brown's "appearance on the ballot threatens to split the Democratic vote in a highly competitive race." In August, following allegations that some of the signatures gathered by his staff were forged, Taylor said "My campaign has a zero-tolerance policy for inappropriate activities" and he severed ties with his campaign consultant. In May 2019, one of the four staffers was indicted on two counts of election fraud, a felony punishable by one to 10 years in prison and a $2,500 fine.

On September 5, 2018, after hearing testimony in a civil lawsuit, Richmond Circuit Court Judge Gregory L. Rupe ordered the removal of Brown's name from the 2nd District ballot on the basis that 377 signatures were fraudulently collected for Brown by four Taylor staffers. The staffers filed affidavits with the court that if called to testify as to whether Taylor directed their efforts to collect or forge the signatures, they would invoke their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Taylor's former campaign consultant, Rob Catron, also filed an affidavit saying that he too would invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination if asked whether he knew the signatures were forged, and whether or not there had been an attempt to defraud the State Board of Elections. A criminal investigation into ballot fraud in the matter by a Virginia state special prosecutor continues to be active.

On November 6, 2018, Taylor lost to Luria, taking 48.9 percent of the vote to Luria's 51.1 percent. Taylor only won three of the district's nine county-level jurisdictions, and only carried one of its independent cities, Poquoson. He even lost his hometown of Virginia Beach.

In April 2018, Taylor praised President Trump for the "measured" and "calculated" military action carried out under his direction in Syria in conjunction with the French and British. Taylor said that he was "torn" in regard to taking international military action, but in the case of Syria he felt that Trump "listened to his advisers".

In 2018, Taylor stated that he opposed deporting people who were brought into the United States illegally as children. He also said that he wanted to find ways for others who were in the country illegally to "get right with the law." Taylor favors increasing immigration enforcement and border security but opposes Trump's plan to build a wall along the border with Mexico.

As of October 2018, FiveThirtyEight found that Taylor voted with Trump's position 97.8% of the time.

In September 2017, Taylor said he opposed the ban on transgender persons in the military. "If you are able to serve, serve," he said. "I don't care if you are gay, straight, transgender or not. If you are ready to go, cool." He added, however, that the military should not have to pay for gender-reassignment surgery.

As of May 2017, Taylor is a cosponsor of H.R. 2282, the version of the Equality Act submitted in the House of Representatives during the 115th Congress.

Taylor supported President Donald Trump's 2017 executive order to impose a temporary ban on entry to the U.S. to citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries. He stated that "While I do not agree with some of the rhetoric, taking a pause, figuring out if we are properly vetting people, and making changes if necessary to continue our American principles is prudent and needed. The safety and protection of our citizens must remain our number one priority."

On February 27, 2017, Taylor was an original cosponsor for bill H.R. 1227 – Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2017.

On May 4, 2017, Taylor voted Yes on H.R. 1628 (AHCA of 2017).

Taylor supported the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. He came under criticism for this from his 2018 Democratic challenger, Elaine Luria, who argued that most of the benefits of the bill went to the wealthiest people, and that 98% of families only saw an average tax cut of $688. "I can tell you right now that $688 could be the difference between the lights going on or off," said Taylor, adding he was raised by a single mother on a modest income. "Nine out of ten people in this district have seen more money in their own pockets… I know the benefit of that tax reform here and I'm proud I supported it."

In February 2017, following Trump's likening of the intelligence community to Nazi Germany, Taylor said that President Donald Trump and the intelligence community "need to get on the same page very quickly." He criticized Trump's decision to place Steve Bannon on the National Security Council.

In 2016, after the incumbent Scott Rigell, a Republican, announced he would not seek re-election, Taylor won the Republican Party nomination for Virginia's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, defeating Randy Forbes in the primary, then defeated Democrat Shaun Brown, 61.3% to 38.5%, to win the general election on November 8, 2016. Taylor was a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership, as well as of the Republican Study Committee and the Climate Solutions Caucus.

He published a book in February 2015, Trust Betrayed: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and The Selling Out of America's National Security. In his book, he criticized Vice President Joe Biden for revealing that it was SEAL Team Six that killed Osama bin Laden. He blamed the poor diplomatic security that led to the Benghazi fiasco on the Obama administration's desire for a "light footprint" in Libya, which he argues was caused by a foreign-policy doctrine that placed U.S. interests underneath partisan politics.

In 2012, Taylor founded and served as chairman for the Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund, a 501(c) Political Action Committee formed in 2012 accusing the Obama Administration of security leaks and taking too much credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden in 2011.

Asked in 2010 about the pending end of Don't Ask Don't Tell, he said, "I encourage everyone to honorably serve in the military regardless of their sexual orientation. Heterosexual relationships are not permitted to take place while our men and women serve their country, so I believe this to be a completely political move."

During Taylor's unsuccessful congressional primary campaign in 2010, he voiced support for offshore oil drilling along Virginia's coast. In 2018, after President Trump announced plans to lift a ban on offshore oil drilling in the Atlantic Ocean, Taylor voiced his opposition, saying that drilling could interfere with military training and citing opposition from localities within his district.

In 2008, Taylor ran for Mayor of Virginia Beach, Virginia. He was a candidate in the 2010 primary election for Virginia's 2nd congressional district, but lost to Scott Rigell. Taylor was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates for the 85th district in November 2013, where, as a delegate, Taylor cosponsored a bill to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in labor and housing.

Scott William Taylor (born June 27, 1979) is an American politician and former Navy SEAL who served as the United States Representative for Virginia's 2nd congressional district from 2017 to 2019. A Republican, he was previously a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the 85th district. On November 6, 2018, Taylor was defeated for reelection by Democrat and U.S. Navy veteran Elaine Luria. On July 8, 2019, he announced his intention to run for the United States Senate in 2020 but in December 2019 changed his mind and decided to run again for his old seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, a rematch between Luria and Taylor.

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