# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/scott-taylor-q17089502
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:18:42.895Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/scott-taylor-q17089502"
name: "Scott Taylor"
slug: "scott-taylor-q17089502"
description: "Scott William Taylor is an American politician and former Navy SEAL who served as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 2nd congressional district from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the 85th district. On November 6, 2018, Taylor was defeated for reelection by Democratic nominee Elaine Luria. On July 8, 2019, he announced his intention to run for the United States Senate in 2020. However, in December 2019, he instead opted to run again for his old seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. In the November general election, he was defeated by Luria in a rematch."
tagline: "American politician and former Navy SEAL (born 1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Scott_Taylor_official_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1979-06-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.835352
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 58
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/RepScottTaylor"
    handle:    "RepScottTaylor"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/scotttaylorva/"
    handle:    "scotttaylorva"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
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    handle:    "RepScottTaylor"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://scotttaylor.us/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL_UCG7VqJRfneFTwg8UVmg"
    handle:    "@rep.scotttaylor6202"
    followers: 58
sources:
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    title: "史考特·泰勒"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سكوت تايلور (سياسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سكوت تايلور (رجال اعمال)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Taylor_(Politiker)"
    title: "Scott Taylor (Politiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Taylor_(politician)"
    title: "Scott Taylor (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Taylor_(pol%C3%ADtico)"
    title: "Scott Taylor (político)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Taylor"
    title: "Scott Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Taylor"
    title: "Scott Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Scott Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Taylor_(politician)"
    title: "Scott Taylor (politician)"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump