Scott Baugh

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Scott Baugh (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 47th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Scott Baugh lives in Huntington Beach, California. Baugh earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Liberty University and a J.D. from the University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law. His career experience includes owning a business and working as a lawyer.^[1]^[2] Baugh has served as the chairman of GRIP (Gang Reduction Intervention Partnership), a board member of the George T. Pfleger Foundation, a founding board member of Angel Force USA, a founding trustee of Pacifica Christian High School, a board member of the Orange County Classical Academy, and the founding chairman of the OC Marathon Foundation.^[1]

Elections

2024

California's 47th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 top-two primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 47

Dave Min defeated Scott Baugh in the general election for U.S. House California District 47 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Dave Min (D)	51.3	173,069
	Scott Baugh (R)	48.7	164,311

	There were no incumbents in this race. Source	Total votes: 337,380
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 47

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 47 on March 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Scott Baugh (R)	32.1	57,517
✔	Dave Min (D)	25.9	46,393
	Joanna Weiss (D)	19.4	34,802
	Max Ukropina (R)	14.8	26,585
	Long Pham (R)	2.7	4,862
	Terry Crandall (No party preference)	1.6	2,878
	Boyd Roberts (D)	1.4	2,570
	Tom McGrath (No party preference)	0.9	1,611
	Bill Smith (No party preference)	0.6	1,062
	Shariq Zaidi (D)	0.4	788

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 179,068
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Baugh received the following endorsements.

U.S. Rep. Ken Calvert (R)
U.S. Rep. John Duarte (R)
U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer (R)
U.S. Rep. Mike Garcia (R)
U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R)
Speaker of the U.S. House Mike Johnson (R)
U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley (R)
U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R)
U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy
U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock (R)
U.S. Rep. Jay Obernolte (R)
U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise (R)
U.S. Rep. Michelle Steel (R)
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R)
State Sen. Phillip Chen (R)
State Sen. Diane Dixon (R)
State Sen. Janet Nguyen (R)
Sheriff, Orange County Don Barnes
Member, Orange County Board of Education Mari Barke (Nonpartisan)
Member, Irvine City Council Mike Carroll (Nonpartisan)
Treasurer, Orange County Shari Freidenrich (Nonpartisan)
Clerk-Recorder, Orange County Hugh Nguyen (Nonpartisan)
Member, Orange County Board of Education Lisa Sparks (Nonpartisan)
Former President Donald Trump (Republican Party, Conservative Party)
California GOP
Republican Party of California
California ProLife Council PAC
Club for Growth
Congressional Leadership Fund
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association
New Majority PAC

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 47

Incumbent Katie Porter defeated Scott Baugh in the general election for U.S. House California District 47 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Katie Porter (D)	51.7	137,374
	Scott Baugh (R)	48.3	128,261

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 265,635
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 47

Incumbent Katie Porter and Scott Baugh defeated Amy Phan West, Brian Burley, and Errol Webber in the primary for U.S. House California District 47 on June 7, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Katie Porter (D)	51.7	86,742
✔	Scott Baugh (R)	30.9	51,776
	Amy Phan West (R)	8.3	13,949
	Brian Burley (R)	7.1	11,952
	Errol Webber (R)	2.0	3,342

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 167,761
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Michelle Lyons (R)
William Griffith (D)

2020

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 48

Michelle Steel defeated incumbent Harley Rouda in the general election for U.S. House California District 48 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Michelle Steel (R)	51.1	201,738
	Harley Rouda (D)	48.9	193,362

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 395,100
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 48

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 48 on March 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Harley Rouda (D)	46.7	99,659
✔	Michelle Steel (R)	34.9	74,418
	Brian Burley (R)	12.1	25,884
	Richard Mata (American Independent Party of California)	2.7	5,704
	John Schuesler (R)	2.3	4,900
	James Griffin (R)	1.3	2,714

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 213,279
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2018

See also: California's 48th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 48

Harley Rouda defeated incumbent Dana Rohrabacher in the general election for U.S. House California District 48 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Harley Rouda (D)	53.6	157,837
	Dana Rohrabacher (R)	46.4	136,899

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 294,736 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 48

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 48 on June 5, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Dana Rohrabacher (R)	30.3	52,737
✔	Harley Rouda (D)	17.3	30,099
	Hans Keirstead (D)	17.2	29,974
	Scott Baugh (R)	15.8	27,514
	Omar Siddiqui (D)	5.0	8,658
	John Gabbard (R)	3.3	5,664
	Rachel Payne (D)	2.1	3,598
	Paul Martin (R)	1.7	2,893
	Shastina Sandman (R)	1.6	2,762
	Michael Kotick (D)	1.5	2,606
	Laura Oatman (D)	1.4	2,412
	Deanie Schaarsmith (D)	0.8	1,433
	Tony Zarkades (D)	0.7	1,281
	Brandon Reiser (L)	0.6	964
	Stelian Onufrei (R)	0.4	739
	Kevin Kensinger (Independent)	0.4	690

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 174,024
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Boyd Roberts (D)

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

Scott Baugh did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Submission to Ballotpedia

Baugh sent the following positions to Ballotpedia:^[1]

“

Education and Student Success. What can we do as a community to ensure students have the right resources to promote their success and to protect parents rights to chose what is best for their students.

Crime Reduction. How can we best support the men, women and processes that keep our communities safe and ensure that we continue to protect the places we live.

Government Spending and Inflation. Runaway inflation and spending is hurting everyone, and we need to proactively address this problem before our economy can no longer recover. We need to reduce taxes, support our business community and cut unnecessary spending by the federal government.

Limited Government and OC Values. Orange County has a long tradition of limited government that supports individual values of hard work, discipline, and community commitment, and that is not reflected by our current leadership.^[3]

”

Scott Baugh did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign website

Baugh's campaign website stated the following:

“

EDUCATION – GIVE PARENTS MORE CHOICES

Choice is critical when it comes to education. Too many kids are stuck in under-performing schools with parents feeling helpless against the education bureaucracy. Public schools, charter schools, private schools and home-schooling are all options that every parent should have.

I support charter schools and the creation of Education Savings Accounts that allow parents and students to access the state’s allocated per-pupil spending, currently close to $12,000, to pay tuition at private schools or spend on other expenses at any eligible school of their choice.

IMMIGRATION

Scott Baugh supports establishing border security that stops illegal immigration and opposes California’s crazy sanctuary city laws that defy the U.S. Constitution and tie the hands of law enforcement. Scott does not believe in amnesty to give citizenship to immigrants who have intentionally violated our immigration laws.

TAXES

As Assembly Republican Leader, Scott Baugh stood up to former Governor Gray Davis and forced the repeal of a new CAR TAX. Scott Baugh believes taxes on the middle class and small business are too high. Scott Baugh believes the new gas and car taxes imposed by the legislature should be repealed.

SPENDING

Scott Baugh will attack out-of-control debt by prioritizing spending. He supports a balanced budget that can be achieved by reducing waste and ending bloated government programs that have outlived their usefulness.

FISCAL DISCIPLINE & RESPONSIBILITY

Scott Baugh opposed the recent budget bill because it expanded a bloated and inefficient federal government, wasteful programs and demonstrated no fiscal discipline.

ECONOMY

A business owner, Scott Baugh knows that excessive government regulations drive businesses and jobs away. He will fight to reduce the regulatory burden so the economy can keep growing.

NATIONAL DEFENSE & VETERANS

Scott Baugh supports a strong and effective military with the best equipped troops ready to meet any challenge. Scott wants better treatment for veterans and active duty families and will fight to reform the VA to make sure America’s vets are taken care of – because they deserve nothing less.

FOREIGN POLICY

Scott Baugh understands that Russia is not America’s friend and that Vladimir Putin is not an adversary to be taken lightly. Scott believes that the United States and its allies need to stand together to support freedom and democracy. Scott is a strong supporter of Israel.

ENVIRONMENT

Scott Baugh opposes drilling off of the California coast. He believes government and businesses need to respect the legitimate science behind the challenge and reject the science manipulators in order to work together to effectively deal with climate change in ways that do not cost jobs or harm the economy.

CRIME

Scott Baugh is a Board member for the highly successful Orange County Gang Reduction Intervention Program (GRIP) that has reduced gang activity and made local neighborhoods safer.

HOMELESS

Scott Baugh insists on respect of private property. He opposes opening homeless camps in local neighborhoods. Scott believes public safety must remain the number one consideration when addressing the problem. He supports increasing care and early intervention for the mentally ill. Certainly the homelessness is not going be solved from Washington, DC. We need real community-based solutions to this tragic problem.^[3]

”

—Scott Baugh's campaign website (2022)^[4]

2020

Scott Baugh did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Scott Baugh campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House California District 47	Lost general	$1,933,119	$220,644
2022	U.S. House California District 47	Lost general	$3,145,463	$3,131,956
2020	U.S. House California District 48	Withdrew primary	$59,503	$123,711
2018	U.S. House California District 48	Lost primary	$505,630	N/A**
Grand total			$5,643,715	$3,476,312
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Ballotpedia staff, “Email communication with Campaign Manager Nic Gerad,” April 12, 2022
↑ Scott Baugh U.S. Congress, “Meet Scott Baugh,” accessed April 14, 2022
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
↑ Scott Baugh for Congress, “Positions,” accessed June 11, 2022

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[email-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Ballotpedia staff, “Email communication with Campaign Manager Nic Gerad,” April 12, 2022

[2] Scott Baugh U.S. Congress, “Meet Scott Baugh,” accessed April 14, 2022

[quotedisclaimer-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

[4] Scott Baugh for Congress, “Positions,” accessed June 11, 2022

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Scott Baugh

Biography

Elections

2024

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 47

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 47

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 47

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 47

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 48

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 48

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 48

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 48

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

2022

Submission to Ballotpedia

Campaign website

2020

Campaign finance summary

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