
Austin Scott
- Republican · US Representative, Georgia District 8 · On the Nov 3 ballot for re-election · vs. Kelly Esti (D)
- Raised
- $1.4M
- Cash on hand
- $1.3M
- Years in Congress
- 15
- Age
- 56
- Races
- Won 15 of 15
Spectrum
Centrist is the middle of the scale, not of Congress. How this works
By donors (CFscore, 2024 cycle)
Research estimate from Stanford DIME 4.0. Source
Method and limits
Published score 1.234 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 744 donors. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Places a candidate by who gave them money; candidates who share donors sit close together.
Reflects the donor network, not votes or views, and comes from past cycles, not a 2026 reading.
Now
Career
| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | US House, GA-08 | Won | 68.9% | |
| 2022 | US House, GA-08 | Won · primary won 100% | 68.6% | |
| 2020 | US House, GA-08 | Won · primary won 89.8% | 64.5% | |
| 2018 | US House, GA-08 | Won · primary won 100% | 99.7% | |
| 2016 | US House, GA-08 | Won · primary won 77.8% | 67.6% | |
| 2014 | US House, GA-08 | Won · primary won 100% | 99.9% | |
| 2012 | US House, GA-08 | Won · primary won 100% | 100% | |
| 2010 | US House, GA-08 | Won · primary won 52.4% | 52.7% |
Earlier races (7 more races)
| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | State House, GA | Won | 53.5% | |
| 2006 | State House, GA | Won | 54.8% | |
| 2004 | State House, GA | Won | 100% | |
| 2002 | State House, GA | Won | 100% | |
| 2000 | State House, GA | Won | 100% | |
| 1998 | State House, GA | Won | 58.1% | |
| 1996 | State House, GA | Won | 53.8% |
About this list
Races in our results files. Other offices, earlier years and most primaries can be missing. A general that went to a runoff counts as neither a win nor a loss.
Money
FEC, through Oct 14, 2026Spent $1.1M · Debts owed $0
Where the money came from
- Individuals$493K
- PACs and other committees$883K
- Party committees$0
- Candidate’s own money$0
- Loans from the candidate$0
As the campaign reported to the FEC through Oct 14, 2026. Bars compare these lines. Some money has no line here, so they may not add up to the total raised. Source: FEC candidate summary.
Committees giving to this campaign
179 committees reported giving $783K.
- Southeast Cotton Committee (SECC) Southern Cottongrowers Inc/Se Cotton Ginners AssnPAC$15,000
- Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. PAC; AKA Dfa-PacPAC$10,000
- National Cotton Council of America Committee for the Advancement of CottonPAC$10,000
- National Cattlemen's Beef Association PAC (NCBA-PAC)PAC$10,000
- The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers PACPAC$10,000
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- National Automobile Dealers Association PACPAC$10,000
- Delta Air Lines PACPAC$10,000
- Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative Sugar PAC (MDSPAC)PAC$10,000
- United Egg Association EggpacPAC$10,000
- The Farm Credit Council PACPAC$10,000
- National Pork Producers Council Pork PACPAC$10,000
- Waterpac - National Rural Water Association Political CommitteePAC$10,000
- Deere & Company PAC (AKA John Deere PAC)PAC$10,000
- Alabama Peanut Producers Association, Peanutpac of AlabamaPAC$10,000
- American Peanut Shellers Association PACPAC$10,000
- Texas Farm Bureau AgfundPAC$10,000
- Zurich Holding Company of America, Inc. Committee for Good Government (Z-Pac, Zurich PAC)PAC$10,000
- Croplife America PACPAC$10,000
- Rain and Hail Insurance Society PACPAC$10,000
- The Home Depot Inc. PACPAC$10,000
The largest 20 are listed. Refunds the committees reported are taken out. Independent spending isn’t included. These figures come from the committees’ own reports, so they can differ from the campaign’s lines above, sometimes by a lot. Source: FEC committee-to-candidate file, dated Oct 25, 2026.
Reports through Oct 14, 2026.
How these are counted
Later filings are not in yet. Totals for the 2025 to 2026 cycle. Raised $1,416,651. Cash on hand $1,316,056. Spent $1,080,761. Debts owed $0. Individuals $493,187. PACs and other committees $883,250. Party committees $0. Candidate’s own money $0. Loans from the candidate $0. Other loans $0. Transfers from the candidate’s other committees $0. Main committee: Austin Scott for Congress Inc. No individual donor names are shown.
House votes
119th Congress, through Sept 16, 2026676 roll calls. Yea 522, Nay 149, Present 2, Not voting 2.
- Roll calls missed
- 0.3%
- Voted with own party when parties split
- 99.4%
How these are counted
Missed is Not Voting divided by every roll call the member was listed on, including quorum calls and procedural votes. It covers any absence, including illness and leave.
Party split: a roll call counts when the Democratic majority and the Republican majority voted opposite ways. That was 469 roll calls, and the member matched their own party on 466. We pick no votes ourselves.
Showing the newest 3 of 676
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 314
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
Vote: YeaPassed, 401 to 14
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 313
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H R 9497
Water Resources Development Act
Vote: YeaPassed, 415 to 9
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 312
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H R 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
Vote: YeaPassed, 417 to 3
Legislation
119th Congress, congress.gov, as of Oct 30, 2026Sponsored 11 bills and 11 resolutions. Cosponsored 118 bills and 32 resolutions. Amendments are not counted.
Latest bills Austin Scott sponsored
- South Atlantic Red Snapper Fair Access Act of 2026H.R. 9933, introduced Jul 23, 2026
- Ocmulgee Mounds National Park Redesignation ActH.R. 9416, introduced Jun 24, 2026
- Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans ActH.R. 8884, introduced May 19, 2026
- To amend title 5, United States Code, to add certain employees of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to the definition of employees in fire protection activities for the purpose of compensation for certain illnesses and diseases deemed to be proximately caused by employment in fire protection activities.H.R. 8863, introduced May 15, 2026
- To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 through April 30, 2026, and for other purposes.H.R. 8322, introduced Apr 16, 2026
More about Austin Scott
Offices held (8 terms and offices)
- 2011 to nowUS House, Georgia District 8Republican
Committees (13 assignments)
House Committee on Agriculture, Vice Chair
- Chair of the General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit subcommittee
- Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture subcommittee
- Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development subcommittee
House Committee on Armed Services
- Intelligence and Special Operations subcommittee
- Readiness subcommittee
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- Central Intelligence Agency subcommittee
- Chairman of the National Intelligence Enterprise subcommittee
- National Security Agency and Cyber subcommittee
House Committee on Rules
- Rules and Organization of the House subcommittee
Official pages (6 links)
Sources (14 sources)
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
unitedstates/congress-legislators (current)
Office, terms, committees, official links, age. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026. License: CC0-1.0.
Compiled by the @unitedstates project volunteers (rosters from official congressional sources) from official returns. Not an official source.
Federal 2026 candidates: money totals (web/data/people/money) and the MN federal filing list. Bulk files, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 31, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Totals and committee names only; no donor names or addresses are stored.
FEC bulk data 2025-2026: contributions from committees to candidates (pas226)
Federal 2026 candidates: committees giving to each candidate (web/data/people/money-types). Bulk file, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 31, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Committee totals only; the individual contributions file is not used.
Stanford DIME public v4.0, recipients file (CFscores)
CFscores for candidates and officials; web/data/ideology/dime.json and aggregate.json. A research estimate by Adam Bonica, not an official measure. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Compiled by Adam Bonica, Stanford University Libraries (built from campaign finance filings) from official returns. Not an official source.
Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0 [Computer file]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime .
Clerk of the House: roll call votes, 119th Congress
House roll calls. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work.
Congress.gov API: sponsored and cosponsored legislation, nominations
Bills and resolutions. Retrieved Oct 30, 2026. License: US government work.
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
unitedstates/congress-legislators
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
Election Wrld state legislative returns (web/data/results/sld); each row names its upstream source
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.
Stanford DIME v4.0 recipients file
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House 1976-2024
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
Election Wrld officials files (web/data/officials)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
- Age: unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), official birthday field, counted to Nov 3, 2026. We show the age, never the birth date.
- Took office in Congress 2011-01-05. Basis: congress-legislators terms (CC0).
Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.
Not available for Austin Scott: a background.
DataDownload votes (JSON)Sources: FEC, House Clerk, congress.gov, DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026Photo credits