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Austin Scott

Austin Scott is a Republican incumbent in Georgia's 8th district. $1.1M raised, $756K spent, $1.3M cash through Jun 30, 2026. On the November ballot

$1.1Mraised
$756Kspent
$1.3Mcash on hand
Campaign finance$1.1M raised

Flags are rules applied to FEC totals, not judgements. Reported

Raised$1.1M
Spent$756K
Cash on hand$1.3M
Campaign finance
MeasureAmount
Raised (total receipts)$1,124,952
Spent (disbursements)$755,665
Cash on hand$1,349,452
Debts owed by campaign$0
Filing covers throughJun 30, 2026

Reported Self-reported to the FEC.

Record in Congressage 56 · 8 terms · votes right of 75% of the House
56age on Election Day
8House terms (since 2011)
Republicanparty in Congress

Voting record

-10+1more liberalmore conservativeScott
Voting record
MeasureValue
DW-NOMINATE score (first dimension)+0.54
Votes more conservative than75% of House members
Democratic median / Republican median-0.40 / +0.53
Roll-call votes counted571

Estimate DW-NOMINATE (Voteview, UCLA) scales members from their roll-call votes in the 119th Congress: negative is more liberal, positive more conservative. It describes voting patterns, not views on any one issue. See the member on Voteview.

Official House website · Official biography (Congress)

Reported Facts from the public congress-legislators dataset, current to 2026-10-15.

Public attention1,971 views in 30 days
1,971Wikipedia views, last 30 days
#398 of 461among candidates in the race with an article

Reported Page views of Austin Scott on English Wikipedia, 2026-09-14 to 2026-10-13 (Wikimedia). Views show curiosity, not support: long-serving incumbents have older, better-known articles, and many challengers have none.

Where the money comes fromindividuals, PACs, party, self
Individual donors 34%PACs and other committees 63%Other (refunds, transfers, loans) 3%
Funding mix
Source of moneyAmountShare of receipts
Individual donors$386,90134.4%
PACs and other committees$703,25062.5%
Other (refunds, transfers, loans)$34,8013.1%
This raceGA-08, rank #1 of 2

Austin Scott ranks #1 of 2 in reported fundraising in this race.

GA-08 · Georgia · Republican candidates · House forecasts

Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata · Official website · X (Twitter) · links matched through Wikidata and checked against the member or candidate record

Sources and methodFEC

All figures come from the Federal Election Commission and cover each filing period through Jun 30, 2026. FEC ID H0GA08099, committee C00482737. Filed with the FEC as James Austin Scott. View the official record.

Ballot status: listed as a nominee in Wikipedia's article for this state (CC BY-SA), matched to this FEC record by name.