Candidate · November 3, 2026

Austin Scott

On the ballot for U.S. House · Georgia's 8th District

RepublicanIncumbent
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$1.4M
cash on hand
$1.3M
issues with public statements
14
outside spending for or against
$152K

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

OfficeU.S. House · Georgia's 8th District1,2,3,4,5
Party on the ballotRepublican1,2,3,4
StatusIncumbent — Currently represents Georgia's 8th District in the U.S. House.6
How it's decidedIf no candidate wins a majority (more than half of the votes), the top two finishers meet in a runoff on December 1, 2026.5
Also on the ballot

§2Who they are

Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Austin Scott graduated from the University of Georgia with a B.B.A. in risk management and insurance and owned and operated an insurance brokerage firm for nearly twenty years.7,8 He is in his eighth term as the U.S. Representative for Georgia’s 8th Congressional District.7 He serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Armed Services Committee, the Agriculture Committee and the Rules Committee.7 He is vice chairman of the House Agriculture Committee and chairman of its Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.7

Why they say they're running

His campaign website says he represents Georgia values and free market principles in Congress, and that the goal is to protect the personal freedoms, individual liberties and economic opportunities of the next generation.8

Service in Congress since 2023

  • 2025–nowU.S. Representative, GA-86
  • 2023–2025U.S. Representative, GA-86

Websites and accounts

§3What they've said on the issues

Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.

Abortion and Reproductive Health

Abortion law

His official House website says he is pro-life and believes life begins at conception, and lists among the bills he has voted for or co-sponsored the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, a 20-week abortion ban, and the Life at Conception Act.11

Who sets abortion law

His official House website lists among the bills he has voted for or co-sponsored the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, a federal 20-week abortion ban, and the Life at Conception Act.11

  1. A national law making abortion legal in every state, at least until viability, as under Roe v. Wade
  2. Leave abortion law to each state
  3. A national law limiting abortion (for example, after 15 weeks of pregnancy)
Marked: the option their statement matches.
Government funding and abortion

His official House website says he cast his first vote to defund Planned Parenthood in February 2011, and lists among the bills he has voted for or co-sponsored the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act and bills to defund Planned Parenthood.11

  1. Bar public funds for abortions and for groups that provide them, including for their other services
  2. Bar public funds for most abortions, but let clinics that provide them be paid for other care
  3. Let Medicaid and other public programs cover abortion (ending the Hyde Amendment)
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Taxes and Budget

Balanced budget amendment

His official House website says he is a co-sponsor of H.J.Res. 1, which proposes a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.12

  1. Add a balanced budget requirement to the Constitution
  2. No amendment; limit spending by law instead, such as with spending caps
  3. No constitutional requirement or new spending limits
Marked: the option their statement matches.
Federal spending levels

His official House website says that reducing spending and working toward a balanced budget has been one of his top priorities, that he has voted consistently for spending cuts, and that the country cannot tax its way out of its fiscal situation.12,13

  1. Increase overall federal spending
  2. Hold overall spending near current levels
  3. Cut overall federal spending
  4. Cut spending enough to balance the budget within 10 years
Marked: the option their statement matches.
Federal income tax rates

His official House website calls the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act a great first step, and says he will keep advocating legislation that expands the economy, grows wages and eases federal regulations.14

Economy, Jobs and Trade

Trade agreements

His official House website says he supports free and fair trade, that opening international markets will benefit the economy, and that he will only support agreements that ensure American industry and workers compete on a fair playing field.15

  1. Sign new deals that lower trade barriers
  2. Keep existing deals, such as the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, largely as they are
  3. Renegotiate existing deals, for example to require that more of each product be made in the US
  4. Leave existing deals and set terms country by country, including tariffs
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Foreign Policy and Defense

Military spending

His official House website says it is important to have the best equipped and trained military in the world.16

Military aid to Israel

His official House website says that ensuring Israel’s qualitative military edge is a key national security priority and that U.S. security assistance to Israel is important to American interests.17

Education

US Department of Education

His official House website says he wants to reduce the number of federal programs and leave education matters to local communities, restoring control at the local level.18

Energy and Climate

Oil and gas drilling on federal land and offshore

His official House website says he supports an energy policy that includes increased domestic oil exploration, refining capacity, and production of domestic oil, natural gas and clean coal.19

Technology, Privacy and AI

High-speed internet access

His official House website says extending the nation’s broadband network to rural areas would significantly increase productivity and efficiency.20

Health Care

Health insurance system

His official House website says he co-sponsored and voted for H.R. 2 to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and that he supports market-based reforms that lower costs, increase access to more affordable care and give citizens more control over their health care decisions.21

  1. One government plan for everyone (Medicare for All)
  2. Add a government plan that anyone can choose to buy
  3. Keep the current mix of private and public coverage, including the ACA
  4. Fewer federal insurance rules and more private plan choices, with aid paid to individuals
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Immigration

Immigration enforcement inside the country

His official House website says the country must first secure its borders, remove immigrants who are currently in the country without legal permission and enforce existing immigration laws before attempting any type of immigration reform.22

  1. Abolish ICE and move any remaining enforcement work to other agencies
  2. Deport only people convicted of serious crimes or who threaten national security
  3. Focus on people with criminal records and recent border crossers
  4. Deport as many people here without legal permission as possible, with or without criminal records
Marked: the option their statement matches.

§4Popular bills that never got a vote

Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.

While Austin Scott served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Austin Scott sponsored or cosponsored 11 of the 52. How bills die without a vote.

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§5Money

Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.

Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.75

Raised$1,416,651
Spent$1,080,761
Cash on hand$1,316,056

Where the money came from

Individual donors$493K · 35%
PACs and other political committees$883K · 62%
Other receipts (other loans, refunds, interest)$40K · 3%

Outside spending

Groups spending independently reported $150,563 supporting and $1,748 opposing Austin Scott this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through October 22, 2026.76

Largest independent spenders, as named in their FEC filings.
GroupSupportingOpposing
DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS$150,563—
MAHA PAC—$1,748

Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.

§6Financial disclosures

Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.