Running forU.S. House, District 8

Austin Scott

RepublicanHas the job now

Overview

U.S. representative for this district since 2011.

Georgia state representative, 1997–2010
Leads a House subcommittee on farm programs and farm loans

Committee work: farms & food aid, the military, spy agencies, which bills get a vote

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How to reach them: Office phone: 202-225-6531
Office: 2185 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1008
Official accounts: X (Twitter), Facebook, YouTube
Source: unitedstates/congress-legislators

Offices held: U.S. House, Georgia's 8th District · 2011–now
Source: unitedstates/congress-legislators
Leadership roles: Second in charge of the House Committee on Agriculture
Leads the General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit subcommittee (part of the House Committee on Agriculture)
Leads the National Intelligence Enterprise subcommittee (part of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence)
Source: unitedstates/congress-legislators

Campaign money

Raised $1.4 million and spent $1 million since Jan 2025.
Of the money donors gave, 36% came from individual people and 64% from PACs (groups that collect money to give to candidates).
Since 2025, 169 PACs gave $693,500 to their campaign.
Since 2025, outside groups like super PACs spent $1,748 against them.

Source and every donor: FEC

PACs that gave to their campaign since 2025169 PACs · $693,500

American Revival PAC $10,000
The Home Depot PAC $10,000
National Pork Producers Council Pork PAC $10,000
John Deere PAC $10,000
United Egg Association PAC $10,000
Zurich Holding Company of America Committee for Good Government (Z-PAC) $10,000
United States Peanut Political Action Committee (Us Peanut PAC) $10,000
Texas Farm Bureau Agfund $10,000
Southeast Cotton Committee (Secc) Southern Cottongrowers Inc/Se Cotton Ginners Assn $10,000
Peanut PAC of Alabama, PAC of Alabama Peanut Producers Association $10,000
National Pecan Federation Inc. PAC (Pecan PAC) $10,000
National Peanut Buying Points PAC $10,000
National Cattlemens Beef Assoc. PAC $10,000
Croplife America PAC $10,000
Cox Enterprises PAC $10,000
Committee for Advancement of Cotton PAC $10,000
American Peanut Shellers PAC $10,000
American Fruit & Vegetable PAC Aka Fav PAC $10,000
WATERPAC - National Rural Water Association Political Committee $10,000
USA Rice Federation PAC $10,000
Mississippi Farm Bureau Fed. Furthering Ag. for Rural Mississippians (MFBF Farm) Fund PAC $10,000
Minn-Dak Farmers Coop PAC $10,000
Farm Credit PAC $10,000
Es3 PAC-Engineering and Software Systems Solutions Inc. PAC $10,000
Crop Insurance Professionals Association PAC-Cipa PAC $10,000
Rain and Hail Insurance PAC $10,000
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. PAC $10,000
Rayonier Inc. Good Government Committee $8,500
Plains Cotton Growers Inc. PAC $7,500
National Alliance of Forest Owners Political Action Committee (Nafo PAC) $7,500
Farmers Rice Cooperative Fund PAC $7,500
Elect - the PAC of the Alabama Farmers Federation $7,500
Delta Airlines PAC $7,500
Employees of Northrop Grumman PAC $7,500
American Bankers Association PAC $7,500
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. - DEPAC (Dairy Educational Political Action Committee) $7,500
Lockheed Martin Employees PAC $7,000
Independent Community Bankers PAC $6,000
Aflac Inc. PAC $6,000
Employees of Raytheon Technologies Corporation PAC $6,000
Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Assoc Political Action Committee $5,500
National Marine Manufacturers Association's Boat Political Action Committee $5,500
The Coca-Cola Company Nonpartisan Committee for Good Govt $5,000
National Automobile Dealers Association PAC $5,000
In the Arena PAC $5,000
Electing Majority Making Effective Republicans PAC $5,000
America's Future, Together $5,000
Allison Transmission Inc. PAC $5,000
Ihg Six Continents Hotels Inc. PAC (Ihg PAC) $5,000
American Optometric Assoc. PAC $5,000
Concordia Political Action Committee Inc $5,000
American Crystal Sugar PAC $5,000
Honeywell International PAC $5,000
American Sugar Cane League PAC $5,000
The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers Political Action Committee $5,000
National Shooting Sports Foundation Inc PAC(NSSFPAC) $5,000
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors PAC $5,000
Natl Assoc. of Convenience Stores PAC $5,000
Koch Industries, Inc. PAC $5,000
American Society of Anesthesiologists PAC (Asa PAC) $5,000
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants PAC $5,000
Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc. Committee for Good Government $5,000
American Association of Crop Insurers PAC $5,000
Southern Company Gas PAC, Inc. $5,000
Georgia Power Company Federal PAC Inc $5,000
Cadence Bank PAC $5,000
National Corn Growers Association (Ncga) $5,000
Bae Systems Inc. Political Action Committee (Bae Systems USA PAC) $5,000
America's Electric Cooperatives PAC $5,000
The Boeing Co PAC $5,000
American Soybean Association PAC (SOYPAC) $4,500
American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC $4,000
Realtors PAC-the National Association of Realtors PAC $4,000
Sig Sauer, Inc. PAC (Aka 'Sig Sauer Pac') $4,000
Southern Crown Partners' Employees Federal PAC $3,500
Build PAC of the National Assoc. of Home Builders $3,500
Lean Forward America $3,500
Walmart Inc. PAC for Responsible Government $3,500
Cme Group Inc PAC $3,500
Primerica Inc Political Action Committee (Primerica PAC) $3,500
National Beer Wholesalers Assoc. PAC $3,500
Hardwood Federation-PAC Inc $3,000
Michigan Sugar Company Growers PAC $3,000
General Dynamics Corp PAC (GDC PAC) $3,000
North Carolina Cotton Producers Association Committee (NCCPAC) $2,500
National Turkey Federation PAC $2,500
Committee Organized for the Trading of Cotton PAC of the American Cotton Shippers Associat $2,500
Archer Daniels Midland Company-Adm PAC $2,500
American Sportfishing Association PAC $2,500
Troutman Pepper Locke, LLP PAC $2,500
The Westervelt Company PAC $2,500
Society of American Florists PAC $2,500
JBS USA Food Company PAC $2,500
Charter Communications Inc. PAC $2,500
Associated General Contractors of America PAC $2,500
American Bakers Association PAC $2,500
Ernst & Young PAC $2,500
Center for Sportfishing Policy PAC Aka Center PAC $2,500
Bayer Corporation Political Action Committee $2,500
Basf Corporation Employees Political Action Committee $2,500
Agricultural Retailers Association PAC $2,500
Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, Inc. PAC (INSURPAC) $2,500
Western Peanut Growers PAC $2,500
Oshkosh Corporation Employees PAC (OCEPAC) $2,500
National Athletic Trainers' Association Inc PAC $2,500
Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar PAC $2,000
International Paper Political Action Committee (Ip-PAC) $2,000
AT&T Inc. Employee Federal PAC $2,000
American Dental PAC $2,000
National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals PAC (Nabip PAC) $2,000
Amalgamated Sugar Company PAC $2,000
Science Applications International Corporation Voluntary Political Action Committee $2,000
Regions Financial Corporation PAC $2,000
National Community Pharmacists Assoc. PAC $2,000
International Fresh Produce Association Fresh PAC (Fresh PAC) $2,000
National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund $2,000
Western Sugar Cooperative PAC $2,000
J. R. Simplot Company PAC $1,500
America's Credit Union PAC(Culac PAC) $1,500
Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC PAC $1,500
Potlatchdeltic Corporation PAC (Potlatchdeltic PAC) $1,500
Associated Equipment Distributors PAC $1,500
United Parcel Service Inc. PAC $1,000
Nfib PAC $1,000
Florida Farm Bureau Federation FEDPAC $1,000
American Coalition for Rural Engagement, Inc. PAC $1,000
Airbus Americas, Inc. PAC $1,000
Wine & Spirits Wholesaler of America PAC $1,000
Weyerhaeuser PAC $1,000
Squire Patton Boggs PAC (Squire Patton Boggs PAC) $1,000
Southern States PAC $1,000
Sierra Nevada Corporation PAC $1,000
Rolls-Royce North America Holdings Inc. PAC (Rolls-Royce North America PAC) $1,000
Plain State PAC $1,000
National Milk Producers Federation PAC (NMPF PAC) $1,000
L3harris Technologies, Inc. PAC $1,000
House Conservatives Fund $1,000
Green Diamond Resource Company PAC $1,000
Caci International Inc PAC ('Caci Pac') $1,000
American Kennel Club $1,000
Verizon Communications Inc./Verizon Wireless Good Government Club (Verizon/Verizon Wireles $1,000
National Association of Wheat Growers PAC (WHEATPAC) $1,000
National Air Traffic Controllers Association PAC $1,000
National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association Political Action Com (Narfe-PAC) $1,000
American Council of Engineering Companies (Acec/PAC) $1,000
Texas Corn PAC of the Texas Corn Producers Association $1,000
Republicans United to Defend You PAC $1,000
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP PAC $1,000
National Sorghum Producers PAC $1,000
Nascoe PAC $1,000
Lumen Technologies, Inc. PAC $1,000
HEARTDOCPAC $1,000
Georgia Oilmen's Association Inc PAC $1,000
Freedom's Defense Fund $1,000
Council of Producers and Distributors of Agrotechnology (Cpda-PAC) $1,000
American Veterinary Medical Association Political Action Committee $1,000
Snack Food Association PAC (SNACKPAC) $1,000
National Grocers Association Grocers PAC $1,000
National Association of Professional Insurance Agents PAC(PIAPAC) $1,000
Fraternity & Sorority PAC $1,000
Florida Sugar Cane League PAC $1,000
Fert PAC (the PAC of the Fertilizer Institute) $1,000
Valley PAC $1,000
Saalex Corp PAC $1,000
Raptor PAC $1,000
California Cotton Ginners and Growers Assn PAC - Federal $500
Balch and Bingham LLP Federal Political Committee $500
Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida (PAC) $500
Georgia Mining Association PAC $500

Outside groups that spent against them since 20251 group · $1,748

Maha PAC $1,748

Bills they wrote

Bills and joint resolutions where they're the main author, since 2023. Laws first, then the ones that got furthest.

Wrote

15 bills

Became law

2 became law. Another 2 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

Introduced Apr 16, 2026H.R. 8322: 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.
Became law
Introduced Jan 11, 2024H.R. 6983: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15 South Valdosta Road in Lakeland, Georgia, as the "Nell Patten Roquemore Post Office".
Became law
Introduced May 19, 2026H.R. 8884: Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act
Passed the House
Introduced Nov 12, 2025H.R. 6019: To repeal certain provisions relating to notification to Senate offices regarding legal process on disclosure of Senate data, and for other purposes.
Passed the House
Introduced Jul 23, 2026H.R. 9933: South Atlantic Red Snapper Fair Access Act of 2026
Introduced
Introduced Jun 24, 2026H.R. 9416: Ocmulgee Mounds National Park Redesignation Act
Introduced
Introduced May 15, 2026H.R. 8863: 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.
Introduced
Introduced Feb 12, 2026H.R. 7559: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny deduction for outsourcing payments.
Introduced
Introduced Feb 10, 2026H.R. 7475: Expedited Guaranteed Lender Pilot Program Act
Introduced
Introduced Jan 15, 2026H.R. 7120: Purple Heart Freedom to Work Act
Introduced
Introduced Dec 10, 2025H.R. 6598: Commodity Futures Trading Commission Research and Development Modernization Act of 2025
Introduced
Introduced Mar 25, 2025H.R. 2345: Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve Establishment Act
Introduced
Introduced Apr 30, 2024H.R. 8182: Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve Establishment Act
Introduced
Introduced Apr 17, 2024H.R. 8055: Ensuring Access to Risk Management Act of 2024
Introduced
Introduced Mar 28, 2023H.R. 1841: Purple Heart Freedom to Work Act
Introduced

Source: Congress.gov

How they voted

Final votes on bills that passed the U.S. House or Senate, since 2023. Votes on amendments, committees, and procedure are left out.

Votes shown

671 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 15 of 1,909 votes (less than 1%).

By topic

Agriculture and Food6 votes

Animals6 votes

Armed Forces and National Security46 votes

Arts, Culture, Religion3 votes

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues4 votes

Commerce38 votes

Congress5 votes

Crime and Law Enforcement43 votes

Economics and Public Finance44 votes

Education22 votes

Emergency Management10 votes

Energy48 votes

Environmental Protection37 votes

Families5 votes

Finance and Financial Sector38 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance10 votes

Government Operations and Politics58 votes

Health22 votes

Housing and Community Development3 votes

Immigration26 votes

International Affairs58 votes

Labor and Employment12 votes

Law9 votes

Native Americans10 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources39 votes

Science, Technology, Communications27 votes

Social Welfare4 votes

Taxation15 votes

Transportation and Public Works18 votes

Water Resources Development5 votes

Source: Congress.gov, Voteview (UCLA). Topics from Congress.gov.