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U.S. Representative for Georgia’s 8th District

Austin Scott

Republican 8th term Up 2026 Chair · Agriculture

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$1.4M raised · top PACs: Southern Cotton Growers, Cox Enterprises, Crop Insurance Professionals Association Pac-Cipa
99LoyaltyMed 98
100AttendMed 98
12BipartMed 12
3BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2011–now
15 years in CongressMore senior than 79% of the House
Committees
  • Agriculture 3rd majority
  • Armed Services 5th majority
  • Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 6th majority
Age
56

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 1, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date262231506743
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—812241,23579

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Armed Forces and National Security 30% 5%
Social Welfare 15% 9%
Congress no statements 55%

StatementsBills

Words go to Armed Forces and National Security, Social Welfare and Government Operations and Politics; bills go to Congress and Public Lands and Natural Resources; the two overlap on Social Welfare.

  • He talks most about: Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Ecosystem Restoration (Public Lands and Natural Resources), Veterans Health Care (Armed Forces and National Security), Tariffs (Taxation).
  • 22 bills sponsored, most on Congress.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairGeneral Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit SubcommitteeAgriculture
ChairNational Intelligence Enterprise SubcommitteePermanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Vice chairAgriculture CommitteeFull committee
MemberArmed Services Committee5th majority

+2 more on Background

Chair of the General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee, more senior than 79% of the House, in the majority.

  • 15 years in Congress: more senior than 79% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

16% · peer median 13%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Scott.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

16% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 13%); closest in his party: Johnson and Messmer.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 11 · expected 17.5
Action in committee 6 · expected 6
Beyond committee 3 · expected 4.5
Passed House 3 · expected 2
Became law 1 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 62 of 433 in the House

1.84expected 1.16 · average member 1.00

3 of 11 bills passed the House; 1 became law; effectiveness 1.84 against a peer median of 1.16.

  • On the move: H.R. 8884 (passed a chamber), H.R. 8322 (became law), H.R. 6019 (passed a chamber).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.54
Finance and Financial Sector1 of 13

With his party on the other 11 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 99% of party-line votes, breaks 3 times (peer median 11), most on Finance and Financial Sector.

  • Position: +0.54, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Finance and Financial Sector 1 of 13, Armed Forces & National Security 1 of 38, Economics and Public Finance 1 of 50.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Scott$1.4M raised35%62%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

35% of what he raised came from individuals; under 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.4M raised, 62% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 37.8 points.

60 PACs of the 127 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Agriculture.

  1. Southern Cotton Growers26% D
  2. Cox Enterprises50% D
  3. Crop Insurance Professionals Association Pac-Cipa12% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

102 bills

Scott voted Yea on 55, Nay on 4, did not vote on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 42 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.