US Midterms 2026
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Austin Scott, a Republican who has represented Georgia's 8th congressional district in the U.S. House since 2011, faces Democrat Kelly Esti, a businessman, in his 2026 reelection race.
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A Telegraph report notes that President or officials scrapped a livestream execution plan for Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, with a quoted remark from Austin Scott, a Republican congressman from Georgia (GA-08),…
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Austin Scott, born James Austin Scott on December 10, 1969, is the son of Jim Scott, an orthopedic surgeon, and Becky Scott, a public school teacher. He graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Business Administration in risk management and insurance and passed the Series 7 Exam. Scott is president of the Southern Group, LLC, and a partner in Lockett Station Group, LLC. He and his wife, Vivien, live in Tifton, Georgia, with their three children.
Scott was first elected to the Georgia House of Representatives at the age of 26 and served there from 1997 to 2010, chairing the Governmental Affairs Committee.
In 2001 he was the first Republican in the Georgia House to work with Democrats to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag.
After announcing a campaign for governor in January 2009, he withdrew in April 2010 to run for Congress and defeated Democratic incumbent Jim Marshall in the 8th district with 53% of the vote.
Scott has won every election since, running unopposed in 2012, 2014, and 2018 and defeating Democrat Darrius Butler in both 2022 and 2024. His colleagues selected him as freshman class president for the 112th Congress.
In October 2023 he sought the Republican nomination for Speaker of the House and lost to Jim Jordan, 124 votes to 81. In the 119th Congress he is vice chair of the Committee on Agriculture and also serves on the Armed Services and Rules committees and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Austin Scott is seeking reelection in Georgia's 8th congressional district, which comprises a large sliver of the southern part of the state and which he won with 68.9% of the vote in 2024. He was unopposed in the Republican primary, receiving 72,036 votes. His Democratic opponent is Kelly Esti, a businessman who won the Democratic primary with 53.5% of the vote against Worth County school board member Justin Lucas. The general election takes place on November 3, 2026.
