Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle
Austin Scott
- Office
- U.S. representative for Georgia’s 8th district
- Party
- Republican
- Hometown
- Tifton, GA
- Born
- 1969
- In Congress
- House since 2011 · 15 years in office
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- FEC filing name
- SCOTT, JAMES AUSTIN
- Next election
- General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Georgia, District 8
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookYouTubeFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H0GA08099 · Principal campaign committee: AUSTIN SCOTT FOR CONGRESS INC
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Georgia District 8 | $1,416,650.98 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Georgia District 8 | $1,239,044.50 | Won the general election (68.9%) |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Georgia District 8 | $832,289.28 | Won the general election (68.6%) |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · Georgia District 8 | $836,255.71 | Won the general election (64.5%) |
Total raised$832,289.28
Total spent$767,855.97
Cash on hand$730,963.45
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.
Where the money comes from
- Individual contributions$283,599.7234%
- PACs and other committees$544,600.0065%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$4,089.560%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Agriculture Vice Chair
- Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development
- General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Chair
- Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture
- House Committee on Armed Services
- Intelligence and Special Operations
- Readiness
- House Committee on Rules
- Rules and Organization of the House
- House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- Central Intelligence Agency
- National Intelligence Enterprise Chairman
- National Security Agency and Cyber
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
143 committees reported giving $539,650.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- UNITED STATES PEANUT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (US PEANUT PAC)PAC$12,500.00
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AFLAC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFLAC PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- DEERE & COMPANY PAC (AKA JOHN DEERE PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN PEANUT SHELLERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- COX ENTERPRISES PAC (COXPAC) INC. Company pagePAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL PECAN FEDERATION INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PECAN PAC)PAC$10,000.00
- DELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$9,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$9,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CROP INSURERS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$8,500.00
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$8,000.00
- AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$7,900.00
- AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$7,500.00
- NATIONAL CHICKEN COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FKA) NATIONAL BROILER COUNCIL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- BASF CORPORATION EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- NATIONAL PEANUT BUYING POINTS ASSOCIATION PEANUT BUYING POINT PAC Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- CROP INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION PAC-CIPA PACPAC$7,500.00
- THE NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION ACTION COMMITTEE FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION (ACRE) Company pageConnected PAC$7,000.00
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- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$6,500.00
- INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- AT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- SOUTHEASTERN LUMBER MANUFACTURERS ASSOC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$6,000.00
- SOUTHEAST COTTON COMMITTEE (SECC) SOUTHERN COTTONGROWERS INC/SE COTTON GINNERS ASSN Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- ENGINEERING AND SOFTWARE SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS POLITICAL ACTION COMM Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- LAND O'LAKES, INC., PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION - PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENERAL DYNAMICS EMPLOYEE PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- GEORGIA POWER COMPANY FEDERAL PACPAC$5,000.00
- SOUTHERN COMPANY GAS EMPLOYEES PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ALABAMA PEANUT PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION, PEANUTPAC OF ALABAMAConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CORTEVA, INC. EMPLOYEES PAC (CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE PAC)Connected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN SPORTFISHING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS INC. PAC (ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEXTILE ORGANIZATIONS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$5,000.00
- HUCK PACPAC$5,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- PRIMERICA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PRIMERICA PAC)PAC$5,000.00
- WORKING FOR OHIOLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- CME GROUP INC. PACConnected PAC$4,500.00
- NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCTAPAC)PAC$4,000.00
- EMPLOYEES OF RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- ZURICH HOLDING COMPANY OF AMERICA INC. COMMITTEE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT (Z-PAC, ZURICH PAC)PAC$4,000.00
- RAIN AND HAIL INSURANCE SOCIETY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$4,000.00
- FMR LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL (FIDELITY PAC)Connected PAC$4,000.00
- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- BAE SYSTEMS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BAE SYSTEMS USA PAC) Company pagePAC$3,500.00
- PLAINS COTTON GROWERS INC. PACPAC$3,500.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- USA RICE FEDERATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, INC.PAC$3,000.00
- HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (HIIPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ELECT - THE PAC OF THE ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- TYSON FOODS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TYPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- BAYER US LLC EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BAYERPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- MORGAN STANLEY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY UNITED, INC. COMMITTEE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENTPAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION PAC (CORNPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- MICHIGAN SUGAR COMPANY GROWERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,000.00
- FLORIDA SUGAR CANE LEAGUE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL PAC (SCI-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- UNITED EGG ASSOCIATION EGGPACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VERIZON PAC)PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION AND MARINE RETAILERS ASSOCIATION BOAT POLITICAL ACTION COM Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- BUFFALO RIVER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,000.00
- SOUTHERN STATES POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOC PAC FUNDConnected PAC$2,000.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC. ASSOCIATES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION PAC (SOYPAC)PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FARM SERVICE AGENCY COUNTY OFFICE EMPLOYEES INC PPC AKA NASCOE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- GOOGLE LLC NETPAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- LAHOOD FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- AMERICAN WOOD COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (WOOD-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- CITIGROUP INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL (CITIGROUP PAC-FEDERAL) Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- FLOWERS FOODS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA AMERICAN BEVERAGE PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- ROLLINS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,500.00
- CROP INSURANCE REINSURANCE BUREAU (CIRB)-PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- WESTERN PEANUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,500.00
- GEORGIA MINING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,250.00
- NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- COMMITTEE ORGANIZED FOR THE TRADING OF COTTON PAC OF THE AMERICAN COTTON SHIPPERS ASSOCIAT Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN BAKERS ASSOCIATION AMERICAN BAKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHAIN DRUG STORES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL PEST MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- FUTURES INDUSTRY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN SUGARBEET GROWERS ASSOCIATION PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN PISTACHIO GROWERS PISTACHIO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SUGAR CANE GROWERS COOPERATIVE OF FLORIDA (PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- AGRICULTURAL RETAILERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SIEMENS CORPORATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BALCH AND BINGHAM LLP FEDERAL POLITICAL COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- T-MOBILE US, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (T-PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATION PAC Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK COMMITTEE PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- HARDWOOD FEDERATION-PAC INC Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- RAYONIER, INC. GOOD GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF FOREST OWNERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NAFO PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL SORGHUM PRODUCERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- DEPOSITORY TRUST AND CLEARING CORPORATION PAC - DTCC PAC; THE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE (HOLDINGS) USA INC. PAC (BOMBARDIER PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- CONSERVATIVE PROMISES PACPAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL WOODEN PALLET AND CONTAINER ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PALLETPAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- MISSISSIPPI FARM BUREAU FEDERATION FURTHERING AGRICULTURE FOR RURAL MISSISSIPPIANS FUND PAPAC$1,000.00
- SOUTHERN STATES PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- GEORGIA OILMEN'S ASSOCIATION INC PAC (GOAPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- NATIONAL PRO-LIFE ALLIANCE PACConnected PAC$500.00
- AMERICA'S FUTURE, TOGETHERLeadership PAC$500.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting James Austin Scott$3,955.56
- Independent expenditures opposing James Austin Scott$0.00
- Company and union communications to members about James Austin Scott$867.96
FEC totals for the 2022 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDSupporting$3,955.00
The race
Georgia U.S. House, District 8, 2022 · 5 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Austin Scott (R) | $832,289.28 | $730,963.45 | 2022-12-31 |
| Darrius Maurice Butler (D) | $22,543.42 | $1,225.16 | 2022-06-30 |
| James L Cooper III (G) | $835.00 | $1.13 | 2022-12-31 |
| Mark Mosley (L) | $354.17 | $231.01 | 2022-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
No public polling found for this race.
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.
Sources and updates
- Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: AUSTIN SCOTT FOR CONGRESS INC.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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