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Austin Scott

Austin Scott

RRepublicanGA-8 · Representative
61
/ 100
Average
Attendance99
Avg: 96
Independence1
Avg: 4
Bipartisan Tone18
Avg: 16
Ethics Record100
Avg: 99
Transparency86
Avg: 57

Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.

Methodology
OverviewStatementsBillsFinanceVotesElections
Austin Scott

Austin Scott

RepublicanGA-8 · Representative
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Conservative (0.539)
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Austin Scott is a Republican Representative from GA, District 8. He has served 15 years in Congress across 8 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as conservative, voting with his party 98.9% of the time.

15
Years in Office
8
Terms Served
119
Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

98.9%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
6 votes against party
0.5%
Missed Votesⓘ
557 total votes
11
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
1 enacted
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How Austin Compares

vs. the average House member

Party Loyalty+3.0% vs avg
98.9%
Avg: 95.9%
Missed Votes-3.1% vs avg
0.5%
Avg: 3.6%
Bills Sponsored-2.0 vs avg
11
Avg: 13.0

Committee Assignments

Committees shape which bills get heard. See what this member has influence over.

House Committee on AgricultureVice ChairHouse Committee on Armed ServicesHouse Committee on RulesHouse Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2026-04-29

$1,256,979
Cash on Handⓘ
$925,639
Total Receiptsⓘ
$648,826
Disbursementsⓘ
$310,884
Individual Donors
$585,250
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2011–2027House · GA-8 · RepublicanCurrent

District Demographics

GA-8 · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

768,869
Population
$60,479
Median Income
37.0
Median Age
23.0%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 59.8%Black 29.8%Hispanic 7.6%Asian 1.6%