Democratic
Kelly Esti
Major-party general-election nominee.
VotePredictor forecast
Austin Scott favored
Safe R · predicted margin R+26.3
100%
chance to win
2024 presidential lean
R+30.22026 national environment
D+5.5Model uncertainty
±6.9 pointsFundamentals model using district presidential lean, incumbency and the national environment. It is not a poll average.
Republican
Austin Scott
Incumbent representative for GA-8. Voting record, ideology and biography →
Polls
No district-level 2026 general-election poll is currently in VotePredictor's verified polling feed for GA-8. The forecast above therefore uses fundamentals only. A poll table will appear here when matched polls are available.
Other forecasts
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Candidate news
Georgia Republican says ouster of Gen. George will have ‘chilling effect’ on military
Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.) said during a hearing on Wednesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s recent ouster of Gen. Randy George, the U.S. Army’s former...
The Hill · April 15, 2026
Republican Senators Skip Town as House Revolts Over Shutdown Deal
Senate Republicans appear to be fleeing Washington, D.C. for a two-week vacation without passing Donald Trump’s disastrous SAVE America Act.In the early hours of Friday, Senate Republicans and Democrats finally approved legislation to fund the Department of H…
The New Republic · March 27, 2026
Lindsey Graham Blocks Repeal of Payout That Could Get Him Millions
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham believes that the government owes him restitution for accessing his phone records while investigating Donald Trump’s actions on January 6, 2021.As part of the budget bill passed to fund the government earlier this month, a pr…
The New Republic · November 21, 2025
GOP Senators 'Self Dealing' Move Condemned by House Republicans
Representative Austin Scott, a Georgia Republican, lamented a provision in the government funding bill as "wrong."
Biztoc.com · November 12, 2025
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