SCOTT, JAMES AUSTIN

RepublicanFEC reportedRepublican candidate · U.S. House · Georgia · District 8 · Election 2026 · IncumbentH0GA08099

Overview

Raised: $1.4Mvs $1.2M 2023–2024
Spent: $1.1Mvs $1M 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $1.3Mvs $1M 2023–2024
Debts owed: $0vs $0 2023–2024

OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Oct 14, 2026, across every authorized committee; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as reported for the candidate's authorized committees together; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.

Race forecast

Chance of winning: 99%
Rating: Safe R
Predicted margin: R+26.1

VotePredictor gives Austin Scott a 99% chance of winning as of October 30, 2026. No polls of the race: based on the district's lean, incumbency and the national environment, with published race ratings.

Austin Scott’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	99%
Oct 30, 2026	99%

As VotePredictor published it each day since September 25, 2026, including changes to its model.

Forecast by VotePredictor , updated daily. Its probabilities stay between 1% and 99%; no race is called before it is decided.

Compliance review indicators

1 open

Automated review indicators, not findings of a violation. Exact reported records are linked; identity is not independently verified. Reported lobbyist-bundling disclosures are not counted as issues.

Latest cycle-wide scan: Oct 18, 2026 · Index refreshed: Oct 18, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Oct 18, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).

0 receipt eligibility · 1 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $23,174
AMERICAN EXPRESS received 53.5% of positive itemized operating spending in AUSTIN SCOTT FOR CONGRESS INC's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Mar 12, 2025

Across the cycle, some findings could not be linked safely to entities; ambiguous identities are withheld.

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Candidate & race

Office & constituency: U.S. House · Georgia · District 8
Reported party: Republican
Election year: 2026
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: AUSTIN SCOTT FOR CONGRESS INC (C00482737)

The principal campaign committee is the reported connection to this candidate. Transaction details below cover that committee; candidate-wide totals can also cover other authorized committees.

Money in

Who's funding Austin Scott? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$490.8K
Unitemized individual contributions$2,359
Other committees$883.3K
Other receipts$40.2K

Top contributors

MCLENDON, MARTIN L.100% RepublicanDerived from contributions$8,5003 contributions
BOLTON, DWAYNE100% RepublicanDerived from contributions$7,0006 contributions
DANIEL, MARVIN100% Republican

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$493.6K
Contribution refunds$6,700
Other disbursements$580.5K

Largest operating payments

KB STRATEGIC GROUP$23.9KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Apr 28, 2025
KB STRATEGIC GROUP$23.8KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Apr 1, 2026
KB STRATEGIC GROUP$19.5KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Jun 12, 2026
AMERICAN EXPRESS$17.5KSEE MEMO · Sep 12, 2025
KB STRATEGIC GROUP$14.4KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Nov 6, 2025
AMERICAN EXPRESS$14.1KSEE MEMO · Dec 12, 2025
KB STRATEGIC GROUP$13.3KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Jan 5, 2026
AMERICAN EXPRESS$12.6KSEE MEMO · Feb 12, 2025
AMERICAN EXPRESS

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$1,250	$0
Feb 25	$14,400	$100,000
Mar 25	$4,750	$48,000
May 25	$1,500	-$4,000
Jun 25	$8,250	$5,000
Jul 25	$4,250	$0
Aug 25	$64,500	$0
Sep 25	$11,776	$1,000
Oct 25	$36,000	$0
Nov 25	$12,500	$2,000
Dec 25	$14,500	$0
Jan 26	$3,000	$6,000
Feb 26	$11,450	$2,000
Mar 26	$95,186	$38,000
Apr 26	$2,750	$82,000
May 26	$38,500	$4,000
Jun 26	$37,500	$38,000

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2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. House
State / district: Georgia · District 8
Party affiliation: Republican
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 621 MCLENDON ST · ASHBURN, Georgia, 31714
Compliance screening: View review flags

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

Reported relationships are not contributions or transfers. They do not establish that any money changed hands. The reporting committee and related entity are shown separately. Only loaded relationship types are shown; this is not a complete organization chart.

AUSTIN SCOTT VICTORY FUNDC00544510 Joint fundraising participantAUSTIN SCOTT FOR CONGRESS INCC00482737
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1737602Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
SUCCESS FOR THE FUTURE FUNDC00920058 Joint fundraising participantAUSTIN SCOTT FOR CONGRESS INCC00482737
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1915168Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
LEAN FORWARD AMERICAC00930396 Joint fundraising participantAUSTIN SCOTT FOR CONGRESS INCC00482737
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1930604Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
FRESHMAN AGRICULTURAL REPUBLICAN MEMBERS TRUST AKA FARM TRUSTC00493783 Associated candidateSCOTT, JAMES AUSTINH0GA08099
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
AUSTIN SCOTT VICTORY FUNDC00544510 Associated candidateSCOTT, JAMES AUSTINH0GA08099
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
AUSTIN SCOTT FOR CONGRESS INCC00482737 Authorized candidateSCOTT, JAMES AUSTINH0GA08099
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
FRESHMAN AGRICULTURAL REPUBLICAN MEMBERS TRUST AKA FARM TRUSTC00493783 Authorized candidateSCOTT, JAMES AUSTINH0GA08099
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1878505Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
AUSTIN SCOTT FOR CONGRESS INCC00482737 Connected organizationAUSTIN SCOTT VICTORY FUNDReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 6, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC committee master: reported connected organization / affiliated committee name. This name-only field does not establish an entity identity match. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
WELLS PACC00500793 Leadership PAC sponsorSCOTT, JAMES AUSTINH0GA08099
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 2009992Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.

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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026
Contribution refunds: $6,700
Debts owed by committees: $0
Last report: PRE-GENERAL

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash81c651a17520c47f85b4ce412684a83be4f68b3335e52706926160d0ce7f4c84

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SCOTT, JAMES AUSTIN

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