WATKINS, VINSON

RepublicanFEC reportedRepublican candidate · U.S. House · Georgia · District 8 · Election 2026 · ChallengerH4GA08125

Overview

Raised: $0vs $5,433 2023–2024
Spent: $63vs $5,253 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $138vs $201 2023–2024
Debts owed: $5,320vs $5,320 2023–2024

OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Jun 30, 2025, 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

Rating: Safe R
Predicted margin: R+26.1

VotePredictor forecasts this race between Kelly Esti (D) and Austin Scott (R) as of November 12, 2026, giving the Republican a 99% chance. Vinson Watkins is not one of the two candidates it forecasts. No polls of the race: based on the district's lean, incumbency and the national environment, with published race ratings.

The Republican’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	99%
Nov 12, 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: Nov 5, 2026 · Index refreshed: Nov 5, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Nov 5, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Nov 5, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Nov 5, 2026).

0 receipt eligibility · 1 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Financial integrity review →Associated amount: $0
The FEC issued 2 notice(s) to VINSON WATKINS FOR CONGRESS about reports it had not filed, most recently on 2026-07-30, and no filing covering those periods appears in the loaded archive.
Evidence date: Jul 30, 2026

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: Challenger
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: VINSON WATKINS FOR CONGRESS (C00851949)

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 out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$63

Payments are the principal committee's reported transactions, largest first.

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Financial timeline

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: Challenger
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 624 16TH ST E · TIFTON, Georgia, 31794
Compliance screening: View review flags

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

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VINSON WATKINS FOR CONGRESSC00851949 Authorized candidateWATKINS, VINSONH4GA08125
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Jan 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025
Contribution refunds: $0
Debts owed by committees: $5,320
Last report: JULY QUARTERLY

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hashb82d4bf396f8018a1ea0c78de48255535e16475b700a4ddee1be0c13c085ef08

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