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Georgia House race, District 8

Austin Scott holds this seat and is running to keep it against Kelly Esti.

The November ballot

Scott
$1.1M
Esti
$19K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 15, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Austin Scott

Republican · Holds the seat now

99
Trades disclosed
$1.1M
Estimated volume
Has not cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Georgia

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 29 days before the election.

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How they won the primary

The primary · 44,547 votes

  • Kelly EstiWon53.5%23,828
  • Justin Lucas46.5%20,719

Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$1.1M
Outside money
$1.7K

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Scott-
Opposing Scott$1.7K
Supporting Esti-
Opposing Esti-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

<1%$1.3KSmall donors$8434%
34%$386KLarge donors$18K90%
63%$703KPACs--
--Self-funding$1K5%
3%$35KOther--

Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The 1 group spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

5 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

The district

Census context
People
775K
Median household income
$61K
Unemployment
4.6%
Living below the poverty line
17.9%
Without health insurance
13.6%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

How this seat voted last time

R+38 in 2024

  • Austin ScottWon68.9%
  • Darrius Butler31.1%

335,981 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.