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Georgia · U.S. House

Georgia 8th District

Austin Scott wins. Called.

99% counted
CandidateVotesShare
Austin Scott R won 160,114 60.4%
Kelly Esti D 104,868 39.6%
Total264,982

203 of 203 precincts reporting. Precincts reporting is not the same as ballots counted. Last vote update Nov 5, 2:55 PM. Polls closed Nov 3, 5:00 PM.

By county

PlaceVotes Margin2024 president ShiftCounted
Houston 50,391 R +5.9 R +19.1 D +13.2 100%
Lowndes 35,517 R +6.2 R +18.1 D +11.8 100%
Bibb 21,206 D +0.8 R +5.9 D +6.7 100%
Baldwin 14,981 D +4.2 R +2.2 D +6.4 100%
Monroe 14,083 R +41.9 R +46.8 D +4.9 100%
Tift 13,231 R +28.8 R +35.8 D +7.0 100%
Colquitt 12,387 R +39.3 R +50.3 D +11.0 100%
Jones 11,922 R +27.6 R +38.2 D +10.6 100%
Coffee 11,777 R +30.9 R +45.2 D +14.3 100%
Worth 6,760 R +44.5 R +50.5 D +6.0 100%
Crisp 6,256 R +22.9 R +26.0 D +3.1 100%
Dodge 6,227 R +43.9 R +50.0 D +6.1 100%
Berrien 5,809 R +63.6 R +70.0 D +6.4 100%
Cook 5,452 R +36.1 R +46.6 D +10.6 100%
Brooks 5,448 R +18.9 R +26.9 D +7.9 100%
Ben Hill 4,880 R +20.5 R +32.1 D +11.6 100%
Bleckley 4,630 R +51.7 R +55.5 D +3.8 100%
Jeff Davis 4,096 R +57.7 R +68.5 D +10.7 100%
Wilkinson 3,688 R +8.9 R +17.9 D +9.0 100%
Twiggs 3,339 R +3.9 R +14.7 D +10.9 100%
Pulaski 3,311 R +38.8 R +40.7 D +1.8 100%
Irwin 3,258 R +51.9 R +54.4 D +2.5 100%
Telfair 3,145 R +32.8 R +39.4 D +6.5 100%
Turner 2,961 R +22.3 R +28.6 D +6.3 100%
Lanier 2,647 R +36.7 R +46.5 D +9.8 100%

Shift is this race's margin minus the 2024 presidential margin in the same place. Places with votes that look copied or wildly out of line are flagged and left out of the race's overall shift.

Vote updates

TimeUpdateTotal votesMargin
+332 votes264,982R +20.8
+14 votes264,650R +20.8
+522 votes264,636R +20.8
+11,777 votes264,114R +20.8
+496 votes252,337R +20.4
+2,529 votes251,841R +20.4
+2,118 votes249,312R +20.7
+5,470 votes247,194R +20.3
+2,228 votes241,724R +20.3
+1,164 votes239,496R +20.1
+13,207 votes238,332R +20.2
+1,345 votes225,125R +20.4