Austin Scott

Before Congress, Austin Scott spent nearly twenty years owning and running an insurance brokerage, a career that followed his risk management and insurance degree at the University of Georgia.¹ He and his wife, Vivien, make their home in Tifton and have three children.¹

Born in Augusta, Scott served in the Georgia House from 1997 to 2010 before entering Congress in 2011.² His current assignments span Agriculture, Armed Services, Intelligence and Rules, placing farm policy, military readiness and the House's legislative process within his regular work.¹

Scott is vice chairman of the Agriculture Committee and chairs its Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management and Credit.¹ His stated priorities include stronger crop insurance and disaster assistance, agricultural export access and rural broadband.¹ He also serves as a co chairman of the Congressional Crop Insurance Caucus.¹ On defense, he works with military leaders on the missions at Robins and Moody Air Force bases.¹

He faces Democrat Kelly Esti in Georgia's 8th District, which includes parts of middle and south Georgia such as Coffee, Tift and Colquitt counties.² Scott is seeking another term on a conservative platform of lower spending, reduced debt, gun rights and opposition to abortion, alongside support for farmers and veterans.²