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Georgia's 8th District

Kelly Esti (D)vsAustin Scott (R)

incumbent running · Lean: R+15 · Incumbent: Austin Scott (R)

99 in 100

Austin Scott favored>99%

All but certain for Austin Scott: a 100 percent chance of winning. No public polls yet.

  • Seat:Incumbent running
  • Lean:R+15
  • Incumbent:Austin Scott (R)
  • District:8 of 14 in Georgia
  • Odds:Scott >99%
  • Margin:Scott +20.9, give or take 6.2
  • Polls:none yet, running on the fundamentals
  • Generic ballot:D+8.2
  • T-minus:16 days

▸ Margin // Uncertainty

Scott +20.9

The model's best guess at the final margin, give or take 6.2 points. Polls have missed by more than that before.

Projected margin
Scott +20.9
Uncertainty
6.2 points, one standard deviation
Likely range
Scott +28.8 to Scott +13.0 (80 percent)
Poll average
No polls
Starting point
Scott +20.9 before any polls

Margins read Democrat minus Republican: Esti ahead is positive, Scott ahead is negative.

▸ Movement // 0 daily snapshots

Reading the history

▸ Polls // None yet

No public polls here. The number comes from the district lean (R+15, worth 26.1 points to the Republican), the incumbent (Austin Scott, running again, worth 4.8 points), and the national environment (generic ballot D+8.2, which the model reads as a 9.9 point Democratic tilt after discounting it). Together they give a projected margin of Scott +20.9 with an uncertainty of 6.2 points.

▸ Race file // The facts

The seat
Austin Scott (R), running for another term.
On the ballot
Kelly Esti (D) vs Austin Scott (R, incumbent)
Last time
2024: Democrat 31.1, Republican 68.9. Scott by 37.8.
President
2024, statewide: Trump 50.7, Harris 48.5. Trump by 2.2.
Lean
R+15 by the Cook partisan index

Facts from Ballotpedia and Wikipedia, in our words. The district on Ballotpedia ↗

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