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2026 results · Georgia · Georgia 8th District

Austin Scott, the Republican, wins re-election in Georgia's 8th District

Donald Trump carried the district by 29.9 points in 2024; this year's count is a 9.1-point move toward the Democrats.

Georgia 8th District: votes counted for each candidate
CandidateVotesShareShare of the vote
Austin ScottRepublican, incumbent160,13560.4%
Kelly EstiDemocrat104,90239.6%

Called by Call the Map, Nov 3, 7:35 PM EST · 96% counted.

About 96% of the expected vote counted265,037 votesCount last changed Nov 6, 8:09 PM EST · checked Nov 7, 4:59 PM ESTSource: Georgia Secretary of State

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About the seat

Georgia's 8th District takes in all or part of 29 counties. The Republicans held it before this election. Its voters went R+29.9 for president in 2024. Its move from that vote, 9.1 points toward the Democrats, ranks 14 of 14 among the state's districts, counting from the largest move toward the Democrats.

2024 president
R+29.9
2024 House race, same lines
R+37.8
Move from 2024, rank in state
14 of 14
  1. Houston County19%
  2. Lowndes County13%
  3. Bibb County8%
  4. Baldwin County6%
  5. Monroe County5%
  6. Tift County5%
  7. Colquitt County5%
  8. Jones County5%
  9. 21 more34%

Shares are of the votes counted this year. The 2024 House figure is the same district, on the same lines.

What the count shows

Added together, the 29 counties compared moved 9.1 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.

The counties compared cast 76% as many votes as in 2024, from 86% in Monroe County to 68% in Jeff Davis County.

Worth County moved most: R+63.9 for president in 2024, R+44.4 this year

The 10 counties with the largest moves from the 2024 presidential vote, among those with 2,000 or more votes for president in 2024 and a quarter of that counted, and at least half a percent of the state's 2024 vote. Each line runs from the 2024 margin to this year’s.

CountyR+70EvenD+70Move
Worth County6,761 votes19.5 pts → D
Atkinson County2,228 votes14.4 pts → D
Coffee County11,777 votes13.1 pts → D
Houston County50,419 votes13.1 pts → D
Lowndes County35,517 votes11.3 pts → D
Ben Hill County4,880 votes10.8 pts → D
Twiggs County3,340 votes10.4 pts → D
Colquitt County12,387 votes9.7 pts → D
Jones County11,932 votes9.6 pts → D
Cook County5,452 votes9.4 pts → D

2024 president 2026

Houston County added 9,285 net votes for Esti against the 2024 margin, 19% of the district's change

Across the 29 counties compared, the margin moved by 48,995 votes toward Esti: this year’s lead in votes against the 2024 presidential lead in votes, county by county. The figure counts voters who changed sides and differences in who turned out alike; the count cannot tell them apart.

  1. Houston County+9,285 Esti
  2. Lowndes County+6,361 Esti
  3. Colquitt County+3,472 Esti
  4. Coffee County+3,457 Esti
  5. Jones County+2,834 Esti
  6. Tift County+2,245 Esti
  7. Worth County+2,084 Esti
  8. Berrien County+1,945 Esti

2 counties Donald Trump carried in 2024 are led by Esti this year

Striped on the map above. Largest first.

  • Bibb CountyR+6.4D+0.8
  • Baldwin CountyR+2.1D+4.2

How the vote came in

Esti did best among mail ballots (D+18.0) and Scott among Election Day votes(R+33.4).

  1. Advance Voting159,325 votes, 60% of the countR+15.2
  2. Election Day97,488 votes, 37% of the countR+33.4
  3. Absentee by Mail8,095 votes, 3% of the countD+18.0
  4. Provisional129 votes, 0% of the countD+3.9

The office’s own categories, as it reports them. Margins are within each kind of vote.

Georgia’s ballot

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The seats that changed party

StatewideDemocrats won all 10 of Georgia's statewide races.

  1. U.S. SenateJon OssoffD+18.0
  2. GovernorKeisha Lance BottomsD+8.7Flip
  3. Attorney GeneralTanya MillerD+11.1Flip
  4. Commissioner of AgricultureKatherine E. Juhan-ArnoldD+7.7
  5. Commissioner of InsuranceKeisha Sean WaitesD+8.6
  6. Commissioner of LaborNikki PorcherD+9.3
  7. Lieutenant GovernorJosh McLaurinD+11.9
  8. PSC, District 3Peter HubbardD+12.8
  9. PSC, District 5Shelia EdwardsD+10.7
  10. Secretary of StatePenny Brown ReynoldsD+11.4Flip

U.S. HouseBefore the election R 9–5, now R 9–5

  1. R+2.8Kingston
  2. D+21.6Bishop
  3. R+17.2Jack
  4. D+65.3Johnson
  5. D+80.4Williams
  6. D+61.8McBath
  7. R+12.4McCormick
  8. R+20.8Scott
  9. R+18.6Clyde
  10. R+7.2Gaines
  11. R+10.7Cowan
  12. R+4.2Allen
  13. D+59.7Clark
  14. R+17.6Fuller

won leads, still counting changed party. Margins are the leader’s share minus the runner-up’s, in points.

Every count on this page is the official count published by the Georgia Secretary of State. Counts are unofficial until the state certifies them. The 2024 comparison is the presidential vote, Kamala Harris against Donald Trump, on the same ground. Margins are the Democrat minus the Republican, in points of all votes.