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Austin Scott

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 10, 1969 in Augusta, GA

Education:

  • University of Georgia School of Business, B.B.A, 1993
  • American College, 1995

Career:

  • Business owner
  • Agent, Principal Financial Group, 1993-2010

Elected Office:

  • GA House, 1997-2010


Election Results for Austin Scott


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2010 40 GA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 22,191 52.4%
2010 40 GA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 102,770 52.7%
2012 42 GA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 59,300 100.0%
2012 42 GA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 197,789 100.0%
2014 44 GA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 36,073 100.0%
2014 44 GA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 129,938 99.9%
2016 46 GA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 34,919 77.8%
2016 46 GA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 173,983 67.6%
2018 48 GA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 41,467 100.0%
2018 48 GA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 198,152 99.7%
2020 50 GA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 73,671 89.8%
2020 50 GA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 198,701 64.5%
2022 52 GA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 90,426 100.0%
2022 52 GA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 178,700 68.6%
2024 54 GA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 59,537 100.0%
2024 54 GA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 231,547 68.9%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Austin Scott


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
2011 41 House 96 2 D 15 84 98 0 92
2012 42 House 97 2 D 14 86 99 5 96
2013 43 House 97 3 D 13 87 99 0 80
2014 44 House 97 2 D 6 92 99 0 92
2015 45 House 97 1 D 8 88 98 0 92
2016 46 House 97 1 D 9 89 98 0 92
2017 47 House 98 2 R 100 0 99 0 81
2018 48 House 97 2 R 100 0 97 0 76
2019 49 House 97 3 R 98 2 99 10 86
2020 50 House 87 2 R 81 6 89 5 81
2021 51 House 93 1 D 6 94 94 0 85
2022 52 House 97 3 D 20 80 99 82
2023 53 House 84 15 D 99 75
2024 54 House 91 8 D 98 79
Lifetime conservative rating:   84%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.