Georgia's 8th congressional district

Georgia's 8th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Georgia. The district is currently represented by Republican Austin Scott.

Georgia's 8th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
  Austin Scott
R–Tifton
Distribution
  • 56.7% urban[1]
  • 43.3% rural
Population (2022)769,408[2]
Median household
income		$55,822[3]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+16[4]

The district is located in central and south-central Georgia, and stretches from the geographical center of the state to the Florida border. The district includes the cities of Perry, Cordele, Tifton, Moultrie, Valdosta, and portions of Macon.[5][6]

Recent results in statewide elections
Year Office Results
2000 President George W. Bush 58% - Al Gore 42%
2004 President George W. Bush 61% - John Kerry 39%
2008 President John McCain 61.6% - Barack Obama 37.8%
2012 President Mitt Romney 61.6% - Barack Obama 37.5%
2016 President Donald Trump 63.3% - Hillary Clinton 34.4%
2018 Governor Brian Kemp 64.1% - Stacey Abrams 35.2%
2020 President Donald Trump 62% - Joe Biden 37%

Counties

List of members representing the district
Member Party Years Cong
ress		 Electoral history District location
District created March 4, 1845

Robert Toombs
(Washington)		 Whig March 4, 1845 –
March 4, 1853		 29th
30th
31st
32nd		 Elected in 1844.
Re-elected in 1846.
Re-elected in 1848.
Re-elected in 1851.
[data missing]		 [data missing]

Alexander Stephens
(Crawfordville)		 Whig March 4, 1853 –
March 4, 1855		 33rd
34th
35th		 Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1853.
Re-elected in 1855.
Re-elected in 1857.
[data missing]
Democratic March 4, 1855 –
March 4, 1859

John J. Jones
(Waynesboro)		 Democratic March 4, 1859 –
January 23, 1861		 36th Elected in 1859.
Withdrew.
Vacant January 23, 1861 –
March 4, 1867		 36th
37th
38th
39th		 Civil War and Reconstruction
District eliminated March 4, 1867
District reestablished March 4, 1873
Vacant March 4, 1873 –
December 1, 1873		 43rd Member-elect Ambrose R. Wright died before being seated. [data missing]

Alexander Stephens
(Crawfordville)		 Democratic December 1, 1873 –
November 4, 1882		 43rd
44th
45th
46th
47th		 Elected to finish Wright's term.
Re-elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Resigned to become Governor of Georgia.
Vacant November 4, 1882 –
December 4, 1882		 47th
Seaborn Reese
(Sparta)		 Democratic December 4, 1882 –
March 4, 1887		 47th
48th
49th		 Elected to finish Stephens's term.
Re-elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
[data missing]

Henry H. Carlton
(Athens)		 Democratic March 4, 1887 –
March 4, 1891		 50th
51st		 Elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
[data missing]

Thomas G. Lawson
(Eatonton)		 Democratic March 4, 1891 –
March 4, 1897		 52nd
53rd
54th		 Elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
[data missing]

William M. Howard
(Lexington)		 Democratic March 4, 1897 –
March 4, 1911		 55th
56th
57th
58th
59th
60th
61st		 Elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Lost renomination.

Samuel J. Tribble
(Athens)		 Democratic March 4, 1911 –
December 8, 1916		 62nd
63rd
64th		 Elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Died.
Vacant December 8, 1916 –
January 11, 1917		 64th
Tinsley W. Rucker Jr.
(Athens)		 Democratic January 11, 1917 –
March 4, 1917		 Elected to finish Tribble's term.
Retired.

Charles H. Brand
(Athens)		 Democratic March 4, 1917 –
March 4, 1933		 65th
66th
67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd		 Elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
[data missing]
Braswell Deen
(Alma)		 Democratic March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1939		 73rd
74th
75th		 Elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
[data missing]
W. Benjamin Gibbs
(Jesup)		 Democratic January 3, 1939 –
August 7, 1940		 76th Elected in 1938.
Died.
Vacant August 7, 1940 –
October 1, 1940

Florence R. Gibbs
(Athens)		 Democratic October 1, 1940 –
January 3, 1941		 Elected to finish her husband's term.
[data missing]

John S. Gibson
(Douglas)		 Democratic January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1947		 77th
78th
79th		 Elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
[data missing]

William M. Wheeler
(Alma)		 Democratic January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1955		 80th
81st
82nd
83rd		 Elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
[data missing]

Iris F. Blitch
(Homerville)		 Democratic January 3, 1955 –
January 3, 1963		 84th
85th
86th
87th		 Elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
[data missing]

J. Russell Tuten
(Brunswick)		 Democratic January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1967		 88th
89th		 Elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
[data missing]

W. S. Stuckey Jr.
(Eastman)		 Democratic January 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1977		 90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th		 Elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
[data missing]

Billy Lee Evans
(Macon)		 Democratic January 3, 1977 –
January 3, 1983		 95th
96th
97th		 Elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
[data missing]

J. Roy Rowland
(Dublin)		 Democratic January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1995		 98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd		 Elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
[data missing]

Saxby Chambliss
(Moultrie)		 Republican January 3, 1995 –
January 3, 2003		 104th
105th
106th
107th		 Elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.

Mac Collins
(Hampton)		 Republican January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2005		 108th Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 2002.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.		 2003–2007

Lynn Westmoreland
(Grantville)		 Republican January 3, 2005 –
January 3, 2007		 109th Elected in 2004.
Redistricted to the 3rd district.

Jim Marshall
(Macon)		 Democratic January 3, 2007 –
January 3, 2011		 110th
111th		 Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Lost re-election.		 2007–2013

Austin Scott
(Tifton)		 Republican January 3, 2011 –
present		 112th
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
118th		 Elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022
2013–2023
2023–2025

Election results

2002
Georgia's 8th congressional district election, 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mac Collins (inc.) 142,505 78.33
Democratic Angelos Petrakopoulos 39,422 21.67
Total votes 181,927 100.00
Republican hold

2004
Georgia's 8th congressional district election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lynn Westmoreland 227,524 75.55
Democratic Silvia Delamar 73,632 24.45
Total votes 301,156 100.00
Republican hold

2006
Georgia's 8th Congressional District Election (2006)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim Marshall (Incumbent) 80,660 50.55%
Republican Mac Collins 78,908 49.45%
Total votes 159,568 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican
  • A Republican mid-decade redistricting made this Macon-based district more compact and somewhat more Republican. Incumbent Marshall faced a very tough challenge by former U.S. Representative Mac Collins, who represented an adjoining district from 1993 to 2005. Less than 60 percent of the population in Marshall's present 3rd District was retained in the new 8th District. The reconfigured 8th includes Butts County, which was the political base of Collins, who once served as chair of the county commission. On the other hand, the 8th also includes all of the city of Macon where Marshall served as mayor from 1995 until 1999. The race featured heavy spending, not only by the candidates themselves but also from independent groups. During the campaign, President George W. Bush attended a rally on Collins' behalf.

2008
Georgia's 8th Congressional District Election (2008)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim Marshall (Incumbent) 157,241 57.24%
Republican Rick Goddard 117,446 42.76%
Total votes 274,687 100.00%
Democratic hold

2010
Georgia's 8th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Austin Scott 102,770 52.70%
Democratic Jim Marshall (Incumbent) 92,250 47.30%
Total votes 195,020 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

2012
Georgia's 8th Congressional District Election (2012)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Austin Scott (Incumbent) 197,789 100.00%
Total votes 197,789 100.00%
Republican hold

2014
Georgia's 8th Congressional District Election (2014)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Austin Scott (Incumbent) 129,938 100.00%
Total votes 129,938 100.00%
Republican hold

2016
Georgia's 8th Congressional District Election (2016)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Austin Scott (Incumbent) 173,983 67.64%
Democratic James Harris 83,225 32.36%
Total votes 257,208 100.00%
Republican hold

2018
Georgia's 8th Congressional District Election (2018)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Austin Scott (Incumbent) 197,401 100.00%
Total votes 197,401 100.00%
Republican hold

2020
Georgia's 8th Congressional District Election (2020)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Austin Scott (Incumbent) 198,701 64.05%
Democratic Lindsay "Doc" Holliday 109,264 35.05%
Total votes 307,965 100.00%
Republican hold

2022
Georgia's 8th Congressional District Election (2022)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Austin Scott (incumbent) 178,700 68.58%
Democratic Darrius Butler 81,886 31.42%
Total votes 260,586 100.00%
Republican hold

See also

References
  1. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. US Census Bureau Geography.
  2. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau.
  3. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau.
  4. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  5. 2012 Congressional maps, Georgia Legislature. Last accessed January 1, 2012
  6. 2012 Congressional maps - closeup of Macon and Columbus, Georgia Legislature. Last accessed January 1, 2012

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