2020 general election
Georgia 8th District
The candidate who raised the most money won.
$855K was spent on the 2020 Georgia 8th District race: $844K raised by the campaigns, $542K of it from PACs, plus $11K from outside groups (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Austin Scott (Republican) won and was the top fundraiser.
Total money
$855K
Raised by campaigns
$844K
PAC checks
$542K
Outside money
$11K
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Austin ScottRepublican, incumbent
✓ Won- Raised
- $836K
- Spent
- $731K
- From individuals
- $286K
- From PACs
- $542K
- From party
- $250
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $11K
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 65% of Scott's money came from PACs
Corporate $258K (45%)Trade group $187K (33%)Leadership PAC $27K (5%)Membership $68K (12%)Union $11K (2%)Super PAC $2K (0%)Other $22K (4%)
- National Automobile Dealers Association Trade group$20K
- National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Political Action Comm Membership$17K
- Southern Cotton Growers Trade group$13K
- Northrop Grumman Corporation Corporate$10K
- Koch Industries, Inc. Corporate$10K
- Raytheon Technologies Corporation Corporate$10K
- Deere & Company Corporate$10K
- National Cotton Council of America Trade group$10K
Biggest outside spenders
- National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund · $6K supporting
- Southeast Cotton Committee (Secc) Southern Cottongrowers Inc/Se Cotton Ginners Assn · $5K supporting
Lindsay HollidayDemocrat
✗ Lost- Raised
- $7K
- Spent
- $5K
- From individuals
- $260
- From PACs
- $0
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $7K
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Questions people ask
- How much money was spent on the 2020 Georgia 8th District race?
- $855K was spent on the 2020 Georgia 8th District race: $844K raised by the campaigns, $542K of it from PACs, plus $11K from outside groups (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Austin Scott (Republican) won and was the top fundraiser.
- Who raised the most money in the 2020 Georgia 8th District race?
- Austin Scott (Republican) raised $836K and had $11K in outside spending on their side.
- Which outside groups spent the most on the 2020 Georgia 8th District race?
- National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund ($6K), Southeast Cotton Committee (Secc) Southern Cottongrowers Inc/Se Cotton Ginners Assn ($5K).
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2020 Georgia 8th District race?
- National Automobile Dealers Association Political Action Committee gave $20K to Austin Scott; National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Political Action Comm gave $17K to Austin Scott; Southeast Cotton Committee (Secc) Southern Cottongrowers Inc/Se Cotton Ginners Assn gave $13K to Austin Scott.