| State: | Georgia |
| District Number: | 8 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 |
| Representative: | Austin Scott |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | Tifton |
| Distribution Ref: | [1] |
| Percent Urban: | 56.7 |
| Percent Rural: | 43.3 |
| Population: | 778,270[2] |
| Population Year: | 2023 |
| Median Income: | $58,679[3] |
| Percent White: | 57.9 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 7.2 |
| Percent Black: | 29.7 |
| Percent Asian: | 1.6 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 3.1 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.5 |
| Cpvi: | R+16[4] |
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.
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]
| 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% | |
| County | Seat | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Atkinson | Pearson | 8,293 | |
| 9 | Baldwin | Milledgeville | 43,396 | |
| 17 | Ben Hill | Fitzgerald | 17,128 | |
| 19 | Berrien | Nashville | 18,570 | |
| 21 | Bibb | Macon | 156,512 | |
| 23 | Bleckley | Cochran | 12,465 | |
| 27 | Brooks | Quitman | 16,245 | |
| 65 | Clinch | Homerville | 6,746 | |
| 69 | Coffee | Douglas | 43,317 | |
| 71 | Colquitt | Moultrie | 46,167 | |
| 75 | Cook | Adel | 17,714 | |
| 81 | Crisp | Cordele | 19,631 | |
| 91 | Dodge | Eastman | 19,776 | |
| 101 | Echols | Statenville | 3,709 | |
| 153 | Houston | Perry | 171,974 | |
| 155 | Irwin | Ocilla | 9,120 | |
| 161 | Jeff Davis | Hazlehurst | 14,906 | |
| 169 | Jones | Gray | 28,969 | |
| 173 | Lanier | Lakeland | 10,452 | |
| 185 | Lowndes | Valdosta | 120,712 | |
| 207 | Monroe | Forsyth | 30,625 | |
| 235 | Pulaski | Hawkinsville | 10,095 | |
| 271 | Telfair | McRae-Helena | 10,920 | |
| 277 | Tift | Tifton | 41,554 | |
| 287 | Turner | Ashburn | 8,909 | |
| 289 | Twiggs | Jeffersonville | 7,691 | |
| 315 | Wilcox | Abbeville | 8,779 | |
| 319 | Wilkinson | Irwinton | 8,725 | |
| 321 | Worth | Sylvester | 20,273 |
| Member | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | District location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created March 4, 1845 | ||||||||
| align=left | Robert Toombs | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1853 | Elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. Re-elected in 1851. | |||
Alexander Stephens | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1853. Re-elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. | ||||
| Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1859 | ||||||
| align=left | John J. Jones | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1859 – January 23, 1861 | Elected in 1859. Withdrew. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | January 23, 1861 – March 4, 1867 | Civil War and Reconstruction | |||||
| District eliminated March 4, 1867 | ||||||||
| District reestablished March 4, 1873 | ||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | March 4, 1873 – December 1, 1873 | Member-elect Ambrose R. Wright died before being seated. | |||||
| align=left | Alexander Stephens | Democratic | nowrap | December 1, 1873 – November 4, 1882 | 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 | nowrap | November 4, 1882 – December 4, 1882 | ||||||
| align=left | Seaborn Reese | Democratic | nowrap | December 4, 1882 – March 4, 1887 | Elected to finish Stephens's term. Re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. | |||
| align=left | Henry H. Carlton | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1891 | Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. | |||
| align=left | Thomas G. Lawson | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1897 | Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. | |||
| align=left | William M. Howard | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1911 | 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. | |||
| align=left | Samuel J. Tribble | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1911 – December 8, 1916 | Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Died. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | December 8, 1916 – January 11, 1917 | ||||||
| align=left | Tinsley W. Rucker Jr. | Democratic | nowrap | January 11, 1917 – March 4, 1917 | Elected to finish Tribble's term. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Charles H. Brand | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1933 | 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. | |||
| align=left | Braswell Deen | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 | Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. | |||
| align=left | W. Benjamin Gibbs | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1939 – August 7, 1940 | Elected in 1938. Died. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | August 7, 1940 – October 1, 1940 | ||||||
| align=left | Florence R. Gibbs | Democratic | nowrap | October 1, 1940 – January 3, 1941 | Elected to finish her husband's term. | |||
| align=left | John S. Gibson | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1947 | Elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. | |||
| align=left | William M. Wheeler | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1955 | Elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. | |||
| align=left | Iris F. Blitch | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963 | Elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. | |||
| align=left | J. Russell Tuten | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967 | Elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. | |||
| align=left | W. S. Stuckey Jr. | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1977 | Elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. | |||
| align=left | Billy Lee Evans | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983 | Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. | |||
| align=left | J. Roy Rowland | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1995 | Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. | |||
| align=left | Saxby Chambliss | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003 | Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Retired to run for U.S. senator. | |||
| align=left | Mac Collins | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2002. Retired to run for U.S. senator. | 2003–2007 | ||
| align=left | Lynn Westmoreland | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 | Elected in 2004. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Jim Marshall | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Lost re-election. | 2007–2013 | ||
Austin Scott | Republican | January 3, 2011 – present | 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. Re-elected in 2024. | |||||
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