page_title: Austin Scott (politician)
section_title: 2010 Election
hierarchical_section_title: Austin Scott (politician) / U.S. House of Representatives / Elections / 2010 Election
caption_attribution_description: English: Austin Scott meets with firefighters in Carrollton, GA during the "Walk of Georgia"
context_page_description: James Austin Scott is an American politician who has been the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 8th congressional district since 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. Scott served in the Georgia House of Representatives before being elected to the House of Representatives.
context_section_description: Scott, along with millions funded by National PAC's, challenged Democratic incumbent Jim Marshall in Georgia's eighth congressional district. He defeated Marshall in the general election on November 2, 2010, with 53% of the vote to Marshall's 47%.
  Scott originally planned to campaign for Governor of Georgia, announcing his campaign in January 2009. He made headlines for walking more than 1,000 miles around the state in his "Walk of Georgia", introducing a bill to abolish tolls on Georgia 400, and leading the charge in pressuring Georgia State Attorney General Thurbert Baker to file a lawsuit against the federal government over the controversial health care reform bill passed in March 2010. In April 2010, Scott withdrew from the race for Governor to instead run for U.S. Congress.
  In 2010, Scott signed a pledge sponsored by Americans for Prosperity promising to vote against any global warming legislation that would raise taxes.
caption: Austin Scott meets with members of the Carrollton, GA fire department on July 20, 2009 during the Walk of Georgia.
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