GA-08 2018: Should Democrats look to defeat Austin Scott?

[Suburbia]

This is a conservative Southern seat in Georgia, a R+15 seat. Can Democrats make a challenge to Rep. Austin Scott, a red-state conservative? They tried to in KS-04.

[Cactus Jack]

They should contest every seat where they have a candidate, but KS-04 was an open seat. Defeating an incumbent Scott is on the far fringes of possibility.

[Virginiá]

Trump won this district 63.3% - 34.4%, and Austin won it by a massive margin. Plus, afaik, he is running again in 2018, so that adds an incumbency advantage - something Republicans in KS-4, MT-AL and GA-6 didn't/don't have.

If a Democrat somehow won this district, which is extremely unlikely, it would be one of those shocking upsets that there is really no good way to predict far ahead of time. I think if Republicans are to lose another usually-safe Georgia seat, it's probably going to be GA-7.

[The Arizonan]

If a viable Democrat interested in running against Austin Scott can raise serious amounts of money, then more power to him or her. He or she is on her own though.

[Adam Griffin]

Where's Jim Marshall when you need him?

[Suburbia]

Where's Jim Marshall when you need him?

He's probably retired from Georgia politics. He's not too old to return.

[krazen1211]

No. I suspect this district may be diluted a bit to dissolve GA-02 in redistricting.