Austin Scott Has Contributions That Smell – But Not As Badly As One Might Think

Looking over Austin Scott’s campaign disclosure, the people that have maxed out to his campaign – the very thing that attracted my attention in both Ray McBerry‘s and Brian Kemp‘s disclosures – are the following:

Georgia Sports Medicine of Tifton
Med Tech of GA, Inc of Tifton
John Raines of Ashburn
Mitch Raines of Ashburn
Austin Scott of Ashburn
Becky Scott of Tifton
Carolyn Scott of Tifton
Jim Scott of Tifton
Vivien Scott of Ashburn

Wells Scott of Ashburn, William Scott of Albany have both donated $5,000 each, Dan Raines of Ashburn donated $6,000, and Ruth Raines of Ashburn donated $1,000.

At first, I had thought the individuals listed represented two groups: the Raines and the Scotts. However, I have since learned that the Raines are Austin Scott’s first cousins, meaning that in reality, the individuals – that account for almost one third of Scott’s fundraising total, or $59,700- are Scott’s own family. Even Georgia Sports Medicine is Scott’s dad’s medical practice. Adding GSM’s total to this, we get a total from all of Scott’s family members and their known businesses that have maxed out or near it to his campaign of $65,800 – just over 36% of his campaign contributions.

And really, let’s be honest here: I’m actually more surprised that other candidates’ families have NOT donated to their campaigns than I am that Scott’s family has maxed out to his. What this shows me is that Scott has the full support and backing of his family in this effort, and when it comes down to it, that is one of the most critical things for keeping any of us grounded in any effort.

I’ve said it quite often that Scott’s love of his family when I asked him about challenging Jim Marshall was one of the things I like most about him, and it is nice to know that his family is just as dedicated to him as he is to them.