Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia outside the Capitol on April 23, 2020.
Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia outside the Capitol on April 23, 2020.
  • Georgia Rep. Austin Scott is running against Jim Jordan to be the GOP nominee for speaker of the House.
  • He's basically unknown nationally, but he's part of a small group who can't stand Jordan.
  • Perhaps the most notable thing about him is that he did not object to the 2020 election results.

It's been 9 days since the House had a speaker, and congressmen you've probably never heard of are emerging from the woodwork to take on the top job.

Rep. Austin Scott, a Georgia Republican who's served in Congress since 2011, announced on Friday that he would be seeking his party's nomination to be speaker of the House.