Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has raised nearly $29 million over the last three months, collecting more money between July 1 and Sept. 30 than he did during his entire 2018 gubernatorial campaign.
The sitting governor, who is facing Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams in the November midterm election, raised $8.9 million in campaign contributions and received another $19.8 million through a leadership committee that allows him to accept unlimited donations.
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“We literally have fundraisers close to six-and-a-half days a week on average, all the way through the election,” the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Kemp as saying. “And we just have to have that funding to be able to operate everything we need to do to make sure that we win.”
Georgia’s race for governor is one of the most watched state contests in the country, as well as one of the most expensive.
Abrams, who is known for her grassroots ground game, has outpaced Kemp when it comes to donations. While she has not reported her latest financial disclosure, the Democratic nominee collected more than $22 million between May and June.
The 2022 race is a rematch between Kemp and Abrams. Kemp narrowly edged out Abrams four years ago. Abrams came within 1.4 points of defeating Kemp in a race that has been widely seen as the opening shot in a war to turn the once reliably red state blue.
Two years after the 2018 election, Georgians voted for Democratic President Joe Biden, as well as two Democratic U.S. senators: Sen. Raphael Warnock and Sen. Jon Ossoff. The races ultimately gave Democrats an edge in the Senate and redefined the possibilities in a state where Democrats were the minority.
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Kemp and Abrams have been virtually tied for most of their rematch, though Kemp has started to pull away with about a month left before the general election.
