Democrat Jon Ossoff hauled in a staggering $15 million since April 1 in his bid to win a Republican-leaning congressional seat in suburban Atlanta.
The massive figure, disclosed by the Ossoff campaign to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, brings his total raised in the campaign to more than $23 million, much of it from liberal activists around the country hungry to register their opposition to President Trump.
Ossoff is running neck and neck with Republican Karen Handel, who has raised much less but is receiving millions in support from conservative outside groups. Handel has not yet revealed her latest fundraising figures.
Voters head to the polls on June 20 to fill Georgia’s vacant sixth District, left open when Republican Tom Price resigned to become Health and Human Services secretary.
The campaign is set to attract as much as $50 million in total spending, a record for a House race. The upscale Atlanta seat has been in GOP hands for nearly 40 years, but chose Trump over Democrat Hillary Clinton in November by only 1.5 percentage points.
This is the type of district Democrats have to be competitive in to take over the House in the 2018 midterms.
