Stacey Abrams campaign more than $1 million in debt after disastrous defeat to Brian Kemp

The Stacey Abrams gubernatorial campaign is in major debt on the heels of the Democrat losing for a second time to Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA), according to Abrams campaign manager Lauren Groh-Wargo.

Abrams’s campaign, which raised around $100 million, owes over $1 million to multiple vendors and even was forced to slash checks for most of its 180 full-time employees, Groh-Wargo told Axios on Monday.

“People have told me they have no idea how they’re going to pay their rent in January,” a former staffer told Axios. “It was more than unfortunate. It was messed up.”

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Former Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams addresses the 110th NAACP National Convention, Monday, July 22, 2019, in Detroit.


Abrams lost by almost 299,000 votes to Kemp, who also trounced her in the 2018 gubernatorial election by almost 55,000 votes. Abrams claimed repeatedly in 2018 that the election was “rigged” because of alleged voter suppression.

“We did not just lose, we got blown out,” said Groh-Wargo. “It was the most suboptimal situation to be in. And we will be dealing with that situation for some time.”

“Of course, I would have loved to do a lot of things differently. But I had to move as fast as possible. We tried to do the best we could to make sure that help would be there for folks,” she added, claiming employees received health insurance benefits until November.

The revelation of financial difficulties within the Abrams campaign comes amid allegations that the New Georgia Project, a nonprofit group she founded, is fundraising illegally across the United States. The charity has not filed its tax forms with the IRS and has been raking in donations through ActBlue, a liberal software, records show.

The New Georgia Project used to be led by Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and fired half its leadership in October 2022 because it allegedly lacked funds.

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“I figured, $100 million? They should be able to pay me until December,” another Abrams campaign staffer told Axios.

The Abrams and Kemp campaigns did not reply to requests for comment.

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