{"id":1553256,"date":"2022-07-13T19:34:32","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T23:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1553256"},"modified":"2022-07-13T19:34:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T23:34:37","slug":"abrams-rakes-in-out-of-state-cash-ahead-of-big-fight-for-georgia-governors-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abrams-rakes-in-out-of-state-cash-ahead-of-big-fight-for-georgia-governors-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Abrams Rakes In Out-Of-State Cash Ahead of Big Fight For Georgia Governor\u2019s Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fabrams-rakes-in-out-of-state-cash-ahead-of-big-fight-for-georgia-governors-job%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1553256&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>With the primaries behind them, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-stacey-abrams\">Stacey Abrams<\/a> and incumbent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-brian-kemp\">Brian Kemp<\/a> can now focus on each other as their grudge rematch for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-georgia\">Georgia<\/a> governor intensifies.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve got plenty of money to do it with, particularly Abrams. In less than two months after the May primary, her One Georgia campaign group raised more than $18 million.<\/p>\n<p>Abrams\u2019 treasury is filled with large contributions from progressive mega-donor George Soros and smaller ones from Hollywood celebrities like Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand, Tom Hanks, and Bryan Cranston.<\/p>\n<p>Kemp and his Georgians First group have raised $7.6 million to date.<\/p>\n<p>Kemp\u2019s campaign is reaching some big donors in Texas but doesn\u2019t feature that kind of star power. He doesn\u2019t need as much money, said political scientist Charles Bullock of the University of Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn incumbent runs on his record,\u201d Bullock said. \u201cThey sometimes run away from it, but Brian [Kemp] won\u2019t do that. He\u2019s quite pleased with his three-and-a-half years [in office].\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/04\/11\/GettyImages-1232223914-1200x800.jpg\"><\/a> Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at a news conference about the state\u2019s Election Integrity Law in Marietta, Ga., on April 10, 2021. (Megan Varner\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p>Bullock said that challengers need a lot of money to get their message out. They don\u2019t necessarily need to raise more than the incumbent, but the more they spend, the better they perform. \u201cThey need enough to make the incumbent the issue. They have to make some voters rethink their decision [to vote for him].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How much money incumbents spend is inversely proportional to how well they\u2019re doing, he said. If they\u2019re doing well, they don\u2019t have to spend as much. If they\u2019re behind, they have to spend more to catch up.<\/p>\n<p>Abrams\u2019 fundraising is impressive but less than what some candidates are raising in other large governor races, according to state databases or nonprofit watchdog groups that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the primaries behind them, Stacey Abrams and incumbent Brian Kemp can now focus on each other as their grudge rematch for Georgia governor intensifies. They\u2019ve got plenty of money to do it with, particularly Abrams. In less than two months after the May primary, her One Georgia campaign group raised more than $18 million. 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