I’ll be doing various analyses on campaign disclosures over the next couple of weeks, but based solely on total contributions reported this reporting period (line 5 of the Summary Report on the Campaign Disclosure Reports), this is how the Governor’s race stacks up thus far:
Overall:
Nathan Deal ($1,230,290.00) includes loans of $250,000
Eric Johnson ($962,773.40)
Thurbert Baker ($704,331.00)
Karen Handel ($431,178.57)
John Oxendine ($416,580.35)
David Poythress ($304,045.00) includes loans of $185,000
DuBose Porter ($231,250.00)
Austin Scott ($180,620.00) includes loans of $9,225
Ray McBerry ($18,596.44)
John Monds ($11,157.15)
Roy Barnes ($0.00)
Democrats:
Thurbert Baker ($704,331.00)
David Poythress ($304,045.00) includes loans of $185,000
DuBose Porter ($231,250.00)
Roy Barnes ($0.00)
Libertarian:
John Monds ($11,157.15)
Republicans:
Nathan Deal ($1,230,290.00) includes loans of $250,000
Eric Johnson ($962,773.40)
Karen Handel ($431,178.57)
John Oxendine ($416,580.35)
Austin Scott ($180,620.00) includes loans of $9,225
Ray McBerry ($18,596.44)
The biggest thing that I will note here is that apparently, Roy Barnes refused to accept a single donation in the month between announcing his candidacy and the due date of this report. I would fully expect him to be at least competitive with Baker on the next report, possibly even closer to or surpassing Deal and Johnson’s current numbers.
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