Stacey Abrams denied push to use unlimited contributions in Georgia governor race
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A federal judge ruled Thursday that Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams cannot take advantage of a state law that would allow her to begin fundraising and spending unlimited campaign contributions because she is not yet her party’s nominee.
The law was created last year and gives Republican Gov. Brian Kemp a major fundraising advantage in a possible rematch with Abrams. The law lets the governor, the lieutenant governor, the opposing party’s gubernatorial nominee, and the party caucuses raise as much money as they can during their campaigns. Challengers cannot use the funds until they win their party’s nomination.
Abrams and her One Georgia committee filed a lawsuit last month challenging the law. Her lawyers argued that she should be viewed as the Democratic nominee since she doesn’t have a primary opponent, but U.S. District Judge Mark Cohen disagreed.
“This court will not rewrite Georgia law to enable One Georgia to stand in the same shoes as a leadership committee that, in Plaintiffs’ view, is operating in violation of the First Amendment,” Cohen wrote in his order.
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Abrams’s campaign manager, Lauren Groh-Wargo, said Cohen’s decision means “it is more urgent than ever” for her supporters to donate directly through her campaign website.
Unlike Abrams, every other party aspirant to statewide office in Georgia is facing tough party primaries on May 24.
Kemp, for example, is being challenged by four other Republicans, including former Sen. David Perdue.
Former President Donald Trump’s Save America PAC recently transferred $500,000 to a super PAC devoted to defeating Kemp.
Trump has berated Kemp publicly and has vowed to go after him for his refusal to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results.
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For his part, Perdue has been trying to capitalize on Trump’s unfounded accusations that Georgia’s 16 electoral votes were stolen and the idea that had Kemp stepped up to the plate and overturned the election, Trump would have secured a second term in the White House. Despite Trump holding a rally for Perdue, recording a TV commercial for him, and hosting a pricey fundraiser, Kemp still has a substantial polling lead over Perdue and has outpaced him in fundraising.
