Political Party/527

Georgia Safety and Justice

Location:

Atlanta, GA

Organization Type:

527 Political Action Committee

Chairman:

Whitney Tymas

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Georgia Safety and Justice PAC is a left-of-center PAC that was created in 2016 and spent $145,651.32 on the election campaign of Darius Pattillo for District Attorney in Henry County, Georgia. The organization is the Georgia branch of the vast “Safety and Justice” network, a project of left-leaning billionaire George Soros that used a network of similarly named state-level PACs to finance the campaigns of progressive Democratic candidates for district attorney in more than a dozen of America’s cities.1

Funding

George Soros donated $147,000 to Georgia Safety and Justice, 100 percent of their funding.2 3

Leadership

Georgia Safety and Justice PAC is led by its chairman, Whitney Tymas, who serves as the head of the widely dispersed “Safety and Justice” network. Tymas also served on the board of the Civic Participation Action Fund (CPAF).

References

  1. Simonson, Joseph. “Soros Reshapes Prosecutor Landscape with Crucial Victories.” Colorado Springs Gazette, December 25, 2020. https://gazette.com/opinion/column-soros-reshapes-prosecutor-landscape-with-crucial-victories/article_21672cf8-4485-11eb-be39-e7482dd0a96b.html.
  2. Georgia Safety & Justice. Campaign Contribution Disclosure Report. Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, September 9, 2016. https://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/campaign/Campaign_ReportOptions.aspx?NameID=25937&FilerID=NC2016000035&CDRID=122216.
  3. Georgia Safety & Justice. Campaign Contribution Disclosure Report. Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, October 7, 2016. https://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/campaign/Campaign_ReportOptions.aspx?NameID=25937&FilerID=NC2016000035&CDRID=122258.

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