Georgia Victory 2020 is a Democratic Party-aligned PAC which funded the successful Congressional campaigns of U.S. Representative-elect Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA) and U.S. Representative Lucy McBath (D-GA) and the U.S. Senatorial campaigns of Jon Ossoff (D) and Raphael Warnock (D). The Senate races will be decided by a runoff election held on January 5, 2021.

Funding

As of October 14, 2020, Georgia Victory 2020 has raised $460,127, and has almost $45,000 in cash on hand. ¹ Almost half of the funds ($210,015) came from donors in New York, and only $70,290 came from donors Georgia. Another $61,715 came from donors in California. ²

Political Contributions

As of October 14, Georgia Victory Fund has spent $415,129 on political campaign contributions. ³

The largest recipient so far is Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Raphael Warnock, whose campaign has received $101,495 for his race against incumbent U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) in a special election. ⁴ Governor Brian Kemp (R-GA) appointed Sen. Loeffler after the resignation of former U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA) due to health concerns. For the 2020 special election, there was no primary, and in the open election on November 3, Warnock received 32.9% of the vote to Sen. Loeffler’s 25.9%. Since no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, the election will go to a runoff between Warnock and Sen. Loeffler on January 5, 2021. ⁵

Georgia Victory Fund has contributed $91,875⁶ to Jon Ossoff, a Democrat who is running for U.S. Senate in a special election against incumbent U.S. Senator David Perdue (R—GA). In the general election, Sen. Perdue received 49.7% of the votes to Ossoff’s 48%. With no candidate getting more than 50% of the vote, the election will be determined in a runoff between Sen. Perdue and Ossoff on January 5, 2021. ⁷

Georgia Victory Fund contributed $96,440⁸ to the campaign of Democrat Carolyn Bourdeaux for Georgia’s 7^th Congressional District. Bordeaux defeated Republican Rich McCormick with 51.37% of the vote. ⁹

Georgia Victory Fund contributed $94,315¹⁰ to the campaign of Democrat Lucy McBath for Georgia’s 6^th Congressional District. Bath defeated Republican challenger Karen Handel with 54.2% of the vote. ¹¹

Georgia Victory Fund also gave $14,362 to Act Blue, a PAC which acts as a clearinghouse for Democratic campaign contributions. ¹²

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