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by Aaron Baker

Revealing the Money in Georgia Politics

Republicans Raise a Lot More Money Than Democrats...

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Where is this Data From?

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But Democrats Have a Lot More Donors

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And Republicans Have Larger Donations

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Because Republicans Get Big Business Money

Top Republican Business Sources

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Top Democratic Business Sources

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Republicans receive dramatically more money from organized business interests - healthcare, finance, real estate, and trade associations.

And the Average Check Keeps Getting Bigger

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Some Politicians Rely on Grassroots, Others on Institutions

Some campaigns are powered by thousands of individual donors, while others are sustained mostly by PACs, committees, and institutional money. These rankings focus on candidates with meaningful fundraising volume, not tiny committees.

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Most Grassroots-Funded Candidates

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Most Institutional-Funded Candidates

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What This Tells Us

Grassroots vs. Big Money

Democrats rely more on small donations from many supporters, while Republicans receive fewer but larger contributions.

Different Strategies

These patterns suggest fundamentally different fundraising approaches and donor bases between the parties.

Impact on Politics

Understanding these differences helps explain how campaigns are funded and who has influence in Georgia politics.

What the 2026 Statewide Races Look Like

These comparisons use the campaign committees we could match to each candidate in the finance reports. Candidates without a matched report are still listed, but marked as having no report yet.

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Totals reflect the campaign committees we could match in the available finance reports, so some candidates may be undercounted if a current committee has not published a stats file yet.

Want to Dive Deeper?

Explore the full campaign finance data with detailed breakdowns by category, state, and contributor type.

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