With the primaries behind them, Stacey Abrams and incumbent Brian Kemp can now focus on each other as their grudge rematch for Georgia governor intensifies.
They’ve got plenty of money to do it with, particularly Abrams. In less than two months after the May primary, her One Georgia campaign group raised more than $18 million.
Abrams’ treasury is filled with large contributions from progressive mega-donor George Soros and smaller ones from Hollywood celebrities like Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand, Tom Hanks, and Bryan Cranston.
Kemp and his Georgians First group have raised $7.6 million to date.
Kemp’s campaign is reaching some big donors in Texas but doesn’t feature that kind of star power. He doesn’t need as much money, said political scientist Charles Bullock of the University of Georgia….