Georgia Senate Runoffs Fueled Mostly by Out-of-State Donors
- More than 90% of online donations coming from outside state
- Democrats outraise Republicans with Senate control at stake
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Money from around the U.S. is flooding into Georgia as both of the state’s Senate seats are up for grabs in a Jan. 5 runoff election and with them, control of the U.S. Senate.
Between Nov. 4 and Nov. 23, the Democratic Senate candidates drew 96% of their online donations from out of the state while the two incumbents got 92% of their online contributions outside of Georgia, a Bloomberg analysis found.