In a 2022 'gun fight,' Republicans look beyond Georgia for campaign cash (AJC)
Roy Briley doesn’t typically dip into his bank account to back campaigns outside of his home in Alaska, but this year the real estate entrepreneur set aside $20,000 to give to candidates he learned about in conservative media. One of his first contributions was to Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Herschel Walker of Georgia.
A few years ago, Georgia Republicans wouldn’t have been so eager to boast about a network of donors such as Briley who live outside the state lines. But last week, Walker’s campaign proudly announced it amassed contributions from nearly 50,000 donors who live in all 50 states.
The plethora of out-of-state donors, revealed in recent campaign disclosures, underscores a new political landscape for Georgia Republicans after defeats in the November presidential election and January’s U.S. Senate runoffs.
Over much of the past decade, Georgia Republicans slammed Democrats for mining “outsiders” for political contributions. Now, building a nationwide donor network is a cornerstone of the GOP strategy to oust U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and other vulnerable Democrats in 2022.
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