The GOP race for governor could soon get a wave of new attack ads.
A senior adviser with Citizens for Georgia’s Future -- the outside group spending more than $1 million to boost Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle’s campaign -- tells us its internal polls mirror the AJC/Channel 2 findings released last week.
Which is to say the group figures that Cagle has built an unassailable lead but remains out of range of an outright win.
So what to do with the money in the bank?
This is where it gets interesting.
We’re told that the organization may try to influence the race for the second spot -- a tight contest between Secretary of State Brian Kemp and former state Sen. Hunter Hill -- by airing ads that “fill some of the holes on one of the candidate’s resume.”
We’re not sure yet whether that means it will attack Hill or Kemp. But the clock is ticking: The May 22 primary is less than three weeks away.
Stay tuned.
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