GOP governors continue to spend big on Gov. Nathan Deal
Georgia’s economy continues to get a little boomlet of sorts from the Republican Governors Association and its deep pockets.
The RGA’s affiliate political action committee, American Comeback Committee Georgia PAC, reported Tuesday spending almost $700,000 this month, mostly on mailers in support of Gov. Nathan Deal in his re-election battle with Democratic state Sen. Jason Carter. That’s on top of $240,000 the group spent on mailers last month.
Among the mailers was one arguing that a vote for Carter was a vote to expand President Obama’s health care plan in Georgia.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported earlier this month that the RGA had already sunk $2.6 million into the race as of the end of September. With the $940,000 from its affiliated committee, the group now has more than $3.5 million invested in Deal’s re-election.
The group’s chairman, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, visited Georgia last week in support of the governor.
By contrast, the Democratic Governors Association had reported spending less than $40,000 on Carter as of Sept. 30.
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James Salzer has covered state government and politics in Georgia since 1990. He previously covered politics and government in Texas and Florida. He specializes in government finance, budgets, taxes, campaign finance, ethics and legislative history
