Three of Georgia’s top public boards help decide some of the biggest issues facing the state’s residents.
Turns out, they also play an out-sized role bankrolling the political campaigns of Gov. Nathan Deal.
More than four-fifths of members on those boards contributed nearly $1.3 million to Deal’s campaign and political action committee, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution analysis of campaign records — a rate one longtime watchdog calls “amazing.”
Nationally, less than two-tenths of 1 percent of American adults contribute $200 or more to political candidates or parties, according to OpenSecrets.org, a non-partisan campaign finance group in Washington, D.C.
Find out who gives and how much in our exclusive story and interactive graphic on MyAJC.com.
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