Gov. Brian Kemp raised about $1.9 million for his reelection campaign in the past seven months and has about $6.3 million banked as he heads toward a possible rematch with Democrat Stacey Abrams.
Kemp’s campaign detailed his recent fundraising in reports filed Friday.
Statehouse lobbyists, the companies they represent and state contractors gave big money to the governor’s campaign.
Jackson Healthcare contributed 18,100 to Kemp’s campaign. A month into the COVID-19 pandemic, Kemp announced a no-bid agreement with the company to provide, through a subsidiary, additional critical care doctors, nurses and other staffers to medical facilities in need. Last fall the governor’s office estimated the deal was worth up to $220 million, although far less had been paid to the company at the time.
Kemp spent about $20 million in 2018 to beat Abrams in a relatively close race. However, former President Donald Trump has promised to back GOP opposition against Kemp in 2022 because the governor was unwilling to help him illegally flip the results of November’s election.
Abrams — who outspent Kemp in 2018 — reported having only $48,000 in her gubernatorial account at the end of 2020. But the voting rights group she founded, Fair Fight, has raised about $100 million since late 2018.
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