ATLANTA — Stacey Abrams and U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock are expanding their donor bases far beyond Georgia to wage their Democratic campaigns. Republican Herschel Walker's recent trip to former President Donald Trump's resort in Florida was one of a string of fundraising forays beyond state lines.
As Georgia emerges as the premier political battleground state, candidates and voters are grappling with a new reality: The nationalization of the races means that soaring campaign contributions from out-of-state donors are here to stay.
That trend is underscored by an Atlanta Journal-Constitution analysis of campaign disclosures that account for itemized donations — that is, higher-dollar campaign contributions to state and federal campaigns.
