LITONIA, Ga. Eight days after Election Day in Georgia’s key Senate run-offs, Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are sounding the alarm about their ability to keep up with GOP spending, calling for a “substantial increase” in foot sole. donations to prevent money running out.
“To win this election in eight days, we must continue our historic efforts to single out every voter – but we will not be able to do so if our fundraising income declines,” said Warnock campaign manager Jerid Kurtz and the Ossoff campaign . Ellen Foster, manager, wrote in a memo obtained by NBC News.
According to financial disclosure forms, Warnock and Ossoff have both raised more than $ 100 million in the past two months and their Republican opponents, sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, transgressed by a significant margin. But GOP groups outside the spending of democratic groups.
“This means that our Republican counterparts do not have to spend so much of their precious resources on TV and can invest in the area that is most important at this stage: direct contact with the electorate,” the memo reads.
In an election that is likely to depend on how many voters on each side can run, Democrats warn they will soon have to choose between television advertising spending and shoes on the ground. “Our campaigns have had to make difficult decisions, and at the moment we cannot afford to reduce resources from our field program,” the Democratic campaign managers wrote.
According to the Foreign Minister’s office in Georgia, more than 2 million Georgians voted early in this run-off election. Election day is next Tuesday, January 5th.