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Georgia Businessman Rick Jackson Announces Run for Governor
Rick Jackson, a healthcare billionaire, pledges $50 million self-funding and rapid ad buys to disrupt Georgia's GOP governor race with a conservative, results-focused platform.
- On Tuesday, Rick Jackson, Georgia businessman and founder of an Atlanta-area healthcare company, announced his bid for governor and pledged $50 million, saying, `I learned to work hard, trusted in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, started a family, and founded a business`.
- Positioning himself as an outsider, Rick Jackson pledges to halve income tax, freeze property taxes, ban DEI initiatives, and challenge Gov. Burt Jones amid a crowded GOP primary field.
- The campaign immediately bought airtime, with AdImpact reporting more than $950,000 in ad buys for this week and over $1,000,000 committed next week.
- A separate outside group has spent more than $13 million, and Jackson's campaign denies funding the ads, making the primary more chaotic and expensive.
- His corporate and philanthropic record underscores Jackson Healthcare's reach in all 50 states, helping more than 20 million patients annually and generating over $3 billion in revenue, plus foster-care policies and related law.
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