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Federal Judge Blocks Lt. Gov. Burt Jones' Unlimited Campaign Fundraising
A judge blocked Jones' leadership committee from raising or spending funds, halting $15.9 million in campaign resources and canceling ads bought since Feb. 10.
- A federal court on Friday ordered the WBJ Leadership Committee to stop raising or spending for Jones, and canceled ads purchased since Feb. 10.
- Rick Jackson sued alleging Jones gained an unfair advantage because Georgia leadership committees are exempt from ordinary contribution limits under a 2021 law.
- Records reveal the WBJ Leadership Committee held nearly $16 million as of Jan. 31, while Jones' campaign had $3.3 million, and donor caps are $8,400.
- With the committee shuttered, Jackson asked that contributions be refunded to Jones' donors, but the court has not yet ruled on the funds' fate.
- Historically, courts have blocked leadership committees, with Stacey Abrams and David Perdue winning suits against Gov. Brian Kemp in 2022, while Chris Carr, Attorney General of Georgia, lost a similar challenge and Georgia Republicans sometimes rejected this strategy.
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Judge rules against Burt Jones’ unlimited fundraising in race for Georgia governor
ATLANTA — Lt. Gov. Burt Jones can no longer raise and spend millions of dollars on his gubernatorial campaign through a special fundraising committee, a setback in his race for the Republican nomination. A federal judge ruled Friday in favor…
Judge rules against Burt Jones' unlimited fundraising in race for Georgia governor
ATLANTA — Lt. Gov. Burt Jones can no longer raise millions of dollars for his gubernatorial campaign through a special fundraising committee, a setback in his race for the Republican nomination.
Jones has setbacks, at least one self-inflicted
You can’t exactly say that having the way cleared so that he could get an endorsement from the Republican National Committee is the worst thing to happen to Lt. Gov. Burt Jones this year. After all, it’s been a rough patch. Long the comfortable frontrunner in the upcoming Republican primary for governor, Jones has fallen behind the late-arriving Rick Jackson. Worse, in a Rasmussen poll conducted Feb. 11-12, he has dropped into third, behind Jack…
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