Published 3:44 pm Monday, November 2, 2026 ATLANTA — The price of everything has been rising, including the cost of becoming governor in Georgia. Since Aug. 1, former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and businessman Rick Jackson raised more than $150 million in their quests to lead the state. Jackson, the Republican nominee, took in the vast majority of that total. Between his two committees, after accounting for transfers between them, Jackson raised at least $120 million, about four times as much as Bottoms, the Democratic nominee, who gathered more than $30 million. Those figures include the near daily reports of new money their committees filed after the last major disclosure period ended on Oct. 20, with Jackson raising more than $8 million since then and Bottoms more than $7 million. Regular gubernatorial campaign committees can collect a maximum of $8,400 from each donor per election. But Bottoms and Jackson were able to blow well past that limit because of the special status Georgia lawmakers have given certain candidates. Gubernatorial nominees can set up “leadership” committees, which can raise unlimited sums. Since Aug. 1, the Democratic Governors Association has given Bottoms’ leadership committee more than $14 million. Billionaire Michael Bloomberg gave her $4 million, more than half of it last week. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker sent her $1 million the week before that. Emmitt Perry, a self-employed filmmaker in Atlanta, gave her $250,000 in early October. (Tyler…
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