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Georgia governor

Candidates include Rick Jackson (R) and Keisha Lance Bottoms (D). Campaign figures come from each candidate’s filings with the Georgia State Ethics Commission. Each figure shows the date it runs through.

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Candidates · what each campaign reported

Rick Jackson (R)

Jackson for Governor, Inc.

Raised
$222.2M
Spent
$213.1M
Cash on hand
$9.1M

Through Oct. 20, 2026. State filing.

Jackson also runs a leadership committee, For All Georgians, which had raised $34.7 million by Oct. 20, including $20 million from the Republican Governors Association.

Outside money

  • For$21.5M

Keisha Lance Bottoms (D)

Keisha for Governor

Raised
$11.7M
Spent
$11.4M
Cash on hand
$669K

Through Oct. 20, 2026. State filing.

Bottoms also runs a leadership committee, Project Battleground Georgia, which had raised $23.2 million by Oct. 20, including $13.4 million from the Democratic Governors Association.

Outside money

  • For$15.1M

Outside money · groups spending for or against the candidates

$36.6M from the groups below. In governor races, much outside money goes to the campaign or to a committee the candidate controls, so the table says how each dollar got into the race.

GroupFor or againstHowAmountWhen
Democratic Governors Association (Georgia) · 15 gifts to Project Battleground Georgia from Aug. 10 through Oct. 20, from its Oct. 20 report; all since the May 19 primaryFor Keisha Lance BottomsGave to candidate’s committee$11,662,705Aug. 10, 2026 to Oct. 20, 2026
Republican Governors Association · given to For All Georgians on July 28; all since the May 19 primaryFor Rick JacksonGave to candidate’s committee$10,000,000July 28, 2026 to July 31, 2026
Republican Governors Association · given to For All Georgians on Oct. 7, from its Oct. 20 report; all since the May 19 primaryFor Rick JacksonGave to candidate’s committee$10,000,000Oct. 7, 2026
Democratic Governors Association (Georgia) · given to Project Battleground Georgia from June 8 through July 31, plus $24,221 in polling and research; all since the May 19 primaryFor Keisha Lance BottomsGave to candidate’s committee$1,723,000June 8, 2026 to July 31, 2026
Democratic Governors Association (Georgia) · given to Project Battleground Georgia on Oct. 21, 22 and 23, from its two-business-day reports; all since the May 19 primaryFor Keisha Lance BottomsGave to candidate’s committee$1,697,900Oct. 21, 2026 to Oct. 23, 2026
Republican Governors Association · given to For All Georgians on Oct. 22, from its two-business-day report; all since the May 19 primaryFor Rick JacksonGave to candidate’s committee$1,500,000Oct. 22, 2026

About these numbers

  • Georgia candidates can run a leadership committee that takes unlimited contributions and works with the campaign, so that’s where national groups give. Other groups file their own reports, but Georgia doesn’t break their spending out by candidate, so it isn’t listed here yet.
  • Raised and spent cover the whole campaign through Oct. 20.
  • Gifts dated after Oct. 20 come from reports Georgia requires within two business days of large gifts in the last weeks before the election. Those run through Oct. 25.
  • Next report: December report, covering through Dec. 31, 2026, due Dec. 31, 2026. We’ll update this page once it’s filed.
  • Governor campaigns file with the state, not the FEC, so these numbers come from the Georgia State Ethics Commission and are read by hand after each state deadline, so a new filing can take a few days to show up here. National groups like the Republican and Democratic Governors Associations report to the IRS; their transfers are listed when they appear in state or IRS filings.
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Last checked Oct. 28, 2026. All governor races · How this works.