US EditionFederal 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 stopped the WBJ Leadership Committee from raising or spending for Gov. Burt Jones, according to the court ruling. Jackson argued the committee gave Jones an unfair advantage, and the court issued relief without deciding the funds' fate.
- Rick Jackson argued Jones gained an unfair advantage because Georgia leadership committees are exempt from contribution limits that other statewide candidates face this year.
- Finance filings show the WBJ Leadership Committee held nearly $16 million as of Jan. 31, while other candidates face donor limits of $8,400 per person.
- With the committee shut down, 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 before, with Stacey Abrams and David Perdue winning suits against Gov. Brian Kemp in 2022, while Chris Carr, Attorney General of Georgia, lost a separate challenge and Georgia Republicans have at times 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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