Tuesday’s special election in Georgia to fill the vacant seat left by Trump’s new HHS Secretary, Tom Price, was the most expensive House election in history, coming in at around $55 million spent between the candidates and outside groups.
In a race Democrats snarkily referred to as a “referendum on the Trump administration,” 30 year old Democrat Jon Ossoff spent over seven times what Republican Karen Handel shelled out for the race, coming in at $21,977,310 spent vs. Handel’s $3,132,009.
Ossoff received a significant amount of support from out-of-state donors. Itemized campaign filings reveal that Mr. Ossoff received most of his contributions from large Democrat leaning states such as New York and California, while only 14% came from Georgia compared to Ms. Handel’s 56%.
The New York Times notes that while Ossoff’s campaign far outraised Handel’s, she had much more outside support from party committees and ‘super PACs,’ which spent over $25 million on the race – primarily on advertising. In fact, an Atlanta TV station added a 7 p.m. newscast to take advantage of all that sweet, sweet advertising money.
Reactions:
Thank you @FoxNews "Huge win for President Trump and GOP in Georgia Congressional Special Election."
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2017
Thanks to everyone who breathlessly and snarkily proclaimed #GA06 as a "referendum on POTUS @realDonaldTrump".
You were right. #winning
— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) June 21, 2017
Congratulations dems that's the most expensive participation medal ev… um since November. #maga
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) June 21, 2017
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It’s the Dem way. Or… Dim Way.
Spend A Lot, Lose A Lot.
What fukkin turds.
It’s a shame the mentally challenged liberals didn’t spend $150M. Viva la Trump!
Nice little boost for the Georgia economy.
Nice that he lost.
Soros better reach deeper in his pockets for the next pinko marxist Demoncretin. This purple commie revolution is getting mightily expensive.