The campaign of Jon Ossoff (US Senate) (D) says it has transferred more than $3.6 million this cycle into the Democratic Party of Georgia’s coordinated campaign, money meant to lift Democrats up and down the ballot as well as Ossoff himself, according to a Sept. 16 campaign release that draws on Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporting.
Two longtime Ossoff aides help run that operation. Kyle Tromley, a former Ossoff political director, was tapped in December to lead the coordinated campaign, and Caroline Saudek, a six-year veteran of the Ossoff fundraising operation, joined the state party in January.
The coordinated campaign has opened 30 field offices and hired more than 100 staffers, and party officials say more than 50 campaigns are taking part. On Sept. 15 the party launched “Project Downballot,” aimed at the Republicans running for lieutenant governor, secretary of state and attorney general.
The money lands in a state national Democrats are betting on. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee has named 19 Georgia legislative races as targets, 16 House and three Senate. Democrats already hold two of them, including House District 145, which Tangie Herring (HD-145) (D) is defending.
The AJC report also sizes up the Senate race itself. It says Senate candidate Mike Collins (GA-10) (R) struggles to consolidate support beyond the GOP base, while Ossoff courts independents and disenchanted Republicans. The transfers come from a campaign that has raised nearly $98 million since 2021.
