Faced with a tough re-election on the Georgia battlefield, Democratic Sen. John Ossoff raised $11 million in the first quarter of 2025.
The Ossoff campaign said the haul was something that incumbents had so far raised in the first quarter of the holiday. Politico was unable to identify any Senate campaigns that rose further in comparable quarter.
“We are grateful to the hundreds of thousands of record supporters who have already participated in the largest and most relentless turnout in Georgia’s history,” the 38-year-old first term senator said in a statement.
According to the campaign, Ossov’s average donation over the quarter was $32, from 260,000 individual donors and more than 155,000 first-time donors. Donations came from 156 counties in the state.
The early fundraiser is a show of forces that will help keep potential GOP challengers on the sidelines, but it’s certainly true that $11 million is just a drop in the overall expected bucket of spending. Georgia’s 2022 Senate race was Democratic Sen. Rafael Warnock Saw Over $515 million has been spent According to OpenSecrets, by campaigns and external groups.
The Republican nomination in Peach State sticks to Gov. Brian Kemp’s decision, which remains undecided. Many other Republicans have expressed interest in race, but stipulate that Kemp will only run if he is not.
Ossoff is only one of the vulnerable Democratic incumbents seeking rerect, with Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and Gary Peters of Michigan deciding not to run. Ossov is already running a campaign, Atlanta rally will be held in late March Featuring Warnock.
Georgia’s 2022 Senate race was the most expensive of the cycle, with $1.4 billion pouring into the state by campaigns, super PACs and other outside groups in four races from 2020 to 2022. According to a New York Times analysis.
President Donald Trump carried the state with about two points in November, and Republicans already see it as a top mid-term priority.
