LITHONIA, Ga. — Eight days out from Election Day in Georgia’s crucial senate runoff races, Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are “sounding the alarm” about their ability to keep pace with GOP spending, calling for a “significant increase” in grassroots donations to prevent running out of money.
“To win this election in 8 days, we need to continue our historic efforts to turn out every single voter — but we won’t be able to do that if our fundraising revenue continues to fall,” Warnock campaign manager Jerid Kurtz and Ossoff campaign manager Ellen Foster wrote in a memo obtained by NBC News.
According to financial disclosure forms, Warnock and Ossoff both raised more than $100 million dollars over the past two months, outraising their Republican opponents Sen. David Perdue and Sen. Kelly Loeffler by a significant margin. But GOP outside groups are outspending Democratic groups.
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“That means our Republican counterparts don’t have to spend as much of their precious resources on TV and can invest in the area that is most important at this stage: direct voter contact,” the memo states.
In an election that will likely hinge on how many voters each side can turnout, Democrats warn they may soon have to choose between television ad spending or boots on the ground. “Our campaigns have had to make hard decisions, and right now we cannot afford to cut resources from our field program,” the Democratic campaign managers write.
More than two-million Georgians have already voted early in these runoff elections, according to the Georgia Secretary of State’s office. Election Day is on Tuesday Jan 5.
Source: | This article originally belongs to Nbcnews.com
