RNC Mobilizes $20 Million 'Grassroots Army' in Georgia Ahead of High-Stakes Senate Showdown
Republicans are pouring millions of dollars into two Georgia runoff elections as they look to keep Democrats from seizing control of the Senate.
The Republican National Committee said Friday it is funding more than 600 staffers in the state with an investment of at least $20 million ahead of the Jan. 5 runoffs for the seats held by GOP Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.
Democrats are eyeing victories for Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in the respective races to create a 50-50 split in the chamber.
Democrat Kamala Harris would hold the tie-breaking vote as vice president in the event that Joe Biden wins the White House.
The GOP’s investment follows the party’s massive ground game in the 2020 presidential race. The party said it organized more than 2.6 million volunteers and had more than 3,000 paid field staffers across key battleground states.
In Georgia alone, the RNC says it knocked on more than 3 million doors, made more than 8 million phone calls and registered at least 16,000 voters in the lead-up to the presidential election.
“Georgians are counting on Republicans to hold the line against the Democrats’ desire to raise taxes, pack the Supreme Court and give government control over their health care,” RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel said.
“We need Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue in the Senate, and the RNC is mobilizing our grassroots army to help keep them there.”
Both candidates fell short of Georgia’s 50 percent threshold to win the seats, and so the races’ top two finishers will face off head to head.
The twin runoffs are expected to approach or even exceed records spent on Senate races, as the prospect of unified Democratic control of Washington hangs in the balance.
The Associated Press has not called the presidential race in the state, which is heading to a recount with Biden holding a narrow lead over President Donald Trump.
The RNC had already sent about 100 staffers to help with fixing small errors or omissions on voters’ ballots and assist with the recount.
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