Brian Kemp releases some news

July 6, 2009 13:21 pm

by Erick · 18 comments

From a campaign press release:

Former State Senator Brian Kemp filed his June 30 campaign contribution disclosure report with an impressive $267,170.00 raised from over 425 donors across the state. This total does not include any personal loans or contributions to inflate the totals.

Also, he’s got a huge list of early endorsers in his press release. You can see the whole thing here.

{ 18 comments }

Pine Knot July 6, 2009 at 1:42 pm

Quite the list of endorsers.

Cato July 6, 2009 at 1:58 pm

Agreed. Very impressive list!

rugby July 6, 2009 at 2:03 pm

Two straight slanderous attack posts from Erick on The Ox.

So so so so so sad.

North Ga Indy July 6, 2009 at 2:04 pm

Two straight slanderous attack posts from Erick on The Ox.

So so so so so sad.

Not really. This is a post on Kemp.

Romegaguy July 6, 2009 at 3:10 pm

I heard Erick changed Ox’s wikipedia entry

North Ga Indy July 6, 2009 at 3:24 pm

Really? How?

North Ga Indy July 6, 2009 at 2:03 pm

Good numbers. I’d like to see Kemp campaign a little harder so that he can score a bigger win in the Primary.

Technocrat July 6, 2009 at 4:07 pm

Congrads and thank goodness for an Episcopalian, way too many Methodists running for other offices. Having raised $800k + for AG Commissoner race last time, hopefully he can make the magic 1 Million this time.

macho July 6, 2009 at 7:27 pm

In this economy I don’t know if Kemp will be raising $1 million. But I wish him well.

UGADAWG83 July 6, 2009 at 6:20 pm

Great release. Impressive list of local officials from all corners of the state.

rugby July 6, 2009 at 8:54 pm

Is the news that SpaceyG is a woman?

Romegaguy July 7, 2009 at 8:10 am

Brian Kemp is a woman?

Mother Goose July 7, 2009 at 10:14 am

Kemp is strong. Good guy. Glad to see him making a comeback!

Mike Hauncho July 7, 2009 at 10:17 am

WIth 425 donors that is about $500 or more per donor. How much did his list of supporters contribute to him? I would like to see how much these sponsors gave him. Money is money so no matter how he raised it he has done well. But I want to see how many average voters gave to his campaign.

Jeff July 7, 2009 at 10:45 am

Actually, closer to $625/donor. And most of it came from around the Athens area, very little outside of there. But then again, other than legislators, his support was much the same way.

From legislators:

State Sen Butterworth ($500)
State Sen Hamrick ($1,500) <- 2 contributions, one as 'Bill Hamrick' for $500, the other as 'Senator Bill Hamrick' for $1,000
State Rep Bill Hembree ($250)
State Sen Judson Hill ($250)
Senator Ralph Hudgens ($6,100)
Jackson for Senate Campaign ($500) (Appling, GA, no first name)
John D Bulloch Jr Campaign ($5,000)
Mark Hamilton for State House 23 ($250)
Senator Jeff Mullis ($1,000)
Ross Tolleson for State Senate ($1,000)
Senator Jack Hill Campaign ($250)
Preston Smith ($1,000)
Terry England Campaign ($500)
Larry O'Neal Campaign ($500)
Grant for Senate ($1,000)
Friends of Tommy Williams ($1,000)
Friends of Joe Wilkinson ($250)
Friends of Chip Pearson ($2,000)
Friends of Bill Heath ($500)
Friends for Chip Rogers – Senate ($1,500)
Committee to Elect Jim Cole ($2000)
Citizens for Calvin Hill ($200)
Chance for Senate ($1,000)

Jeff July 7, 2009 at 11:08 am

Just ran that list through Excel, total I found (may have found a couple of others from the disclosure and put them in my Excel sheet) was $28,500 from 26 legislators/campaigns. I may have missed a legislator or two if I didn’t recognize their name and they didn’t somehow indicate they were a member of the General Assembly on this form.

Georgia Judge July 7, 2009 at 5:56 pm

Kemp will win the Primary and go on to be our next SOS,and that is a GOOD thing.

Jason Shepherd July 7, 2009 at 6:24 pm

Looks like Doug MacGinnitie is keeping up though:

“Today our campaign will release our first financial disclosure report, and I wanted to share the good news with you first. In the last few months, we have taken in over $260,000 from over 265 contributors from every corner of our state.”

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