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Money in the GA-6 Special Election
Total Contributions to Candidates
John Ossoff
$23,600,861
Karen Handel
$4,293,898
Unitemized Contributions
($200 or less)
($200 or less)
John Ossoff
$15,348,057
Karen Handel
$1,621,962
Outside Spending
Independent expenditures supporting one candidate or opposing the other
Independent expenditures supporting one candidate or opposing the other
John Ossoff
$8,155,407
Karen Handel
$18,463,540
More information in MapLight's reporting on the GA-6 race.
6/13/2017