2020 general election
Georgia 1st District
The candidate who raised the most money won.
$2.5M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2020 Georgia 1st District race: $2.5M raised by the campaigns, $1.2M of it from PACs, plus $5K from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Earl L. Carter (Republican) won and was the top fundraiser.
Receipts + outside spending
$2.5M
Raised by campaigns
$2.5M
PAC checks
$1.2M
Outside money
$5K
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Earl L. CarterRepublican, incumbent
✓ Won- Raised
- $2.3M
- Spent
- $1.8M
- From individuals
- $1.1M
- From PACs
- $1.2M
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $5K
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 51% of Carter's money came from PACs
Corporate $565K (48%)Trade group $286K (24%)Leadership PAC $56K (5%)Membership $130K (11%)Union $9K (1%)Super PAC $12K (1%)Other $127K (11%)
- United States Peanut Political Action Committee (US Peanut PAC) Other$12K
- Comcast Corporation Corporate$10K
- At&T Inc. Corporate$10K
- National Chicken Council Trade group$10K
- International Paper Corporate$10K
- General Dynamics Corporation Corporate$10K
- Lockheed Martin Corporation Corporate$10K
- The Home Depot Inc. Corporate$10K
Biggest outside spenders
- National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund · $5K supporting
Joyce Marie GriggsDemocrat
✗ Lost- Raised
- $135K
- Spent
- $130K
- From individuals
- $56K
- From PACs
- $2K
- From party
- $1K
- Own money & loans
- $76K
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Questions people ask
- How much money is tied to the 2020 Georgia 1st District race?
- $2.5M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2020 Georgia 1st District race: $2.5M raised by the campaigns, $1.2M of it from PACs, plus $5K from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Earl L. Carter (Republican) won and was the top fundraiser.
- Who raised the most money in the 2020 Georgia 1st District race?
- Earl L. Carter (Republican) raised $2.3M and had $5K in outside spending on their side.
- Which outside groups spent the most on the 2020 Georgia 1st District race?
- National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund ($5K).
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2020 Georgia 1st District race?
- United States Peanut Political Action Committee (US Peanut PAC) gave $12K to Earl L. Carter; Comcast Corporation & Nbcuniversal Political Action Committee - Federal gave $10K to Earl L. Carter; At&T Inc./Warnermedia LLC Federal Political Action Committee (At&T/Warnermedia Federal PAC) gave $10K to Earl L. Carter.