2020 general election
Georgia Senate
The candidate who raised the most money won. The incumbent lost.
$525M was spent on the 2020 Georgia Senate race: $255M raised by the campaigns, $5.7M of it from PACs, plus $270M from outside groups (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Jon Ossoff (Democrat) won and was the top fundraiser.
Total money
$525M
Raised by campaigns
$255M
PAC checks
$5.7M
Outside money
$270M
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Jon OssoffDemocrat
✓ Won- Raised
- $156M
- Spent
- $152M
- From individuals
- $145M
- From PACs
- $864K
- From party
- $64K
- Own money & loans
- $450K
- Outside money for
- $24M
- Outside money against
- $129M
Who paid: 1% of Ossoff's money came from PACs
Corporate $5K (1%)Trade group $13K (1%)Leadership PAC $317K (36%)Membership $84K (9%)Union $172K (19%)Super PAC $71K (8%)Party $70K (8%)Other $158K (18%)
- Colorado Senate Victory 2016 Party$50K
- Let America Vote PAC Other$15K
- American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee On Political Education Union$15K
- Joint Action Committee for Political Affairs Other$12K
- Washington Women for Choice Other$10K
- Lobo PAC Leadership PAC$10K
- Duckworth Leadership PAC$10K
- America Works Federal PAC Leadership PAC$10K
Biggest outside spenders
- Senate Leadership Fund · $85M attacking
- NRSC · $14M attacking
- Peachtree PAC · $12M attacking
- Georgia Action Fund · $4.6M attacking
- Black PAC · $4.6M supporting
David A. PerdueRepublican, incumbent
✗ Lost- Raised
- $99M
- Spent
- $88M
- From individuals
- $76M
- From PACs
- $4.9M
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $45M
- Outside money against
- $71M
Who paid: 5% of Perdue's money came from PACs
Corporate $2.6M (31%)Trade group $1.1M (13%)Leadership PAC $656K (8%)Membership $327K (4%)Union $13K (0%)Super PAC $3.1M (36%)Party $50K (1%)Other $697K (8%)
- Winred Super PAC$3.1M
- Senate Conservatives Fund Other$219K
- Young Victory Committee Party$45K
- Votesane PAC Other$29K
- Centene Corporation Corporate$28K
- National Automobile Dealers Association Trade group$25K
- Pelican PAC Leadership PAC$20K
- National Watermelon Association Inc Political Action Committee Trade group$20K
Biggest outside spenders
- Senate Majority PAC · $31M attacking
- Americans for Prosperity Action · $15M supporting
- The Georgia Way · $14M attacking
- Senate Leadership Fund · $472K supporting · $7.3M attacking
- Peachtree PAC · $6.5M supporting
Plus 1 other candidate on the ballot with no reported money.
Questions people ask
- How much money was spent on the 2020 Georgia Senate race?
- $525M was spent on the 2020 Georgia Senate race: $255M raised by the campaigns, $5.7M of it from PACs, plus $270M from outside groups (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Jon Ossoff (Democrat) won and was the top fundraiser.
- Who raised the most money in the 2020 Georgia Senate race?
- Jon Ossoff (Democrat) raised $156M and had $24M in outside spending on their side.
- Which outside groups spent the most on the 2020 Georgia Senate race?
- Senate Leadership Fund ($93M), Senate Majority PAC ($31M), Peachtree PAC ($19M).
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2020 Georgia Senate race?
- Winred gave $3.1M to David A. Perdue; Senate Conservatives Fund gave $219K to David A. Perdue; DSCC gave $50K to Jon Ossoff.