After raising more than $100 million in her second bid to be Georgia governor, the Stacey Abrams campaign owes more than $1 million in debt to vendors, two-time campaign manager Lauren Groh-Wargo confirmed to Axios.
Why it matters: Abrams has been heralded for her fundraising prowess and had brought in donations at a presidential level earlier in the year. But money became so tight that most of the 180 full-time staffers were given an abrupt paycheck cutoff date — just a week after the November election.
- “People have told me they have no idea how they’re going to pay their rent in January,” one former staffer told Axios. “It was more than unfortunate. It was messed up.”
Driving the news: Groh-Wargo told Axios that a “cavalcade of negative press and negative polling” made fundraising difficult in the final months. She said the campaign had engaged brokers to sell their donor and voter contact databases to try to pay down the debt over time.
- “We did not just lose, we got blown out,” she said. “It was the most sub-optimal situation to be in. And we will be dealing with that situation for some time.”
What they’re saying: “Of course, I would have loved to do a lot of things differently,” Groh-Wargo said. “But I had to move as fast as possible.”
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Protecting Democracy 1 finger at a time!
Lockup that gorillafacemonkeypotomus!!!
What a surprise! A demonrat can't take responsibilty for her own affairs. She stiffs others, blames others, cries fouls, etc etc. Who is really surprised here?
Breaks my heart. Now go home get a real Job. Pay your bills. And if you ever have a thought about running for office again find the nearest toilet stick your head in the bowel and flush until the thought goes away!!!
Funny, and I so agree