“David Perdue knows he’s in deep trouble.” — Miryam Lipper, Ossoff Communications Director
Atlanta, Ga. — Today, Senator David Perdue’s campaign and the National Republican Senatorial Committee each announced very early TV buys in Georgia for a combined total of over $3 million in the next few weeks, the latest sign of growing GOP desperation and fears about losing the Peach State in November.
Between Perdue’s slumping poll numbers and his continued struggles amidst accusations of insider trading and financial misconduct, Republicans are clearly playing defense.
In response to this continued early and defensive investment by Perdue and the national Republican Party, the Jon Ossoff for Senate campaign released the following statement:
“David Perdue knows he’s in deep trouble, and Republicans are scrambling to make up ground,” said Miryam Lipper, Ossoff’s communications director. “Instead of preparing for the worst global pandemic in a century, Perdue followed Trump’s lead and downplayed the public health and economic threats, and then traded stocks to enrich himself while putting us at risk. Georgians want a leader who looks out for them, not his own financial interests, and that’s why Georgians will send Jon Ossoff to the Senate in November.”
This week, Ossoff’s campaign announced it had raised over $3.45 million in the second quarter of 2020, a massive haul fueled by grassroots donors with an average contribution of only $20. Ossoff’s support is only growing, posing yet another challenge to Perdue’s re-election prospects.
Recent polling finds a neck-and-neck race, with Ossoff tied or leading Perdue. The first-term Senator’s approval rating has dropped dramatically, with more Georgians disapproving than approving of Perdue’s performance (42 percent disapproval, 36 percent approval).
The Trump campaign fears losing Georgia too, last week placing a defensive TV ad buy in an attempt to boost the president’s sagging popularity. New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman noted, “The GA ad buy from Trump campaign is a real one,” and that Georgia is, “another state that had seemed safe that is suddenly slipping away.”
And confirming all of these GOP fears, The Cook Political Report’s Jessica Taylor reported last week that, “Georgia is the state, hands down, that I’ve heard increasing worry about from Republican sources this week at both the presidential and Senate level.”
# # #
