Walker Rakes In $3.7 Million In Bid To Unseat Warnock

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports:

Republican Herschel Walker has raised $3.7 million since launching his campaign for U.S. Senate about five weeks ago, as GOP donors came off the sidelines to support the former Georgia football star. Walker’s campaign said Monday that it amassed the contributions from nearly 50,000 donors in all 50 states after he entered the race against Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock on Aug. 24.

It’s the biggest fundraising report yet this election cycle for the Republicans racing to unseat Warnock, who won a January runoff to fill out the remaining two years on retired U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson’s term. The three other GOP Senate contenders have yet to report their fundraising figures. But many reliable Republican donors held off on stroking checks earlier this year as they waited to see whether Walker would enter the race.

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Republican Herschel Walker has raised $3.7 million since launching his campaign for U.S. Senate about five weeks ago, as GOP donors came off the sidelines to support the former Georgia football star. #gapol #gasen https://t.co/Dvi1hy1Qzx

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