Stacey Abrams’ campaign reportedly $1 million in debt after midterm loss

NY Post ^ | 12/19/2022 | Mark Moore

[ChicagoConservative27]

​Stacey Abrams’ campaign is $1 million in debt –despite raising more than $100 million in her second straight unsuccessful Georgia gubernatorial bid​, according to a report Monday.

The Democratic stalwart’s campaign owes the cash to vendors, Axios reported, citing manager Lauren Groh-Wargo. ​

Though Abrams is known for her fundraising and get-out-the-vote skills, the campaign’s 180 full-time staffers got their last paychecks Nov. 15, just a week after Election Day, the report said.

“People have told me they have no idea how they’re going to pay their rent in January,” ​a former staffer told ​the outlet. “It was more than unfortunate. It was messed up.”​

Groh-Wargo claimed the campaign was hit by a “cavalcade of negative press and negative polling” that hindered fundraising in the final months, adding that it has had to work with brokers to sell donor and voter databases to help pay down the debt. ​​

Abrams lost to Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in a rematch of their bitter 2018 contest.

[ChicagoConservative27]

Raised a 100 million but a 1 million in debt?? Did she spend it all on food?

[butlerweave]

Check her freezers , all of them

[Magnum44]

Thats a lot of fried chicken...

[Reno89519]

So sad. /s

[Leaning Right]

I’ll say one thing for Abrams. From the looks of it, she’s probably pretty good at laundering money.

[monkeyshine]

campaign owes the cash to vendors

Catering services? And the staffers complaining? What did they think would happen to their jobs after the election, whether she won or lost? Did they think they would get gravy-trained into some cush NGO job or government job for their support of the candidate?

[Ann Archy]

Do a TRADING CARD, Stac!!

[brownsfan]

She’s a Dem, so there is no worry, no need to pay debts.

[Mopp4]

Groh-Wargo claimed the campaign was hit by a “cavalcade of negative press and negative polling” that hindered fundraising in the final months......

Typical for democrats....always somebody else's fault for their troubles.....

[Jeff Chandler]

Time for a “best selling” book with a $5M advance.

[butlerweave]

She’s getting rich running for office , worth like $3 million

[Shady]

Aw. 🎻

[boycott]

She manages that about as well as she did paying her taxes and credit cards before entering politics.

[jacknhoo]

Well, Abrams is a grifter so...

[joma89]

No sympathy for lunatic leftists.

[Iron Munro]

Groh-Wargo claimed the campaign was hit by a “cavalcade of negative press and negative polling” that hindered fundraising in the final months......

"Negative press" formerly known as TRUTH and FACT.

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[W.]

She thought it was her lunch money for the week...

[Kaiser8408a]

I assume The Varsity restaurant in Atlanta is seeing record sales ... from her.

[Dilbert San Diego]

The staffers thought that if she won they would get jobs in the Georgia government, somewhere, in some position where the governor appoints people to a position.

[circlecity]

High profile political campaigns are often a scam. Raise as much money as possible and pay vastly inflated sums for services and products to friends, family, vendors and those who are in a position to help you greatly in the future. It’s a grift whether you win or lose the election.