Chambliss adds $800,000 to campaign
Thursday, July 3, 2008, 01:53 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

While Democrats are still trying to select their party’s nominee to run against U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss of Moultrie, Chambliss keeps adding to his campaign war chest.

Chambliss on Thursday announced that he raised over $800,000 during the pre-primary fundraising period covering April 1 through June 25.

Going in to the general election, Chambliss has over $4 million in cash-on-hand. Since 2002, Chambliss has raised $9.9 million for his re-election campaign, dwarfing the amounts raised by the five Democrats vying to run against him.

Chambliss in November will face the Democratic winner of the July 15 primary and Libertarian Allen Buckley.

“I am humbled and honored by the strong support we continue to see as we travel all over Georgia,” Chambliss said in a statement. “Everyone I talk to is excited about this race and our supporters are really gearing up for a high-energy general election. I look forward to even more opportunities to talk with Georgians during my re-election campaign.”

From April 1 through June 25, Chambliss raised $808,117.15 for his re-election campaign and closed the pre-primary reporting period with a total of $4,005,173.68 cash-on-hand.

Chambliss’ campaign said, “95 percent of the money raised was from individual donors,” of which eighty-five percent are Georgians representing 128 counties in Georgia.

Chambliss is the ranking Republican Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry and a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Senate Rules Committee. Chambliss previously represented Georgia’s 8th congressional district for four terms in the U.S.

— Jim Tharpe