David Perdue pledges to be Senate race’s biggest “investor” | Political Insider | www.ajc.com

WASHINGTON — Most folks in Georgia don’t know who David Perdue is. But the cousin of Gov. Sonny Perdue and former CEO of Dollar General, among other companies, has enough money to introduce himself.

In a phone interview with the AJC this afternoon, Perdue expressed some distaste for the term “self-funder.” He prefers “investor,” though he declined to specify the size of his investment.

“I’ll see how it plays out,” Perdue said. “I will be the largest investor. I’m very confident it’s going to be well-funded. We will have the necessary resources. And our research shows if we get the message out we can win this thing….”

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