Former CEO David Perdue Wins Georgia’s GOP Senate Runoff : NPR

National Democrats view Nunn as one of their best opportunities to pick up a GOP-held seat. She’s raised more than $9 million and reported $2.3 million left to spend earlier this month. Perdue reported less than $800,000, but his personal wealth ensures that his campaign doesn’t have to worry about money.

Perdue’s win could require a strategic shift for the new Republican nominee and his Democratic opponent, since they now can’t simply run against the sitting Congress and its discord.

Nunn, an Atlanta nonprofit executive, uses her father, an old-guard Southern Democrat who served four terms, as an example of what kind of senator she’d be. She also eagerly highlights her tenure as executive of Republican former President George H.W. Bush’s foundation.

Both candidates should have plenty of money. Nunn has raised more than $9 million and reported earlier this month than she had at least $2.3 million left to spend. Perdue reported less than $800,000, but he has enough personal wealth to finance his own campaign.

Outside groups have already spent more than $8 million on the race, and that continued Tuesday night. A Super PAC, Ending Spending Action Fund, ran an ad attacking Nunn as a supporter of Obama’s health care law.

via Former CEO David Perdue Wins Georgia’s GOP Senate Runoff : NPR.