AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Jon Ossoff rakes in nearly $400,000 from 39 out-of-state billionaires while railing against big money in politics
Sen. Jon Ossoff has built his 2026 reelection campaign around a simple pitch: he's the populist fighting a "coin-operated" political system rigged by the ultra-rich. Federal Election Commission records tell a different story. The Georgia Democrat has accepted nearly $400,000 from 39 billionaire donors since the start of 2025, not one of whom appears to […] The post Jon Ossoff rakes in nearly $400,000 from 39 out-of-state billionaires while railing against big money in politics appeared first on American Almanac .
Sen. Jon Ossoff has built his 2026 reelection campaign around a simple pitch: he's the populist fighting a "coin-operated" political system rigged by the ultra-rich. Federal Election Commission records tell a different story. The Georgia Democrat has accepted nearly $400,000 from 39 billionaire donors since the start of 2025, not one of whom appears to be from his home state. The gap between Ossoff's rhetoric and his fundraising is not a matter of interpretation. It is documented in his own FEC filings and in his own words. The Washington Free Beacon identified the 39 donors by cross-referencing Forbes billionaire listings with FEC contribution records for Ossoff's campaign committee. The names read like a directory of progressive…Open