This represents the largest and most significant instance of an organization illegally influencing our statewide elections.’

Two Georgia voter advocacy groups founded by Democrat Stacey Abrams and led by Raphael Warnock before he was elected to the U.S. Senate have admitted to campaign finance violations and will pay a $300,

A voting rights group founded by Stacey Abrams has been dealt the largest campaign violation fine in Georgia history. The New Georgia Project, once a major organizing force, will pay the state $300,000 for illegally spending millions to bolster Abrams' 2018 gubernatorial campaign to settle a complaint filed with the Georgia Ethics Commission,

The New Georgia Project, whose leaders also included Raphael Warnock, now a senator, admitted violating campaign finance laws. It agreed to a $300,000 penalty.

The nonprofit agreed to pay a $300,000 fine over its spending in support of the Georgia Democrat's candidacy during the 2018 governor's race.

New Georgia Project, a grassroots organization founded by former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, has been hit with a record-breaking $300,000 ethics fine.

ATLANTA — A voting rights organization founded by Stacey Abrams was hit with the biggest fine in state ethics commission history after admitting to violating Georgia campaign finance laws. Channel 2′s Richard Elliot was at the State Capitol on Wednesday for the end of six years of legal battles.

The Georgia Ethics Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to fine two nonprofit organizations founded by Democrat Stacey Abrams after they admitted to violating state law by campaigning for her 2018 gubernatorial campaign.

Two political advocacy groups founded by Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams were fined by a Georgia ethics panel for failing to disclose millions in contributions and spending during Abrams’ failed 2018 campaign for governor of Georgia.