WITH DIVERSE SUPPORT, HODGES CAMPAIGN PULLS AHEAD

Ken Hodges’ campaign to be Georgia’s next Attorney General has pulled ahead of its primary opponent by raising $230,000 in the just-ended 6-month fundraising cycle, and its figures are only climbing into the new year, the Hodges campaign announced Friday.

Hodges declared a total of $272,000 cash on hand in his year-end filing of funds raised between July 1 and December 31, 2009, the campaign said.

“I’m proud of what our campaign has accomplished,” Hodges said. “Not only have we out-raised our primary opponent, but we can claim over 850 contributors, from law enforcement to farmers and small business owners. We raised from Georgians statewide.”

Hodges is honored to count among his supporters former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn and his
daughter, community leader Michelle Nunn. With added support by way of endorsements from former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia Leah Ward Sears, as well as from civil rights leader and former Atlanta mayor Andrew Young, the Hodges campaign is going from strength to strength.

“Fundraising is only one of the keys to this race,” Hodges said. “Diverse support and momentum of the kind we have is crucial, but it doesn’t stop there. With their support, voters have shown that they want an Attorney General with a proven record of protecting Georgians, prosecuting corrupt public officials and keeping criminals off the streets.”

Ken Hodges served for 12 years as Dougherty County’s District Attorney. A proven prosecutor, Hodges earned distinctions as the Chairman of the Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia, the President of the District Attorney’s Association of Georgia, and as the state’s District Attorney of the Year in 2002. A winner of the Georgia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council’s Eagle Award, Hodges believes in prosecuting public corruption, cracking down on gangs and urban crime, and supporting law enforcement in its efforts to protect all Georgians.

For more on Hodges’ campaign, visit www.kenhodges.com.