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,

Two Georgia voter advocacy groups founded by Democrat Stacey Abrams and led by Raphael Warnock before he was elected to the U.S.

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.