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Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams has now run for governor twice now. Both efforts to become the next governor of Georgia rendered zero success.

The first time around, in 2018, Abrams ran against then-Secretary of State Brian Kemp. During this race, Kemp defeated Abrams by a narrow margin. The latter would go on to file a lawsuit, allege that voter suppression was active in the election, and deem herself as the true winner.

Earlier this year, Abrams once again ran against this-time incumbent Gov. Kemp. The Georgia Democrat stated she would defeat Kemp. The incumbent GOP governor insisted that he beat Abrams once before in 2018 and would do it again this year.

Kemp lived up to this promise. Now, Abrams is under fire from her own party for the poor management of her own campaign and its finances.

A closer look at Abrams' latest problems

During the election cycle, Abrams managed to raise a cool $100 million. However, this considerable amount of cash has not saved her from being significantly in debt.

As a means of offsetting this debt, the Georgia Democrat let go of employees working for her shortly after she lost her election last month. As things currently stand, vendors are still owed about $1 million from Abrams. When they will actually see these funds remains to be seen.

However, Democrats are not happy about how Abrams managed her campaign any more than they are about her losing to Kemp for a second time in a row.

Criticism from her fellow Democrats

In remarks to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Democratic official Greg Bluestein sounded off with his thoughts. According to Bluestein, the current state of Abrams' campaign shows "bad planning."

The Democratic official also opined that the current financial deficit Abrams' campaign faces is revealing of her values and the values of those surrounding her. After all, as Bluestein explained, coming to the realization you can't pay what you owe is not something that one just suddently realizes.

Some staffers who used to work for the Georgia Democrat also slammed her management of funds. According to these folks, Abrams spent top dollar on home rentals so she could make cool TikTok videos.