AJC reports Beck won office on borrowed money

Embattled State Insurance Commissioner apparently made misleading claims about his campaign fundraising

Jimmy Claude Beck Sr.’s first campaign report in February of 2018 showed he’d raised $1 million in a few months, and like most politicians would, he bragged about it in a press release, promising to be an insurance commissioner “who is accountable to the people of Georgia and not the special interests.”

What the release didn’t say was that almost all the money came from loans and contributions Beck made to his own campaign.

FULL STORY AT AJC.COM