Industry Breakdown
The Industries Funding Her Campaign
Evans received over $17,000 from the gambling and gaming industry, including coin-operated gambling machine operators. She claims to fight corporate interests. She cashes checks from people who run gambling machines in Georgia convenience stores.
Evans accepts donations from tobacco companies, predatory lenders, and telecoms, then campaigns on fighting corporate greed. TITLEMAX is one of Georgia’s most notorious high-interest title lenders. Altria is the parent company of Philip Morris. Community Loans of America is a payday-style lender.
The legal industry is Evans’s single largest source of campaign money, accounting for nearly a third of all donations she has received. She is a personal injury attorney herself. Her donor base is stacked with fellow trial lawyers who benefit from the same civil courts she has influence over as a legislator. This is the definition of pay-to-play politics.
Professional lobbyists and lobbying organizations don’t donate to politicians out of civic duty. They donate to protect their clients’ interests in the legislature. Evans claims to be independent. She takes checks from the people whose job it is to buy influence.