Gov. Deal Paid Daughter-In-Law $1.5 Million For Campaign Work

Campaign finance reports are in. They show Gov. Nathan Deal paid his daughter-in-law’s fundraising firms roughly $1.5 million as part of his re-election campaign.

Overall, Deal’s campaign raised nearly $16 million. Of that, $1.5 million went to Denise Deal, the governor’s daughter-in-law. One of her fundraising firms netted more than $600,000 just in the days before and after the November election.