ATLANTA — Chris Carr, Georgia’s attorney general and a candidate for governor, is suing his Republican primary opponent in federal court over a campaign finance issue.

The lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Atlanta filed Thursday follows a complaint by Carr against Lt. Gov. Burt Jones that was dismissed by the State Ethics Commission last month.

In the new case and the old, the complaints involve Jones’ use of a “leadership committee” to lend his campaign $10 million.

Jones started his WBJ Leadership Committee under a 2021 state law that allows him to collect unlimited sums due to his role as lieutenant governor.

“Mr. Carr has the right to enjoy the equal protection of the law, especially where, as here, unequal treatment under the law burdens the exercise of the fundamental right t

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