ATLANTA, Ga. () — According to an article in Sunday’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the State Ethics Commission is investigating four Georgia state senators, including Sen. Derek Mallow (D-Savannah), for allegedly failing to file required campaign reports.

Complaints obtained by the AJC say Mallow, along with Senators Colton Moore, Freddie Powell Sims and Kenya Wicks, failed to report campaign contributions or disclose details of their personal finances, as required by Georgia law. Candidates and elected officials are required to report campaign contributions and expenses on a regular basis. The law also states they must disclose some details of their personal and business interest annually. This gives voters information about the candidates and the business and political interests that support their campaigns.

The State Ethics Commission audits the filings of all General Assembly members after each election cycle. The alleged violations by the four senators were found during one of those audits. The complaints were filed on February 13, 2025.

The report says Mallow failed to file six campaign contribution reports in 2024 and early 2025. He also failed to file a personal financial disclosure report for 2022.

Ethics commission Executive Director David Emadi declined to comment to the AJC on the investigations, saying they would “play out through the legal process as they always do.”