Governor Sonny Perdue ate barbecue in Evans Wednesday.

The governor hosted a luncheon to help raise money for U.S. Congressman Paul Broun's re-election campaign.

Arriving fashionably late to Congressman Broun's fundraiser, Gov. Perdue spoke to a crowd of about 100 to promote Broun in the upcoming November election.

Lately, Gov. Perdue has had a tough time balancing out Georgia's budget after yearly revenues came up about $1.6 billion less than expected.

“Obviously our revenues are down,” said Gov. Perdue. “We don't know how far we're in or whether we're coming out of that. We're gonna deliver services to the people that need them and do that with minimal disruption. We're gonna do more with less.”

Georgia schools have felt the budget crunch especially hard. Many school programs, teaching positions and classes are all victims of a tough economy.

Despite the cuts, Gov. Perdue says the state's educational department is one of the lucky ones.

“Education is only being impacted by 2 and a half percent,” said Gov. Perdue. “I've asked other agencies to cut 6 percent. So we'll do that and do it without impacting educational performance across the state.”

The homestead tax exemption is another hot button issue with Georgia taxpayers. Gov. Perdue voted against the exemption, which would give homeowners a tax break. He says citizens should look to their local governments and question them if their taxes go up.

“The homeowner tax relief grant is a politically radioactive issue,” said Gov. Perdue. “The fact is that the facts point out that citizens have not gotten the benefit of that relief. If it could go to citizens and we could discover some way it could go to citizens without their taxes being raised through a back door tax increase.”

After the fundraiser, Gov. Perdue traveled back to Atlanta. Next week he'll be in St. Paul, Minnesota for the Republican National Convention.