Elizabeth Warren Outpaces Scott Brown's Massachusetts Fundraising

The Elizabeth Warren campaign announced today that, in the last quarter, it raised an eye-popping $2.5 million dollar haul in Massachusetts -- outpacing rival Scott Brown's latest Massachusetts numbers by almost one million dollars.

This is an enormous feat for a challenger running against an incumbent, especially one as thoroughly beloved by big business lobbyists in Boston and hedge-fund fat cats (and yes, there are plenty of them with Massachusetts addresses -- they don't all live in New York) as this guy is. Keep in mind as well that given Brown's incredibly close ties to Mitt Romney, it is certain he has access to all of Romney's Massachusetts donors.

It is a strong sign of momentum for Warren. While Warren considerably outpaced Brown the last two quarters overall, she had not yet outpaced his Massachusetts fundraising -- something Brown has spent considerable amounts of time bragging about even though he has been a politician for many years and is running against someone who had never run for office before

This is a pattern of deflating end-of-quarter days for Brown, who has seen his fundraising advantage and war chest recede over time. It will be interesting to see his campaign respond to the latest developments.

 

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Comments

[MinerSam]

06:32 PM on 04/05/2012

I disagree with the ending remarks. And Complacency here would be a 2010 style mistake.

Brown has more than 12Million from last time, and when he runs he pretends to be an independant
which most MA voters are!!!!!!!!!

[Rayosun]

11:34 AM on 04/05/2012

I grew up in Massachusetts and give the state credit for my being such a die-hard liberal all my life.
After I spent time travelling from the Yale area of CT to campaign against Scott Brown, I grieved over the loss of Ted Kennedy's seat, to a the Tea Party candidate no less!
How I pray that Massachusetts will redeem itself this time by electing another GREAT LIBERAL DEMOCRAT! nn.S. Catholics should be FURIOUS over their bishops barring Vicki Kennedy from speaking engagements that had been arranged with from Catholic colleges !

[RTIII]

08:07 AM on 04/05/2012

YAY!

[Rob Denehy]

11:11 PM on 04/04/2012

The article is fair enough, but I get tired of hearing each candidate's fund-raising results trumpeted as if they are a proxy for the coming elections. It's kind of like tampering with the jury. Those who want to be on the winning side are motivated by "winningness" alone.

I don't think the fundraising war can totally overcome common sense and word of mouth.

[Activist Annie]

08:43 PM on 04/04/2012

Elizabeth Warren also outpaces Scott Brown in integrity, too.

[MinerSam]

06:37 PM on 04/05/2012

True too. Voted against Transparency post Citizens United.

[Activist Annie]

08:23 AM on 04/06/2012

You are correct!

Thanks.

Blessings...