Elizabeth Warren!
Recent Politico article shows an impressive fundraising quarter for the Massachusetts Senate race against GOP Scott Brown.
Democrat Elizabeth Warren’s campaign pulled in a whopping $5.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, besting Republican Sen. Scott Brown’s $3.2 million haul during the last three months of the year.
The staggering fundraising figures offer more evidence that the high-profile Massachusetts contest will be one of the most expensive – and heavily contested – Senate races of the 2012 cycle.
“From all across our commonwealth, people are supporting our campaign and the fight to level the playing field for middle class families,” Warren said in a statement on Wednesday.
“With Wall Street lining up against this campaign, already contributing millions and willing to pay any price to try to stop our work, it’s going to take a strong, grassroots effort like this to win.”
Warren’s big fourth quarter helped her campaign purchase $1.6 million in television ads in December.
While the exact breakdown of Warren’s contributions weren’t immediately known, a Massachusetts Republican Party spokeswoman suggested most of the money came from donors outside of Massachusetts. Warren’s September figures revealed that 70 percent of her donations came from out of state.
“Elizabeth Warren is being financed by extreme liberal special interests from outside Massachusetts,” said spokeswoman Alleigh Marré. “As the intellectual founder of the radical Occupy protests, she has a national network of left wing supporters eager to open their wallets to finance her agenda of bigger government, higher taxes and more debt.”
The staggering fundraising figures offer more evidence that the high-profile Massachusetts contest will be one of the most expensive – and heavily contested – Senate races of the 2012 cycle.
Warren’s new fundraising figures brought her total to $8.8 million since launching her campaign in September. She now has more than $6 million cash on hand but trails Brown’s $12.8 million on hand. The moderate Republican upset Democratic Attorney General Martha Coakley in a January 2010 special election following the death of the longtime liberal Sen. Ted Kennedy.
A Harvard law professor and consumer advocate, Warren highlighted the fact the number of Massachusetts donors now totals 23,000, up from 11,700 in September. The average contribution to her campaign is about $64.“From all across our commonwealth, people are supporting our campaign and the fight to level the playing field for middle class families,” Warren said in a statement on Wednesday.
“With Wall Street lining up against this campaign, already contributing millions and willing to pay any price to try to stop our work, it’s going to take a strong, grassroots effort like this to win.”
Warren’s big fourth quarter helped her campaign purchase $1.6 million in television ads in December.
While the exact breakdown of Warren’s contributions weren’t immediately known, a Massachusetts Republican Party spokeswoman suggested most of the money came from donors outside of Massachusetts. Warren’s September figures revealed that 70 percent of her donations came from out of state.
“Elizabeth Warren is being financed by extreme liberal special interests from outside Massachusetts,” said spokeswoman Alleigh Marré. “As the intellectual founder of the radical Occupy protests, she has a national network of left wing supporters eager to open their wallets to finance her agenda of bigger government, higher taxes and more debt.”
