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Elizabeth Warren Pulls in $3.15M

In first month, campaign touts 96% small donors

By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 10, 2011 2:53 PM CDT | Updated Oct 10, 2011 5:50 PM CDT

(Newser) – Elizabeth Warren's nascent campaign to unseat Scott Brown in Massachusetts raised $3.15 million in its first month, potentially setting up what the Boston Globe says could be one of the more expensive and hard-fought Senate races in next year's election. Warren, riding establishment Democrats' support and a video that went viral among progressives, counted 96% of that cash haul as coming from small donations of $100 or less, reports Politico.

Warren is a virtual lock for the Democratic nominee, but will face a formidable opponent in Brown, who reported $9.6 million in his war chest at the end of June. Brown has not reported fundraising totals since; those numbers are due this month.

Supporters of Elizabeth Warren hold signs and watch another demonstrator pass by in Lowell, Mass. Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 prior to a debate between six Democratic candidates for the Senate seat held by Scott Brown.
Supporters of Elizabeth Warren hold signs and watch another demonstrator pass by in Lowell, Mass. Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 prior to a debate between six Democratic candidates for the Senate seat held by...   (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Elizabeth Warren speaks in Lowell, Mass., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 during a debate between six Democratic candidates for the Senate seat held by Scott Brown.
Elizabeth Warren speaks in Lowell, Mass., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 during a debate between six Democratic candidates for the Senate seat held by Scott Brown.   (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Elizabeth Warren speaks in Lowell, Mass., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 during a debate between six Democratic candidates for the Senate seat held by Scott Brown.
Elizabeth Warren speaks in Lowell, Mass., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 during a debate between six Democratic candidates for the Senate seat held by Scott Brown.   (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Elizabeth Warren, speaks to reporters outside the  J & M Diner in Framingham, Mass., Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011.
Elizabeth Warren, speaks to reporters outside the J & M Diner in Framingham, Mass., Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011.   (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
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COMMENTS
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fancygapva
Oct 10, 2011 7:28 PM CDT
I bet the Republicans won't play a campaign ad with her speaking with ordinary people again. It helped her get all that money....
southern.yankee1964
Oct 10, 2011 3:36 PM CDT
I LOVE LOVE LOVE her I only wish I could vote for her. Hopefully her character will spread to all the rest of politician's running for office. But I doubt it Between religious fanatics and wall streets grasp on DC were all screwed
JonmarkP
Oct 10, 2011 3:35 PM CDT
See, the point is that she shouldn't have to raise any money at all. We're going to get the corporate money out of our political system if it kills us. And it may, but it's going to kill some of them, too.
 

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