Elizabeth Warren Pulls in $3.15M

She's up 5 points, thanks to independent voters

(NEWSER) - A spate of polls earlier this month showed Scott Brown taking a solid lead over Elizabeth Warren in his bid to stay in the Senate in Massachusetts. A new survey from Public Policy Polling will cheer Warren's supporters: It shows her in front, although by a scant 46-41 margin, reports MassLive.com . The reason for Brown's troubles? Independent voters, acccording to PPP. More»

Massachusetts Democrats worried about would-be savior

(NEWSER) - Massachusetts Democrats are over the moon about Elizabeth Warren, sure she'll beat Scott Brown and win back Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat—or at least, they were. Now a new string of polls has them sweating, the Boston Globe reports. A new survey from Western New England University Polling and the Springfield Republican has Brown ahead 49% to 41%, and several other recent polls have had similar results. "The burst of good feeling that greeted her candidacy has worn off," says one Democratic analyst. More»

Rivals issue joint call for ceasefire on third-party cash in their race

(NEWSER) - Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren agree on at least two things: They'd each like to be the junior senator from Massachusetts, and they both want outside money in the form of super PACs to stay out of their race to achieve that goal. The pair issued a joint call for a super PAC ceasefire today, reports Politico , which notes that super PACs may not be too likely to sit out a race that could influence control of the Senate just because the candidates say so. More»

Says she's going home to Massachusetts 'to think'

(NEWSER) - Elizabeth Warren might be out of that gig at the CFPB today, but that's only got tongues wagging busily about her future job prospects: namely, a run for Scott Brown's Massachusetts Senate seat, reports the Hill. Warren herself declined to rule out a run when asked by MSNBC today, saying only that she was taking the grandkids "to Legoland," then heading home "to think. But I need to do that thinking not from Washington." More»

(NEWSER) - Elizabeth Warren is running for Senate in Massachusetts, but her foes are taking great delight in pointing out that some of her biggest fans live 3,000 miles away. Roughly 20% of Warren's donations came from California last quarter, thanks to celebrities like Danny Devito, who has tweeted videos of Warren, and Cher, who likens her to Paul Revere, the New York Times reports. The Republican Party of Massachusetts released an attack ad pointing that out this week, dubbing Warren a hypocrite for raising money from wealthy celebrities. More»