Liberal Donors Finding Home in Massachusetts Senate Race

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Elizabeth Warren has been so prodigious in raising money for her Senate campaign in Massachusetts that she is on track to become the top fund-raiser for the Senate this year, as well as one of the top Congressional fund-raisers of all time.

Ms. Warren’s haul — $24.5 million so far — has already catapulted her to No. 15 on the list of most successful Senate money-raisers in history, according to an analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics done for The New York Times. With more than three months to go before Election Day, she is likely to climb higher.

“She has become a darling for the left, and a lot of that money is incredibly frustrated and is looking for a place to go,” said Meredith McGehee, policy director of the Campaign Legal Center, a watchdog group in Washington.

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The pace of Ms. Warren’s fund-raising has only accelerated. In the second quarter of this year, she raised $8.67 million, her most successful quarter so far; she raised $3.1 million in June alone. Mr. Brown raised $4.97 million in the quarter. If Ms. Warren is picked to deliver the prime time keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte this summer, as has been whispered lately, she could reach many more potential donors.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/21/us/politics/liberal-donors-finding-a-home-in-elizabeth-warren.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

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1. Well, it is the right state for it.

I wish her luck. She really ought to do very well in MA, the most liberal state in the union.

If she gets into the Senate, she's going to kick some serious ass. I hope she gets some prime committee positions.