The third-quarter fundraising numbers are in, and they are frankly astonishing. Scott Brown had his best quarter yet, raising $7.45 million. But Elizabeth Warren blew him out of the water, raising a staggering $12.1 million in the same three months, including over $7 million just in September. Per the campaign’s press release, “more than 80% of donations were $50 or less and more than half were $25 or less. More than 53,000 residents of Massachusetts have contributed to her campaign and more than 100,000 donations were made in Massachusetts.”
Scott Brown retains a cash-on-hand advantage of about $3 million ($10.2 million to $7.3 million), apparently in part (per the Globe) “because Warren spent just over $3 million to pay for advertisements that will run during the last three weeks of the election. Pre-paying allows a candidate to lock in lower ad rates.”
One of the biggest questions at the beginning of this election cycle was whether the Democrats would be able to find a candidate who could compete financially with Scott Brown, who started the cycle with something like $6 million in the bank. We have clearly done so – hearty congratulations to Warren, her finance team, and the tens of thousands of Massachusetts voters who want to see her in the Senate enough to put their money where their mouths are.
Now it’s time to close the deal. We know the Warren campaign will have the financial resources it needs to win the air war. What is needed now is kicking the ground game into high gear. More of this. Lots more.
HeartlandDem says
The Springfield debate was a pivotal launch for Elizabeth Warren. The landscape changed visibly with people being proud to standout and speak out in support of her candidacy. We have actually observed Brown signs come down.
She has earned it! Warren has exuded the Patrick classiness of staying above the fray when the muck is being slung (orange jumpsuits, bizarro dark parking garage scenes, birther histrionics, etc.)
Get your mojo President Obama and turn the tide now! As surely as the Titanic, we will sink with Romney (Zeppelin, Titanic insert here).
Ryan says
and Liz just raised that amount in *one month!*
Love her!
lynne says
that it has become so expensive. 🙁
Mr. Lynne says
… of campaigns years ago:
WhiskeyRebellion says
EW has a facebook page and it is updated frequently with positive news (which I often share). 250,000 people have Liked the page. But they don’t often post messages to debunk the lies brown is bombarding the public with. EW needs short, concise messages to expose the lieing sob for what he is.
For example, EW’s facebook page made no mention of the Steelworker Steve Skvara video which debunks Brown’s LTV Steel lie.
Facebook is an amazing vehicle for communication. The average user has 125 friends. So if you share a post (as Friends of Friends privacy) that post is potentially viewable by thousands of people — dems, repubs and independents.
Ref link
https://www.facebook.com/ElizabethWarren
Mark L. Bail says
It will take a while for Open Secrets to analyze the latest campaign contribution information, but as of last quarter, Elizabeth Warren was winning the race in small contributions with 55% of donations being small. By contrast, only 15% of Scott Brown’s donations were small contributions. Small contributions are less than $200, which suggests that Brown’s donations come from people with a lot of money.
The geographical source of donations is also misunderstood. In Scott Brown’s 2010 campaign, 60% of his donations were from out of state. Brown’s lower percentage of out of state contributions is a function of incumbency.
oceandreams says
in the latest Boston Globe story about the campaign finances. It’s quite significant that more than half of Warren’s donations are from small donors while fewer of Brown’s are.
bluewatch says
Scott Brown has donors with very deep pockets. He is still raising money, and he has access to a lot more money than Elizabeth. We should not be taking a victory lap. Instead, we need to stay focused. Don’t take anything for granted. Knock on doors. Make phone calls. And, yes, continue to make donations.
Mark L. Bail says
Who thinks it’s not over? I’ve got a phone bank to go to next week and visibilities this week.
Spreading good news doesn’t mean people are resting on imaginary laurels.
lynne says
is freaking nagging the crap out of me. Nailed me down for another canvass this weekend. She is GOOD. Her followup is nothing short of dogged persistence. I am dreading the phone calls about GOTV weekend…
They have good peeps working for them.