Republican Scott Brown raises $750k for Massachusetts Senate race; Democrat Martha Coakley raises $100k
Massachusetts Republican candidate for senator, Scott Brown, raised more than $750,000 from contributors today, according to his Web site. The fundraising is part of the 24-hour “Red Invades Blue” money bomb effort planned by the campaign for Monday.
After raising $500,000, the campaign’s initial goal, Brown’s campaign Web site upped the ante and began aiming for a $750,000 goal by the end of today. As of 6:15 p.m. EST, the campaign claims to have reached that goal.
In a video of Brown posted on the site, he asks for contributions to help with “a final push for advertising,” to help combat negative ads “which are already starting.”
Around 2 p.m. EST, a Democratic party official told The Daily Caller that Democratic candidate Martha Coakley raised more than $100,000 last week.
The election is Jan. 19, a week from Tuesday. Brown and Coakley, along with independent candidate Joe Kennedy (no relation to Camelot), are running in a special election for the Senate seat long held by the late-Sen. Ted Kennedy. Sen. Paul Kirk, appointed by Gov. Deval Patrick, will serve until a new senator is elected.
Representatives for both campaigns did not immediately comment on today’s fundraising numbers.
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$1.3 mil MUST WATCH VIDEO “It’s not the kennedy’s seat…….it’s the people’s seat” !!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJEEQHOnI2Q&feature=player_embedded
Update your headline — it was a cool mil’.
Brown just broke $1 million. See here: http://www.brownforussenate.com/red-invades-blue
After he’s elected, we must insist he is sworn in immediately.
“Gov. Patrick Deval” should be “Gov. Deval Patrick”
“Gov. Patrick Deval” should be “Gov. Deval Patrick”
Hopefully, soon to be former Gov. Deval Patrick.
I just hope Obama and Biden will do for Coakley what they did for Deeds and Corzine.
Up to $918,672.81 so far and going for a million by midnight!
I hope with this new influx of money he doesn’t stoop (Whenever I hear this word BO comes to mind immediately.) to the Lefts tactics, of going negative. I hope he stays positive and has some really bright ideas for Massachusetts future. I usually stay out of other states politics, but Massachusetts and Mr. Brown – Here’s a few bucks from the Midwest.
Some said that Bush’s legacy would be the victory of the Dems and Obama in ‘09. I think Obama’s legacy ( besides other not so noteable achievments ) will be a re-energized conservative movement that takes back the Whitehouse.