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Toomey Raises Over $1.5 Million In Third Quarter
Former Rep. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA)
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An impressive haul from Republican Pat Toomey, who's running for Arlen Specter's Senate seat in Pennsylvania. $1.5 million in the third quarter.
According to a press release announcing the total, Toomey has raised over $3.1 million from over 20,000 contributors since he announced his Senate candidacy five and a half months ago--that's more contributors than he had in all of 2004, when he last challenged Specter.
Still no word on fundraising totals for Specter, or his primary rival Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA). Sestak came out strong in the second quarter, and has been ramping up his attacks on the 30-year-Republican-turned-Democrat. But Specter has been enjoying the support of the party establishment, and his totals will reflect the fundraising prowess of President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and many other Democratic celebrities.
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Walter Mitty
October 7, 2009 10:49 AM
Toomey will be getting Republican support from those who backed Specter in 2004, so it makes sense he'd get more money. I think Toomey could really shock people and win in Pa. A lot of Democrats are not going to want to vote Specter, and the Rendell machine will not support Sestak should he pull out the primary upset.
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