This weekend, U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., is scheduled to head south of the commonwealth to collect campaign cash to boost his war chest in the tight race against Democrat Elizabeth Warren.
Senator Scott Brown, R-Mass., greets supporters outside Gus & Pauls' Bakery and Deli on Sumner Avenue in Springfield, ahead of an endorsement from former Democratic city Mayor Charles Ryan in early September 2012. (Republican Photo by Mark M. Murray)More politics news
Brown, Warren square off in heated debate
: Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown and Democratic Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Warren both went for the jugular, in a feisty and at times personal debate Thursday night.
This weekend, U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., is scheduled to head south of the commonwealth to collect campaign cash to boost his war chest in the tight race against Democrat Elizabeth Warren.
Brown, who won his Senate seat in a 2010 special election following the death of longtime Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy, is slated to appear at a South Glastonbury, Conn. eatery this Sunday to thank supporters who previously contributed and potentially take home some more donations.
According to the invitation for the event, Brown was scheduled to attend a fundraiser a few weeks ago at a downtown Hartford restaurant, but was unable to fly into Bradley International Airport due to inclement weather in New York City.
Organizers of the event, which includes former Springfield city councilor Anthony Ravosa, wrote in an invitation email that the Hartford event netted more than $70,000 for Brown's re-election effort.
"I have never been involved in a more successful fundraising event for an 'out-of-state,' non-Presidential candidate here in the Hartford area! That’s both a tribute to the work that Senator Brown is doing and extreme dissatisfaction with Elizabeth Warren’s radical agenda on the issues that matter most," the organizers wrote in the invitation. "Elizabeth Warren’s command performance at the Democratic National Convention showed her true political identity and what we can expect from her if she’s elected – simply put, it’s scary! If you missed her prime time speech, take a few minutes to view it on You Tube. That alone should give you plenty of incentive to do what you can to support Senator Brown."
The minimum contribution for the event is $500, according to the invitation.
Both Brown and Warren have collected hefty amounts of money from outside the Bay State as their Senate contest is among the highest-profile, non-presidential race in the 2012 election cycle.
The junior Massachusetts senator has held fundraisers in several other states, including Florida, Pennsylvania and New York, where last month he was the benefactor of a Manhattan event hosted by Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Warren's out-of-state fundraising events have also taken her to New York, although her support from the Hollywood A-list has drawn the most criticism by Brown and the Massachusetts Republican Party, including a March attack by the GOP on Cher for supporting the Harvard Law School professor.
Thursday evening, Brown and Warren faced off in a heated debate at CBS Boston's WBZ-TV studio, tackling topics ranging from taxes to women's issues to energy.
The three remaining televised debates include one hosted by the University of Massachusetts-Lowell on Oct. 1; a debate in Springfield hosted by a western Massachusetts media consortium on Oct. 10; and a Boston media consortium debate to be held on Oct. 30.