Harry Reid, Jon Tester steer early money to Patrick Murphy Senate campaign
Source: Palm Beach Post
PACs controlled by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Jon Tester were among the early contributors to Rep. Patrick Murphys 2016 Senate campaign, putting an early establishment imprimatur on the 32-year-old congressmans bid.
Reids Searchlight Leadership Fund and Testers Treasure State PAC gave $5,000 apiece to Murphy, according to Murphys campaign. A PAC affiliated with Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., also contributed $5,000 and PACs linked to Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., and Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., gave $2,500 apiece.
Support from Democratic leaders is important for Murphy, who isnt well-known outside his Palm Beach-Treasure Coast House district and hopes to ward off a potential Democratic primary challenge from high-profile liberal Rep. Alan Grayson of Orlando.
Murphy announced his candidacy March 23. His campaign says it raised $750,000 in the week after his announcement, bringing his fundraising total for the first quarter of 2015 to $1.25 million when money from Murphys House re-election campaign is added in. Murphy began this month with $1.6 million in cash on hand.
Read more: http://postonpolitics.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2015/04/03/harry-reid-jon-tester-steer-early-money-to-patrick-murphy-senate-campaign/
brooklynite
(93,847 posts)Still think this race is going to be a challenge.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)to "ward off a potential Democratic primary challenge from high-profile liberal Rep. Alan Grayson"
Hmm. Looks like establishment dem politics as usual.
brooklynite
(93,847 posts)HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)brooklynite
(93,847 posts)DSCC's job is to find people who can win. They don't play ideological favorites. That list includes Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts, and someone different elsewhere.
So far, I'm pretty happy with their choices (Strickland, Duckworth, Kander)
FlaGatorJD
(364 posts)Freddie Stubbs
(29,853 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,626 posts)For now.
stuffmatters
(2,574 posts)There's no other explanation. A pro dirty energy Dino in coastal Florida...,politically incomprehensible and downright disgusting.