US Sen. Warren turns fundraising powerhouse for Democrats

[TomCADem]

Source: ABC News

At the core of Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren's appeal is a critique of an economic system she says is rigged against the little guy.

Helping fuel that message is a voracious fundraising machine that has turned the Massachusetts Democrat into a powerhouse in her party as she looks ahead to a 2018 re-election campaign and what supporters hope is a 2020 presidential bid.

Warren started 2017 with $4.8 million in her campaign account, the biggest piggybank of any Senate Democrat facing voters next year, according to an Associated Press review of campaign finance records.

That's also $1 million more than any Democratic member of the Senate except for Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, of New York, with $10.7 million. Schumer won re-election last year.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/us-sen-warren-turns-fundraising-powerhouse-democrats-45921302

[pecosbob]

1. This should be our next dandidate

As a former school teacher from Oklahoma, she resonates well in the Bible Belt.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. She is going to need it

considering how close it was the first time around. Hopefully MA will do what they need to do to get her re-elected.