In Mass. Senate race Elizabeth Warren outspends rest of the country (+video)
Democrat Elizabeth Warren, who is running for Senate in Massachusetts against Rep. Scott Brown, had raised $12.1 million as of Sept. 30. Warren has outspent all other candidates for the US Senate in the nation.
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In Nebraska, Republican Deb Fischer reported raising $2.4 million in the third quarter, while Democratic former governor and Senator Bob Kerrey reported raising $1.7 million. Fischer came from behind to win the Republican primary and is leading in the polls, giving Republicans a good chance of gaining a seat.
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Pennsylvania Republican challenger Bob Smith slightly outraised incumbent Senator Bob Casey with their campaigns reporting $1.6 million and $1.5 million raised in the quarter. Smith has narrowed Casey's lead in recent polls.
In Connecticut, Chris Murphy, the Democratic congressman facing McMahon in this year's Senate race, raised nearly $2.9 million, according to his campaign.
Nevada Senator Dean Heller, the Republican appointed to fill out the term of an incumbent who resigned, reported raising $1.6 million. Figures for his opponent, Congresswoman Shelley Berkley, were not yet available.
Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill, who was considered one of the most endangered Democratic incumbents in the nation, reported earlier this month that she had raised $5.8 million in the quarter, according to her campaign.
Her Republican opponent, Todd Akin, had not filed a report as of Monday afternoon and his campaign spokesman did not return a message seeking fundraising figures. Last week, Akin said he had raised $1 million in donations on-line, but that was not specifically for the third quarter.
Akin was criticized in August for saying women have a biological defense against a pregnancy from "legitimate rape." Some leading Republicans called on him to drop out of the race and many major donors pulled their support for him. McCaskill has led most polls by single digits since the remarks.
The completed filings, which will not be made public until later this month, provide a glimpse of the fund-raising efforts of candidates before the final reporting date of Oct. 25.
Additional reporting by Kevin Murphy, David Dawson, Brendan O'Brien, Alina Selyukh and Richard Cowan; Editing by Greg McCune and Todd Eastham
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