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.
