 A week before the general election , Brown raised $ 1 @.@ 3 million from over 16 @,@ 000 donors in a 24 @-@ hour moneybomb . His campaign office stated it raised $ 5 million over the period from January 11 – 15 . Charlie Cook of the Cook Political Report stated on January 17 that he would put his " finger on the scale " for Brown as the favorite . The Rothenberg Political Report released a statement that " the combination of public and private survey research and anecdotal information now strongly suggests that Republican Scott Brown will defeat Democrat Martha Coakley in tomorrow 's race " . Suffolk University 's polling of three bellwether counties on January 18 had Brown leading Coakley by double @-@ digit margins . Brown won the January 19 election , performing well in traditional Republican strongholds and holding rival Coakley 's margins down in many Democratic precincts . 
