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"For months \u00A0Republicans said that should Scott Brown enter the U.S. Senate race in New Hampshire, he would, in theory, be a fundraising machine.For the first time, we have an indication that, in reality, these Republicans were right.Brown announced on March 14 that he was creating a Senate exploratory committee. This meant that on March 15 he began to accept money. For the next 16 days -- until the March 31 fundraising deadline -- Brown didn't hold a single fundraiser, didn't pay any staff, and basically spent all of his time traveling in his truck around the state holding meetings, attending events and documenting it all on social media.While he traveled, Republican donors were going to his website contributing to his campaign. Over those 16 days, Brown raised $274,728.63 and didn't spend any money. Campaigns usually wait until after the fundraising deadline to pay salaries and reimburse expenses.\"Even before he was officially a candidate in the race, Scott Brown's message was clearly resonating with voters,\" said Brown campaign manager Colin Reed. \"The people of New Hampshire don't want a senator who votes 99 percent of the time with President Obama and who cast the tie-breaking vote for Obamacare. They want new leadership, and that's why you're seeing the kind of support Scott received during the first two weeks of his listening tour.\"Brown's potential opponent, Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, announced her best fundraising period during her time in the Senate. During the first three months of the year, she raised $1.538 million, leaving her with $4.35 million cash on hand in her bank account.It is hard to compare Brown's 15 days to Shaheen's three months, but if you break down these numbers on a per day basis Brown raised $17,170 to Shaheen's $17,088. Brown was raising money at a faster clip.Again, Brown didn't have any fundraisers or fundraising staff. Shaheen had a fully humming fundraising operation in place. What did benefit Brown in this scenario, though, was that he had easy to-get money from friends that Shaheen would have, in theory, already grabbed from her side years ago.Brown does face a Republican primary. None of his primary opponents have released their campaign finance data ahead of the Tuesday deadline."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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