Harry Reid, Jon Tester steer early money to Patrick Murphy Senate campaign

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: Palm Beach Post

PACs controlled by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Jon Tester were among the early contributors to Rep. Patrick Murphy‘s 2016 Senate campaign, putting an early establishment imprimatur on the 32-year-old congressman’s bid.

Reid’s Searchlight Leadership Fund and Tester’s Treasure State PAC gave $5,000 apiece to Murphy, according to Murphy’s campaign. A PAC affiliated with Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., also contributed $5,000 and PACs linked to Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., and Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., gave $2,500 apiece.

Support from Democratic leaders is important for Murphy, who isn’t well-known outside his Palm Beach-Treasure Coast House district and hopes to ward off a potential Democratic primary challenge from high-profile liberal Rep. Alan Grayson of Orlando.

Murphy announced his candidacy March 23. His campaign says it raised $750,000 in the week after his announcement, bringing his fundraising total for the first quarter of 2015 to $1.25 million when money from Murphy’s House re-election campaign is added in. Murphy began this month with $1.6 million in cash on hand.

Read more: http://postonpolitics.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2015/04/03/harry-reid-jon-tester-steer-early-money-to-patrick-murphy-senate-campaign/

[brooklynite]

1. Had dinner with him this week. looks like a promising choice.

Still think this race is going to be a challenge.

[HereSince1628]

2. an anti-liberal effort? including -that- John Tester? The head of the DSCC?

to "ward off a potential Democratic primary challenge from high-profile liberal Rep. Alan Grayson"

Hmm. Looks like establishment dem politics as usual.

[brooklynite]

3. Perhaps, looks like they're avoiding a candidate with a train-wreck marriage...

[HereSince1628]

4. So...it looks like establishment politics as usual.

[brooklynite]

5. Are you inclined to go with the liberal even if it's impossible for them to get elected?

DSCC's job is to find people who can win. They don't play ideological favorites. That list includes Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts, and someone different elsewhere.

So far, I'm pretty happy with their choices (Strickland, Duckworth, Kander)

[FlaGatorJD]

6. Could one of his supporters explain his supporting XL pipeline?

and voting for it?

[Freddie Stubbs]

7. More Americans support allowing the pipeline that oppose it

[bullwinkle428]

9. I'm glad the President doesn't.

For now.

[stuffmatters]

8. Murphy--Must have Koch/ALEC "Dark" money behind him

There's no other explanation. A pro dirty energy Dino in coastal Florida...,politically incomprehensible and downright disgusting.