Around 200 supporters attended an event for Democratic senatorial candidate and raised the third most of any event in the state.
Watertown showed some love for U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren when the local supporters group raised the third most of any event in the state at an event last week. About 200 people showed up at the Watertown for Elizabeth Warren event on June 21, and the event raised $37,000, said Richard Marcus, co-chairman of the Watertown for Elizabeth Warren steering committee. He said it was good considering the size of Watertown. "The second most raised was in Newton, which raised $52,000," Marcus said. "But that is a city of 85,000 where as we have 33,000." Marcus noted that the Warren campaign gave the group a goal of raising $20,000. "We raised almost twice that amount," Marcus said. The turnout was bigger than first expected, Marcus said…
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The group learned how to campaign for the Democrat running for Senate against Scott Brown.
More than 60 Watertown residents discussed ways they could help get Democrat Elizabeth Warren elected U.S. Senator Tuesday night. The Watertown for Elizabeth Warren for Senate group gathered at the Watertown Free Public Library with a Warren field coordinator to talk about creating phone trees, writing letters to media outlets and starting a social media campaign to support Warren. Co-organizer Richard Marcus was pleased by the turnout. “I am very excited,” Marcus said. “I spoke to a Brookline organizer and they had 80 people at their event. We had 60 tonight and I think that’s a great turnout.” More may have come, if not for a Greater Boston Intergenerational Chorus concert at the same time at First Parish of Watertown. Marcus also has …
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deebee
2:50 pm on Friday, February 10, 2012
Hey- look at where she was raised and her family history. I think she has a real clear view of the "real world". DUH more ›