Harvard Professors Give Big to Warren

From the Harvard Crimson:

During the first five months of her campaign for U.S. Senate, Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren received over $100,000 in donations from Harvard employees—the largest sum any Senate candidate has received from individuals on the Harvard payroll in the past decade.

According to documents made available online by the Federal Election Commission last week, 110 employees—the majority of whom are professors—combined to donate $102,185 through the end of 2011. Warren received nearly ten times the amount that Harvard employees donated to her opponent Sen. Scott Brown.

Though Warren drew contributions from across the University, the Democrat received the strongest support from the Law School, where she has taught for nearly 20 years.

FEC documents showed that 47 Law School professors donated $62,950 to their colleague in the first few months of her campaign. The donor pool represents roughly 16 percent of the Law School faculty.

That the Law School is supporting Warren so significantly is little surprise to many professors there. Professors said that Warren is a well-respected academic and colleague who many at the school are excited to support, some in spite of politics.