The same Capitol Hill townhouse that was the location of  a scheduled luncheon for Colorado GOP Senate hopeful Jane Norton today will be the site of a fundraiser for her would-be Democratic rival,  Sen. Michael Bennet tomorrow. Pitching in to help the incumbent raise cash will be his fellow Colorado Senator, Mark Udall.

Bennet has been rallying donor support outside Colorado in the face of a primary challenge from Andrew Romanoff, who has strong ties in the state, having served as state speaker of the house before being term limited out. Bennet, formerly Denver’s superintendent of schools, was tapped by Gov. Bill Ritter to take Sen. Ken Salazar’s seat when he became Secretary of the Interior.

Nearly 60 percent of Bennet’s large contributions ($200+) come from out-of-state donors, with New York; Washington, DC, and Los Angeles being his second, third, and fourth largest sources of cash next to Denver, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Williams & Jensen, a law and lobbying powerhouse that has reported $12.6 million in lobbying earning this year alone, runs the Capitol Hill townhouse, which is a popular site for fundraisers. The firm’s employees and PAC form the third largest source for federal candidates of lobbying campaign contributions so far this election cycle.

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