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U.S. Sen. Richard Burr plans to begin and end his day with fundraising events.

Burr, a Winston-Salem Republican, faces two primary challengers, and three Democrats are gunning for his seat. Burr said this week that he expects to raise $15 million in his bid for re-election.

Burr was a special guest at a K Street fundraiser breakfast this morning with Pennsylvania Senate candidate Pat Toomey. Tickets start at $1,000.  

To finish off the day, Burr is holding a fundraising dinner at the Oceanaire Seafood Room. Tickets start at $500 a person.

Former White House advisor Karl Rove helped raise about $400,000 Thursday night in Raleigh for the re-election campaign of GOP Sen. Richard Burr, according to the event's organizers.

The event at the Angus Barn restaurant, one of the larger fund raiser for Burr, featured Rove, who the chief political strategist for former President George W. Bush.

The event's general chairman was Greensboro business executive Louis DeJoy, the spouse of Aldona Wos, a former U.S. ambassador Estonia. The event's chairman was Raleigh attorney Jim Cain and his Helen. Cain is a former U.S. ambassador to Denmark. Both DeJoy and Cain are veteran GOP fund raisers.

Among the events co-chairs were Ann and Jim Goodnight, the founder of SAS,  the Cary software company;builder Jeff Ammons and his wife Beth, North Hills developer John Kane and his wife Willa, former Raleigh City Councilman Kieran Shanahan and his wife Tina;  Golden Corral executive Ted Fowler and his wife Glenda Fowler.

The event was closed to the news media which drew some criticism from the Democrats.

"Burr either doesn't want a picture taken with his old buddy or he doesn't want North Carolina voters to be reminded of his dismal record of rubber stamping the policies that wrecked the North Carolina economy in the first place," said Deirdre Murphy, spokeswoman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

U.S. Sen. Richard Burr is hoping Karl Rove will raise him some campaign cash this week. One of Burr's Democratic challengers, Cal Cunningham, is also using Rove to raise cash.

Rove, who was the chief political advisor for President George W. Bush, will be in Raleigh Thursday night for a fundraiser for Burr, Rob Christensen reports.

Cunningham on Monday sent out an e-mail also trying to cash in on the Rove visit, with the headline "Help us fight back against Rove & Burr."

"Karl Rove is coming to North Carolina to help bring in the big bucks for his Washington friend and political protege, Richard Burr," wrote Morgan Jackson, senior advisor to the Cunningham campaign. "Help us fight back by contributing $5 or more today."

Details of the Burr event, which will be closed to the news media, have not been made public.