Elizabeth Warren 2020 presidential campaign
The 2020 presidential campaign of Elizabeth Warren was a campaign from the senior United States senator from Massachusetts. It began with Warren's formal announcement on February 9, 2019, at a rally in Lawrence, Massachusetts, at the site of the 1912 Bread and Roses Strike. The announcement followed widespread speculation that she would run after supporters urged her to run in the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries. In 2018, Warren had been considered a top contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
| Elizabeth Warren 2020 presidential campaign | |
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| Campaign | 2020 United States presidential election (Democratic Party primaries) |
| Candidate | Elizabeth Warren U. S. Senator from Massachusetts (2013–present) |
| Affiliation | Democratic Party |
| EC formed | December 31, 2018 |
| Announced | February 9, 2019 |
| Suspended | March 5, 2020 |
| Headquarters | Charlestown, Massachusetts |
| Key people | Deb Haaland (National co-chair) Katie Porter (National co-chair) Ayanna Pressley (National co-chair) Roger Lau (campaign manager) Dan Geldon (chief of staff) Caitlin Mitchell (senior digital organizer) Emily Parcell Joe Rospars (Chief Strategist) Janice Rottenberg Tessa Simonds Tracey Lewis Richard McDaniel Kane Miller Brendan Summers |
| Slogan | "Persist" "Dream Big Fight Hard" "Big, Structural Change" "I have a plan for that" (unofficial slogan) |
| Website | |
| elizabethwarren | |
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U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
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Warren is generally considered a progressive within the Democratic Party. Her political positions include an end to lobbying, a wealth tax and $15 hourly minimum wage within the context of a capitalist economy, single-payer healthcare, canceling student loan debt, and support for the Green New Deal. Polls showed Warren in second or third place, and she briefly challenged Biden and Sanders for frontrunner status in the race.
After a disappointing finish on Super Tuesday, including a third-place result in her home state of Massachusetts, she suspended her campaign on March 5, 2020. Political commentators have attributed her inability to win primary races to the primaries' focus on "electability" in a race against Donald Trump, her popularity peaking too early in the race, and her inability to position herself between progressive and more moderate voters.