Report: Sen. Elizabeth Warren Says She Is Running For Re-Election In 2024
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BOSTON (CBS) – Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she will be running for re-election in 2024 to retain her Senate seat, according to a new story from Politico.
In an interview on Friday, Politico asked the 71-year-old if she planned to make a run to keep her seat in 2024.
“Yep,” she replied.
Warren spoke with the publication to discuss her new book, “Persist”, which details her political rise along with her failed bid to win the Democratic nomination for the 2020 presidential election. She ended her presidential campaign on March 5, 2020, after a third place finish in Massachusetts on Super Tuesday.
Updated: 8:47 PM EDT May 8, 2021 U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren will be looking to retain her Senate seat in 2024, according to a report from Politico.Politico says the senior senator for Massachusetts told them, Yep, when asked if she will run for reelection in three years.Warren, 71, is a Democrat who assumed office in January 2013 when she defeated incumbent U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, a Republican, in a 2012 election.She recently ran to become the Democratic nominee in the 2020 presidential election, but decided to end her campaign on March 5, 2020, after lukewarm results in early contests, including a third-place finish in her home state and a fourth-place finish in New Hampshire.Warren initially declined to endorse another Democratic presidential candidate, but ultimately backed eventual primary and general election winner Joe Biden on April 15.There was a lot of speculation that Warren would be considered for a position in Biden s cabinet but was ultimately not nominated b
If Governor Baker leaves office after two terms, what exactly did he stand for? Heâs known for finding the safe middle ground, not for breaking new ground. And COVID-19 put any initiatives he did embrace on hold.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
With the mask mandate lifting and Massachusetts getting back to business as usual, do you think Governor Charlie Baker is running for reelection?
âAbsolutely. Donât you?â said Republican state Representative Shawn Dooley of Norfolk, via email.
Anyone who remembers a long ago but still infamous Boston Herald headline â âWhite Will Runâ â avoids predictions like that. As it turned out, Boston Mayor Kevin White did not seek a fifth term, despite the Heraldâs front-page âexclusiveâ report that he would. But political speculation is hard to resist. So yes, I do think Baker will run for reelection. OK, make that
Asian Republicans Charge Massachusetts GOP With Discrimination
A polling place in Dorchester
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A battle over control of the state Republican party has led to claims that its leader has discriminated against Asian American voters trying to fill a vacant political position.
In a letter to national party officials, more than two dozen Vietnamese-American Republicans alleged that Massachusetts Republican Party Chairman Jim Lyons led a callous and underhanded scheme to discriminate against Asian-American voters trying to reorganize ward committees in order to fill two open seats representing Dorchester and South Boston on the Republican State Committee, the 82-member panel that governs the party s activities.