Elizabeth Warren
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| Elizabeth Warren | |
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| United States Senator from Massachusetts |
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| Assumed office January 3, 2013 Serving with Ed Markey |
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| Preceded by | Scott Brown |
| Special Advisor for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | |
| In office September 17, 2010 – August 1, 2011 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Raj Date |
| Chairperson of the Congressional Oversight Panel | |
| In office November 25, 2008 – November 15, 2010 |
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| Deputy | Damon Silvers |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Ted Kaufman |
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| Born | Elizabeth Ann Herring June 22, 1949 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Jim Warren (1968–1978) Bruce Mann (1980–present) |
| Children | Amelia Alexander |
| Residence | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Alma mater | George Washington University University of Houston (B.S.) Rutgers University, Newark (J.D.) |
| Religion | Methodism |
| Website | Congressional website Campaign website |
Elizabeth Warren (née Herring; born June 22, 1949) is a Democratic Party candidate in the 2012 United States Senate election for Massachusetts and a bankruptcy law expert. She was also Assistant to the President through Barack Obama. She supports student loan reform, banking reform, and consumer protection.
The progressive wing of the Democratic Party tried to draft her for the Presidential nomination, but after several rejections from Warren, the wing threw its support behind Bernie Sanders.
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