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Elizabeth Warren is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)">Democrat</a> from Massachusetts who was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012. She previously worked as Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, among several other roles. Elizabeth Warren is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)">Democrat</a> from Massachusetts who was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012. She previously worked as Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, among several other roles.

Political Career

By 1978, Warren had divorced her first husband. In the year after the split, she began exploring the economic pressures facing the American middle class, looking specifically at a 1978 law passed by Congress that made it easier for companies and individuals to declare bankruptcy. Warren decided to investigate the reasons why Americans were ending up in bankruptcy court, and discovered that most of the financial victims were from middle-class families who had lost jobs, experienced financial hardship from a divorce or suffered illnesses that decimated their savings. From then on, Warren would focus her research on bankruptcy and commercial law—specifically on how it affected financially distressed companies, women, the elderly and the working poor.

Education and family

Warren received her B.S. from the University of Houston in 1970. Prior to this, Warren had attended the George Washington University for two years without graduating, having received a debate scholarship at age 16. Warren attended and graduated from the Rutgers School of Law-Newark. Warren’s first marriage was to computer engineer Jim Warren, with whom she had two children, Amelia and Alexander. In an October 2012 article, Elizabeth referred to Jim as “not a bad guy.” In 1978, after meeting future husband Bruce Mannat a conference in Florida, Elizabeth and Jim Warren divorced. Bruce said of meeting the married Warren, “I saw this woman talking to someone, and I was just captivated…I just walked right over. She barely noticed me. It took a couple of days.” Warren said of meeting Bruce, “he had good legs.”  In 1980, two years after meeting, Warren and Mann were married. She is married to film producer Sushil Tyagi, who has been criticized for ties to a controversial Iranian filmmaker.

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Leadership

On July 25, 2016, Warren delivered the keynote address on the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, the third woman in history along with Texas <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Jordan">Representative</a> <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/barbara-jordan-9357991"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Jordan">Barbara Jordan</a> </a>and Texas <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Richards">Governor</a> <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/ann-richards-9457298"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Richards">Ann Richards</a></a> to be given the prestigious speaking position. Warren took the opportunity to draw clear distinctions between Clinton and her <a href="/biography/donald-trump">opponent</a> <a href="/biography/donald-trump">Trump</a>. To try to quell the controversy, Warren released a statement to Boston's WBZ-TV. "Growing up, my mother and grandparents often talked about our family's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States">Native American</a> heritage. As a kid, I never thought to ask them for documentation—what kid would?" Warren further explained that "I never sought nor gained personal benefit in school or job applications based on my heritage."

Elected to U.S. Senate

On September 14, 2011, Elizabeth Warren officially announced her candidacy for Massachusetts Senate, pitting herself against Republican <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Brown_(politician)">incumbent</a> <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/scott-brown-578928"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Brown_(politician)">Scott Brown</a></a>. Around this time, a speech Warren delivered went viral on YouTube, endearing Warren to populist supporters. In the clip, filmed in an informal living room meet-and-greet, the Harvard law professor explained how everyone benefits from roads, public safety and the public education system in the United States, which are paid for by taxes. "You built a factory and it turned into something terrific or a great idea—<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God">God</a> bless!" she said. "Keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along." The viral video was credited with giving Warren a bump up in the polls. But Warren's campaign ran into some trouble in early 2012, when she found herself in a media maelstrom over her <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States">Native American</a> ancestry claims. Reporters for the Boston Herald could not find any proof of her <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee">Cherokee</a> heritage, and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee">Cherokee</a> genealogist also challenged Warren's assertion.

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Despite this controversy, in June 2012, Warren clinched the Democratic nomination in the Senate race, facing incumbent Republican opponent, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Brown_(politician)">Senator</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Brown_(politician)">Scott Brown</a>. The candidates were involved in a tight race. A poll released in September 2012 by the Public Policy Polling showed that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Brown_(politician)">Brown</a> had a five-point lead over Warren. However, later that month, Warren earned national exposure as one of the speakers at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, gaining the favor of many critics as well as a slight lead in the polls.

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