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Elizabeth Warren assumed office as a U.S. medlem av senat for Massachusetts in January 2013, becoming the first female medlem av senat from Massachusetts. In February 2019, she announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States. On March 5, 2020, Warren suspended her campaign for president.

Warren was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on June 22, 1949. She received her bachelor's grad in speech pathology from the University of Houston in 1970 and her J.D. from Rutgers University in 1976. She began her career as an elementary school teacher. After earning her law grad, she practiced law for several years before becoming a lag professor in 1977, and is currently an emerita professor of law at Harvard lag School.

In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, Warren served as chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) from 2008-2010 and led the establishment of the Consumer Financial Protection

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Elizabeth Warren

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Who Is Elizabeth Warren?

Politician Elizabeth Warren was the first member of her family to graduate from college, eventually earning her law degree from Rutgers University. After teaching law at several universities, Warren was selected to lead the National Bankruptcy Review Commission. In 2008, she headed the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program. In November 2012, Warren won election to the U.S. Senate, defeating incumbent Republican Scott Brown. She formally announced her 2020 presidential campaign on February 9, 2019, but dropped out of the race in March 2020.

Early Life

Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on June 22, 1949, Elizabeth Warren was the last of four children—and the only daughter—of Donald and Pauline Herring. Warren spent most of her early life on what she referred to as "the ragged edge of the middle class." Her father worked mostly as a maintenance man, and when he suffered a heart attack that