Elizabeth Warren Fast Facts

Birth place: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Birth name: Elizabeth Ann Herring

Father: Donald Herring, salesman and maintenance man

Mother: Pauline (Reed) Herring, department store worker

Marriages: Bruce Mann (July 12, 1980-present); Jim Warren (1968-1980, divorced)

September 14, 2011 – Warren announces she’s running for Senate in Massachusetts.

September 5, 2012 – Warren speaks at the Democratic National Convention.

November 6, 2012 – Wins the race for Senate in Massachusetts, defeating incumbent Scott Brown.

November 13, 2014 – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid taps Warren to join his leadership team.

December 15, 2014 – In an interview with NPR’s Steve Inskeep, Warren repeats four times that she is not running for president in 2016.

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