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Warren Ousts Brown for Massachusetts Senate Seat Warren Defeats Brown in Massachusetts Senate Contest
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BOSTON — Elizabeth Warren won a hard-fought race for the Senate on Tuesday, recapturing for the Democrats the seat held for almost half a century by Edward M. Kennedy.BOSTON — Elizabeth Warren won a hard-fought race for the Senate on Tuesday, recapturing for the Democrats the seat held for almost half a century by Edward M. Kennedy.
“This victory belongs to you,” Ms. Warren told her cheering supporters. She promised to “hold the big guys accountable.” “This victory belongs to you,” Ms. Warren told her cheering supporters from a stage. She promised to “hold the big guys accountable.”
The Senate seat had slipped — temporarily, as it turned out — into Republican hands when Scott P. Brown, a state legislator, won it in a special election in 2010 after Mr. Kennedy’s death. Taking it back was a Democratic priority.The Senate seat had slipped — temporarily, as it turned out — into Republican hands when Scott P. Brown, a state legislator, won it in a special election in 2010 after Mr. Kennedy’s death. Taking it back was a Democratic priority.
“To all the women of Massachusetts,” Ms. Warren said, addressing her female supporters. “After working your tails off, you better believe it, we’re going to fight for equal pay for equal work.” “To all the women of Massachusetts,” Ms. Warren said, addressing her female supporters, a phrase that won more cheers.“After working your tails off, you better believe it, we’re going to fight for equal pay for equal work.”
“You taught a scrappy first-time candidate how to get into the ring and win,” she said. She closed by noting that Mr. Kennedy was first elected to the Senate 50 years ago. She vowed to continue his fight. “You taught a scrappy first-time candidate how to get into the ring and win,” she said. She closed by noting that Mr. Kennedy was first elected to the Senate 50 years ago, and she vowed to continue his fight.
With the win, Ms. Warren, 63, a Harvard professor who set up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the Obama administration, becomes the first woman to represent Massachusetts in the Senate. She had made a forceful appeal to women, who overwhelmingly supported her bid, while more men favored Mr. Brown.With the win, Ms. Warren, 63, a Harvard professor who set up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the Obama administration, becomes the first woman to represent Massachusetts in the Senate. She had made a forceful appeal to women, who overwhelmingly supported her bid, while more men favored Mr. Brown.
She cast herself as a fighter for the middle class and a champion of women’s causes. In her closing message to voters, she said Mr. Brown occasionally cast good votes but he was unreliable because he had voted against equal pay for equal work, health insurance coverage for birth control and a Supreme Court nominee who supported abortion rights. It was a message that resonated with Elizabeth Lear, 46, a book reviewer in Waltham, who said she voted for Ms. Warren because “she cares about the financial concerns of everybody and most importantly about women’s reproductive rights, the freedom to choose.”She cast herself as a fighter for the middle class and a champion of women’s causes. In her closing message to voters, she said Mr. Brown occasionally cast good votes but he was unreliable because he had voted against equal pay for equal work, health insurance coverage for birth control and a Supreme Court nominee who supported abortion rights. It was a message that resonated with Elizabeth Lear, 46, a book reviewer in Waltham, who said she voted for Ms. Warren because “she cares about the financial concerns of everybody and most importantly about women’s reproductive rights, the freedom to choose.”
And, Ms. Lear added, “I feel she’s pretty scrappy and I really like that about her.”And, Ms. Lear added, “I feel she’s pretty scrappy and I really like that about her.”
Mr. Brown cast Ms. Warren as a partisan and inflexible ideologue who would march in lock step with the Democratic Party. At the same time, Mr. Brown presented himself as a bipartisan senator with an independent voice, one who would cross the aisle to solve problems.Mr. Brown cast Ms. Warren as a partisan and inflexible ideologue who would march in lock step with the Democratic Party. At the same time, Mr. Brown presented himself as a bipartisan senator with an independent voice, one who would cross the aisle to solve problems.
But as a Republican in a strong Democratic state, Mr. Brown was clearly at a disadvantage. President Obama easily carried the state, and Mr. Brown, a longtime ally of the Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, even used Mr. Obama’s images in his campaign advertising.But as a Republican in a strong Democratic state, Mr. Brown was clearly at a disadvantage. President Obama easily carried the state, and Mr. Brown, a longtime ally of the Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, even used Mr. Obama’s images in his campaign advertising.
Ms. Warren, who specialized in bankruptcy law, set up the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for President Obama. But he did not appoint her to lead it because Republicans, viewing her as unfriendly to Wall Street, vowed to block her. Their race cost more than $68 million, making it one of the most expensive Senate races in the country. With the help of progressive groups that bolstered her candidacy early, she raised $39 million, which put her among the top five most successful Senate fund-raisers of all time. The money was all the more remarkable considering that Ms. Warren was a first-time, untested candidate. Ms. Warren, who specialized in bankruptcy law, set up the new consumer protection office for President Obama. But he did not appoint her to lead it because Republicans, viewing her as unfriendly to Wall Street, vowed to block her.
Their race cost more than $68 million, making it one of the most expensive Senate races in the country. With the help of progressive groups that bolstered her candidacy early, she raised $39 million, which put her among the top five most successful Senate fund-raisers of all time. The money was all the more remarkable considering that Ms. Warren was a first-time, untested candidate.
“We raised money from more donors than any Senate campaign in the history of the United States,” Ms. Warren said in a statement about an hour after the polls closed Tuesday and before she made her victory speech at the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel here. She added, “We knocked on more doors and made more phone calls than any candidate in the history of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.”“We raised money from more donors than any Senate campaign in the history of the United States,” Ms. Warren said in a statement about an hour after the polls closed Tuesday and before she made her victory speech at the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel here. She added, “We knocked on more doors and made more phone calls than any candidate in the history of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.”