> > > http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/09/nyregion/working-families-party-calls-on-elizabeth-warren-to-run-for-president.html > > Working Families Party Calls On Elizabeth Warren to Run for President > > By ALEXANDER BURNS >
> FEB. 8, 2015 > > - > > Leaders of New York’s Working Families Party > <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/w/working_families_party/index.html?inline=nyt-org> > on > Sunday urged Senator Elizabeth Warren > <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/w/elizabeth_warren/index.html?inline=nyt-per> > of > Massachusetts to seek the Democratic nomination for president next year, > formally calling on her to enter the 2016 race for the White House. > > By voting to encourage a Warren candidacy, the Working Families Party > became the latest liberal group to support her as a potential primary > challenger to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton > <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/hillary_rodham_clinton/index.html?inline=nyt-per>, > who has not formally announced that she will seek the Democratic nomination > but is the presumed favorite. > > Several organizations on the left, led by MoveOn.org and Democracy for > America, have already organized a campaign designed to lure Ms. Warren, > with her brand of economic populism, into making a bid for the presidency. > > “We know a champion for working families when we see one,” said Bill > Lipton, New York State director of the Working Families Party. “The only > thing better than watching Elizabeth Warren take Wall Street to task from > the Senate would be helping her bring our issues to the center of the > national debate.” > Photo > Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, speaking on Jan. 21 on > Capitol Hill. CreditSusan Walsh/Associated Press > > Ms. Warren, who is beloved among liberals as a fierce critic of what she > sees as the abuses of the financial industry, has repeatedly ruled out > running for president in 2016. Lacey Rose, a spokeswoman for the senator, > reiterated that stance in an email on Sunday. “As Senator Warren has said > many times, she is not running for president and doesn’t support these > draft campaigns,” Ms. Rose wrote. > > The Working Families Party, led by a coalition of activists, liberal > advocacy groups and labor unions, deliberated on an early-evening > conference call before voting to encourage Ms. Warren to join the campaign. > Party officials declined to share the tally of the vote. > > The pro-Warren vote comes at a potentially awkward moment for New York > Democrats, who have sought to draw their party’s 2016 presidential > nominating convention to New York City. Mayor Bill de Blasio has > aggressively promoted the bid on the national stage, where Democrats > aligned with Mrs. Clinton hold powerful sway. > > Although Mr. de Blasio has a longstanding relationship with the Working > Families Party, party officials said that neither the mayor nor his staff > had played a role in the group’s deliberations involving Ms. Warren. > > Several Working Families leaders stressed that the vote was not meant as a > rejection of Mrs. Clinton, who twice earned the party’s endorsement as a > candidate for the United States Senate. > > “It’s a vote in the context of two undeclared candidates for president,” > said Ed Ott, former head of the New York City Central Labor Council. “What > the Warren vote reflects is that people want a Democratic Party with a > spine.” > > Javier Valdes, executive director of Make the Road Action Fund, a > Latino-oriented liberal group, characterized the vote as a statement of > enthusiasm for a competitive primary. “Secretary Clinton has had a strong > track record with our community and what we really want here is a strong > debate about Democratic values and working family values,” said Mr. Valdes, > a Working Families Party leader. > >
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