Elizabeth Warren facts for kids

Elizabeth Warren
Quick facts for kids Elizabeth Warren
United States Senator; from Massachusetts
	Incumbent
	Assumed office; January 3, 2013; Serving with Ed Markey
Preceded by	Scott Brown
Special Advisor for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
	In office; September 17, 2010 – August 1, 2011
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Raj Date
Chairperson of the Congressional Oversight Panel
	In office; November 25, 2008 – November 15, 2010
Deputy	Damon Silvers
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Ted Kaufman
Personal details
Born	Elizabeth Ann Herring ; June 22, 1949 (age 73); Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Jim Warren (1968–1978); Bruce Mann (1980–present)
Children	Amelia; Alexander
Residence	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Alma mater	George Washington University; University of Houston (B.S.); Rutgers University, Newark (J.D.)

Elizabeth Ann Warren (née Herring; born June 22, 1949) is an American politician and Senior United States Senator of Massachusetts since January 3, 2013. She is a Democrat and a bankruptcy law expert. She was also an assistant to President Barack Obama. She supports student loan forgiveness, banking regulation, and consumer protection regulations.

Warren was an unsuccessful candidate for the 2020 Democratic nomination. Warren was seen as a possible running mate pick for Joe Biden's campaign.

Pre-senate career

Before she was a senator, Warren taught bankruptcy law at Harvard Law School. She interviewed hundreds of people who were going through bankruptcy or struggling to avoid bankruptcy. She gained a thorough understanding of the causes of bankruptcy and financial difficulties that families face in the United States. She wrote several books about these struggles, and about the institutions that make money by making it hard for people to escape from these difficulties.

She and her daughter Amelia Warren Tyagi are the co-authors of a book called The Two-Income Trap. Warren has also written several other books, including A Fighting Chance and This Fight is Our Fight.

In 2011, she was an advisor for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a government agency that protects consumers from unfair practices of banks, payday lenders, student loan providers, credit card companies, collection agencies, for-profit colleges and universities, and the collection departments of health maintenance organizations (HMOs).

2020 campaign

Main page: Elizabeth Warren 2020 presidential campaign

Warren announced her plans to run for President in the 2020 election in December 2018. In February 2019, she announced her candidacy for president. Warren ended her campaign on March 5, 2020 after failing to win any primaries and falling to third place in Massachusetts' primary. After Joe Biden won the nomination, she became one of the final four finalists for his running mate pick.

Images for kids

Warren's high school graduation photo
Warren in Rutgers School of Law–Newark's 1976 yearbook.
Warren in University of Texas School of Law's 1987 yearbook.
Warren stands next to President Barack Obama as he announces Richard Cordray's nomination as the first director of the CFPB, July 2011.
Warren discussing the work of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau at the ICBA conference in 2011
Warren at a campaign event, November 2012
Warren attending the swearing in of Senator Mo Cowan in the Old Senate Chamber
Warren speaking at St. Patrick's Day breakfast in Boston's South Boston neighborhood, March 17, 2018
Warren stumps for Hillary Clinton in Manchester, New Hampshire, October 2016
Warren while formally declaring her candidacy in Lawrence, Massachusetts on February 9, 2019
Selfie line for Elizabeth Warren after a May 19, 2019 campaign event in Nashua, New Hampshire.
Warren with a supporter wearing a "Warren has a plan for that" T-shirt. The phrase became an internet meme during her presidential run.
Warren at the 2009 Time 100 Gala