Elizabeth Warren Promises To Serve Out Her Term, Not Run For Prez

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questions a witness at Senate Banking Committee hearing on anti-money laundering on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 7, 2013. Warren rose to national prominence as an outspo... Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questions a witness at Senate Banking Committee hearing on anti-money laundering on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 7, 2013. Warren rose to national prominence as an outspoken consumer advocate decrying Wall Street abuses and became the progressive movement’s darling candidate in last fall’s Senate elections. Like most freshman lawmakers, the Massachusetts Democrat has maintained a low profile during her first few months in office, but that’s starting to change. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) MORE LESS
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Democrat Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday pledged to serve out her full term as a senator from Massachusetts, shooting down the possibility of launching a 2016 presidential bid.

“I’m not running for president and I plan to serve out my term,” Warren said at a press conference with Boston Mayor-elect Marty Walsh, as quoted by the Boston Herald

When further pressed, she reiterated that she intended to serve out her term in Congress, according to the Herald.

“I am not running for president,” she said, as quoted by the Herald. “I am working as hard as I can to be the best possing [sic] senator I can be.”

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