On Monday, the groups will “rest their case” by delivering to Warren more than 365,000 petitions they collected encouraging her to run. Afterwards, they will suspend the Run Warren Run campaign, which included on-the-ground organizers and field offices in Iowa and New Hampshire.
MoveOn.org and Democracy for America had previously worked closely with Warren’s office on policy goals in the Senate, but the groups were forced to sever ties once they launched their draft campaign. They now plan to return to working with Warren and other lawmakers, especially on fighting Obama’s trade policy. In one example, both groups have been involved in a large petition-delivering event on trade that will take place at the Capitol later this week.
While failing to get Warren to run, the groups nonetheless said they were successful in injecting issues championed by the senator into the 2016 presidential race.
“The Run Warren Run campaign has changed the conversation by showing that Americans are hungry for Elizabeth Warren’s agenda,” said MoveOn.org executive director Ilya Sheyman.
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