Democratic Newton Mayor Setti Warren will address supporters and the press Tuesday, one day after announcing he's jumping into the U.S. Senate race against Republican Scott Brown.
Newtown Mayor Setti Warren, a Democrat, will make a bid for the Massachusetts U.S. Senate seat currently held by Scott Brown, a Republican. BOB SALSBERG, Associated Press
NEWTON, Mass. — Democratic Newton Mayor Setti Warren plans to address supporters and the press a day after announcing he's jumping into the U.S. Senate race against Republican Scott Brown.
Warren is an Iraq War veteran serving as the state's first popularly elected black mayor. He has also worked in the White House under former President Bill Clinton and as a staffer for Sen. John Kerry, the senior U.S. senator from Massachusetts.
Warren said Brown has let down Massachusetts voters by backing GOP leadership in Congress on issues such as extending the Bush-era tax cuts and opposing an extension of unemployment benefits.
Warren is planning the Tuesday morning event in Newton followed by campaign stops in Brockton and New Bedford.
He joins a growing Democratic field against Brown, including City Year co-founder Alan Khazei and former lieutenant governor candidate Robert Massie.