Politics & Government

Elizabeth Warren to Stump with Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire Today

In campaign's waning weeks, Massachusetts politicians campaign for, and with, Hillary Clinton.

Manchester, NH — Sen. Elizabeth Warren will campaign alongside Hillary Clinton for the second time on Monday, honing in on the Granite State with little more than two weeks until Election Day.

According to an announcement from the Clinton campaign, their joint appearance in Manchester will focus on Clinton's proposals regarding the economy.

It's the issue on which Warren, of Massachusetts, built her reputation, and one where she exerted significant influence on Clinton's public positions, hacked emails recently revealed.

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Polls put Clinton as much as 15 points ahead in New Hampshire. The arguably more important goal of the campaign stop is to stir enthusiasm from the base, and encourage downballot voting.

New Hampshire is one state where Democrats have their eye on capturing a Republican-held Senate seat, in this case Kelly Ayotte's. She is currently just two points behind Democratic challenger Maggie Hassan, according to a polling average from RealClear Politics, which considers the race a tossup.

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With a majority of national polls pointing to a general election victory for Clinton over Donald Trump, her campaign has pivoted its firepower toward tight downballot races such as New Hampshire's, in hopes of recapturing a Democratic majority in the Senate.

Clinton and Warren will make their case at Saint Anselm College, in Manchester, Monday at 12:30 p.m.

Photo from Clinton/Warren rally in Cleveland this June. Taken by Darlene Rogers, via @KathyGroob. Used with permission.

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