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in late-september, u.s. sen. elizabeth warren first hinted at her 2020 presidential aspirations during a holyoke town hall, telling supporters she would “take a hard look” at a white house run after the 2018 midterm elections.
although the senator did not definitively say whether she would enter the presidential contest, the idea of a warren 2020 campaign stuck with holyoke city councilor jossie valentin.
warren, who has formed an exploratory committee to look at a 2020 presidential bid, introduced valentin as her “top dog for massachusetts" as former campaign staff and supporters met in cambridge last week.
the holyoke city councilor said she’s “very honored” to hold the informal title and serve as a massachusetts liaison to the exploratory committee as the senator mulls a white house run.
holyoke ward 4 councilor jossie valentin will join u.s. sen. elizabeth warren's massachusetts presidential campaign team as a senior staff member. warren formed a presidential exploratory campaign team in the last few days.
valentin, who announced on facebook that she will keep her council seat, but resign as a senior academic counselor at holyoke community college, would not say specifically what she will be doing for warren’s exploratory committee or possible presidential campaign.
“i’ll still be based in holyoke, but i will be responsible for certain aspects throughout the state. that’s all i can share at this point. ... i’ve basically been asked to be a liaison, be in the role of a liaison for the state," she said. “just on tuesday, sen. warren had a big event with volunteers in cambridge and she said that because we’re in the exploratory phase, there’s no titles, but she introduced me as the top dog. so i’ll stick with that."
valentin, however, offered that her work could help put western massachusetts “on the map in a very significant way” and lauded the senator’s focus on the region.
“many times when we think about these opportunities, they usually kind of stay in eastern mass. i think it’s a really strong message that the senator is looking to be as inclusive as possible,” she said.
valentin, who was an active supporter of u.s. sen. bernie sanders' 2016 campaign in massachusetts -- introducing the democrat on stage at a university of massachusetts amherst rally and serving as a delegate at the democratic national convention in philadelphia -- further noted that she has received encouragement from several sanders surrogates and activists she worked alongside during the last presidential cycle, despite speculation that the vermont senator may also seek a 2020 bid.
“everyone’s been really supportive, saying ‘i wish you the best, this is great for you – it’s really important sen. warren has someone like you at the table,'" she said. “there’s been no hard feelings. it’s been very positive, and i think that 2016 taught us all many, many lessons and we hope that as we move forward we remember those lessons because we cannot afford more years of this dysfunction."
u.s. sen. elizabeth warren announced monday that she had formed an exploratory committee as a prelude to a run for president in 2020.
warren announced in a dec. 31 video message that she had formed an exploratory committee as a prelude to a run for president in 2020 -- ending months' of speculation as to whether the massachusetts democrat would pursue a white house bid.
the senator, who was officially sworn-in to her second term on capitol hill just days later, traveled to iowa friday to meet with voters in the early caucus state.
warren, who ended 2018 with more than $12 million in the bank, is expected to use the exploratory committee to ramp up her high-dollar fundraising as she mulls a possible presidential bid.
the growing use of exploratory committees in recent cycles has allowed contenders to hire operatives and court donors outside the gaze of the federal election commission and other potential challengers.
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