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Effort to draft Warren into 2016 race heads to New Hampshire

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., rushes to the Senate floor for a roll call vote as the Republican-controlled Senate moves ahead on a bill to construct the Keystone XL pipeline despite President Barack Obama's veto threat, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. The measure has sparked intense debate over the Canada-to-Texas pipeline's potential impact on employment and the environment, yet there was little or no doubt that it would overcome the vote to proceed on the bill Monday night. Republicans said they hoped it could win final approval and be sent to the White House by the end of next week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., rushes to the Senate floor for a roll call vote as the Republican-controlled Senate moves ahead on a bill to construct the Keystone XL pipeline despite President Barack Obama's veto threat, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. The measure has sparked intense debate over the Canada-to-Texas pipeline's potential impact on employment and the environment, yet there was little or no doubt that it would overcome the vote to proceed on the bill Monday night. Republicans said they hoped it could win final approval and be sent to the White House by the end of next week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

By Associated Press 2 min read

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – Progressive activists hoping to draft Sen. Elizabeth Warren into the 2016 presidential race will hold their first meeting in the key early-voting state of New Hampshire on Saturday.

Members of MoveOn.org and Democracy for America are starting their “Run, Warren, Run” New Hampshire effort with a meeting in Manchester. The groups hope to persuade the populist Massachusetts senator to seek the Democratic nomination in 2016, even though she has repeatedly said she is not running.

The architect of President Barack Obama’s consumer financial protection agency, Warren would be able to quickly raise millions from an enthusiastic following, many of whom are wary of the leading potential Democratic candidate, Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Saturday’s meeting comes a month after a similar gathering attracted about 75 people in Iowa, which traditionally holds the earliest presidential caucuses just before New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primaries.

MoveOn plans to spend $1 million on its Warren effort, and Democracy for America has pledged $250,000. The groups are seeking staffers in both states and are trying to build volunteer and donor support.