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#Presidentialbid #Senator #ElizabethWarren, the Massachusetts #Democrat and a sharp critic of big banks and unregulated capitalism, entered the 2020 race for president on Monday, becoming the first major candidate in what is likely to be a long and crowded primary marked by ideological and generational divisions in a Democratic Party desperate to beat President Trump. In an 8:30 a.m. email to supporters on New Year’s Eve — 13 months before the first votes will be cast in the Iowa caucuses — Ms. Warren said she was forming an exploratory committee, which allows her to raise money and fill staff positions before a formal kickoff of her presidential bid. Ms. Warren also released a video that leaned on the anti-Wall Street themes, a campaign message that drew strong praise Monday morning from liberal groups. [Make sense of the people, issues and ideas shaping American politics with our newsletter. ] “I’ve spent my career getting to the bottom of why America’s promise works for some familie...

Recent polls have encouraging news for Democrats hoping to retake the House of Representatives in November — and bad news for those who likewise aspire to capture the Senate. Statistical analysis website FiveThirtyEight gives Democrats an 84.9 percent chance of retaking the House of Representatives, according to an update posted on Sunday morning. By contrast, it only gives the Democrats a 17.3 percent chance of retaking the Senate, even though the Democrats would only need to pick up two additional seats in order to have a majority. The difference is that, because every member of the House of Representatives is up for reelection while only one-third of the Senate is likewise facing reelection, the GOP has an advantage going into the 2018 Senate elections that they don't have for the House of Representatives. The statistical website also noted a major gender divide, with women overwhelmingly preferring Democratic House candidates in 2018 while men prefer Republican House candi...