From Huff Post: Warren picks up a major union endorsement without even running

Elizabeth Warren Receives Major Union Endorsement Before Launching Senate Candidacy

First Posted: 8/25/11 03:07 PM ET Updated: 8/25/11 04:22 PM ET

WASHINGTON -- Even before formally entering the Massachusetts Senate race, consumer advocate and Harvard professor Elizabeth Warren has picked up a major union endorsement.
The former Obama administration official who spearheaded the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, received the unsolicited backing of the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) on Tuesday. The endorsement came before Warren, a Democrat, has said whether or not she will actually challenge Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) for his seat. (Her announcement will come after Labor Day, advisers say, though it's widely expected that she will decide to run.) Announced just minutes after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the east coast, the MNA's decision was barely noticed by the political press.

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