Mayor Setti Warren challenging Scott Brown in 2012

On paper, Warren is an impressive -- if little known -- candidate...

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From Washington Post:

Newton Mayor Setti Warren (D) launched his campaign against Scott Brown today in a five-minute online video that attempts to take a strategic page from the popular Massachusetts Republican senator’s playbook.

Brown joins City Year co-founder Alan Khazei as the current top tier in the race with former lieutenant governor candidate Bob Massie also running.

On paper, Warren is an impressive — if little known — candidate. He’s an Iraq veteran with close ties to Gov. Deval Patrick and Sen. John Kerry for whom he served as deputy state director. Warren is also the first popularly elected African-American mayor in the state.

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