An expert in bankruptcy law who helped set up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau during the Obama administration

Warren’s signature issues

Senator Elizabeth Warren is running for president promising to bring about “big, structural change,” with the goal of tilting power toward working people and away from big corporations and the rich.

She has become known in the Democratic field for her long list of policy plans, including creating a wealth tax, canceling student loan debt for most borrowers and breaking up big technology companies. She is also a proponent of “Medicare for all,” and has rolled out proposals to transition to and pay for such a system.

She has stood out from many of her opponents by swearing off fund-raisers with wealthy donors, and she spends hours taking pictures with voters who wait in a “selfie line” at the end of her town halls.