Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) currently enjoys a sizable 30-point lead over her GOP challengers in recent polling. | Pete Marovich/Getty Images Warren: I’ll serve my full Senate term if reelected

DORCHESTER, Mass. — Elizabeth Warren said she would serve her full six-year term in the Senate if reelected in November.

“Yes, that’s my plan. I’m running for the United States Senate in 2018,” Warren told reporters Thursday, when asked if she would commit to serving out her full term. “I am not running for president of the United States. That’s my plan.”


The Massachusetts Democrat had notably dodged the question in a March 11 interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” fanning speculation about her 2020 plans even as she told host Chuck Todd that she was not running for president.

Warren clarified her intentions after participating in a moderated town hall event Thursday evening at the Boston Teachers Union.

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The question of her national ambition has served as a backdrop to Warren’s reelection campaign this year, with one of her three Republican opponents, state Rep. Geoff Diehl, criticizing the senator recently for being “more focused on running for president than doing her job.”

Warren is up for reelection in November. She currently enjoys a sizable 30-point lead over her GOP challengers in recent polling.