Massachusetts

Republican senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts has a narrow lead over his Democratic opponent, Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren.

Massachusetts Senate candidate and Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren knocked back a pint at Boston's legendary Doyle's Cafe, and a local TV news crew asked her what beers she likes.

"I'm a Sam Adams fan," said the ebullient Democrat. "I'm a Michelob Ultra fan. I'm a Bud Light fan as well. I really go for the whole range."

"So none of this white wine stereotyping for you?" the reporter asks.

"Not me," Warren responds. Watch the video below:

Supporters of Democrat Elizabeth Warren's Senate campaign in Massachusetts have been accused of mocking a staffer of Republican Scott Brown outside a recent debate in Springfield.

A GOP source sends along this video, shot by a Republican tracker, of a union member supporting Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren outside of a debate Wednesday night in Springfield, Massachusetts. The cameraman asks the union member if he was at an earlier debate between Warren and her Republican opponent, Senator Scott Brown.

"Uh-huh," the union member says, nodding.

"Did you guys get fined if you weren't there?" the cameraman asks.

"Yeah," the union member replies.

"How much did you get fined?" the cameraman asks.

At Monday's debate in Lowell, Massachusetts, Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren was asked to name a Republican senator she would work with if she's elected. Warren answered by saying Richard Lugar, the senior and outgoing Republican from Indiana. Debate moderator David Gregory informed Warren that Lugar would not be in the Senate next year and asked again for a Republican senator "who will be there" with whom she would work. Warren was unable to name another Republican.

Elizabeth Warren has taken a 5-point lead in her race against Scott Brown, according to a poll released Sunday by the Boston Globe. The Massachusetts Democrat has 43 percent support among likely voters, the poll says, compared to 38 percent support for Brown, the incumbent Republican senator.

Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren are tied at 48 percent support, according to Rasmussen. The U.S. Senate race, which pits the Republican incumbent Brown against Warren, a Democrat and Harvard law professor, remains a contentious toss-up. Rasmussen also reports that 3 percent of likely voters in Massachusetts are undecided in the race.

Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown won his special election to the U.S. Senate in 2010 by campaigning around the state in his pickup truck. The truck became integral in Brown's popular image, helping the Republican win over traditional Democratic voters to win the seat once held by Ted Kennedy. His opponent this year, Democrat Elizabeth Warren, has dismissed Brown's truck, saying the election is "not going to be about what kind of truck you drive."

Elizabeth Warren appeared on a local radio talk show Monday morning, where both a caller and one of the hosts asked the Harvard law professor about her use of her unproven Native American heritage to advance her professional career. In response, Warren claimed she only listed herself as a minority in a law school directory.

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Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren makes a guest appearance in Republican Scott Brown's newest TV advertisement, which focuses on Warren's unproven claim she has Cherokee heritage.

"Is there anything else that's going to come out about you that we don't already know?" a reporter asks Warren at the end of the ad.

Warren laughs before responding, "You know, I don't think so. But who knows?" Watch the video below:

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There’s little reason to wonder why Scott Brown, the Republican senator running for reelection in deeply Democratic Massachusetts, is still competitive. In his first debate Thursday night with his opponent, Democrat and Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren, Brown was funny, scrappy, and on message, displaying his natural political gift that first won over independent voters in 2010.

Republican senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts has regained the lead in his race against Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren, according to a new poll by the University of Massachusetts Lowell and the Boston Herald.