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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Setti Warren: "I Did Not See a Clear Path to Victory" [Video]

Newton Mayor Setti Warren announced Thursday morning that he is dropping out of the U.S. Senate race.

NEWTON — Under rainy skies and aside a small crowd of local supporters, the mood and setting was decidedly different from Mayor Setti Warren's campaign launch at Newton's American Legion Post 440 less than five months ago.  Warren, whose campaign has been overshadowed by financial difficulties and larger-than-life Democratic opponents, announced this morning he is dropping out of the race for U.S. Senate. "I got into this race for one reason and one reason only, to beat Scott Brown," Warren said in a press conference Thursday morning. "And I’m getting out for one reason and one reason only, because I no longer believe that I have a clear path to victory in this race."  At a podium in front of his Newton home on Beaumont Avenue, Warren …

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