Warren campaign

Family helped Elizabeth Warren get where she is. Her experience as a mother, as seen here with daughter Amelia, informs her thinking.

Warren campaign

Warren likes to share family experiences, such as how she potty-trained Amelia because day-care did not accept toddlers in diapers and Warren had to start law school. “I’m here today thanks to three bags of M&Ms,” she tells audiences.

Warren campaign

Campaign aides to Warren, here with her daughter and son, are eager to show the hard-charging lawyer’s softer side as a doting grandmother who shops at Target.

Warren campaign

Warren's Aunt Bee flew to Texas to help Warren when she was struggling balancing child and household duties and a job.

Warren campaign

Warren's two children have always called Warren's second husband, Bruce Mann, "dad."

Warren campaign

Warren and Mann and their three grandchildren. They baby-sit enough to describe the children's unique personalities, even though the children live in California.

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Unlike Scott Brown's children, who are a regular part of his campaign, Warren's children shy away from being too involved.

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Warren and Mann and their dog Otis at the Fresh Pond Reservoir. Warren and Mann met at a law conference.

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A peer of Mann's said Warren has the exuberance, while Mann is "decidedly unexuberant," but is "a sweet and gently guy."

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"Bruce not ­only puts up with me, God bless him, he seems to enjoy me," said Warren.