Under a pall of gray clouds, the candidates for US Senate on Sunday offered streamlined versions of their campaign messages, before announcing that they would suspend all campaign events Monday, as Hurricane Sandy forced them off the trail for an unwanted break in the midst of the campaign’s critical home stretch.

Democrat Elizabeth Warren on Sunday gave an energetic, 10-minute address at the Lynn Democratic City Committee Annual Breakfast, before a packed house of partisans at the Porthole Restaurant, speaking about Democratic Party philosophy and building to a call-to-arms for Democrats to turn out their voters.