Moveon.org prepares $1m push for Warren presidential run

Senator Elizabeth Warren has repeatedly said she will not enter the 2016 presidential race.Gary Cameron/Reuters

WASHINGTON - MoveOn.org, a liberal group, said it is prepared to invest at least $1 million in an effort aimed at convincing Sen. Elizabeth Warren to enter the 2016 presidential race.

The Massachusetts Democrat has repeatedly said she will not enter the race. She told the Globe earlier this year, “There is no wiggle room. I am not running for president. No means no.”

The action by Moveon.org, which it calls “Run Warren Run,” nonetheless reflects growing support for Warren’s brand of economic populism, and interest in an alternative to Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has her own crop of unofficial encouragers in “Ready for Hillary.”

Moveon.org’s members will start to vote Tuesday on whether to launch a campaign and announce the results Wednesday morning. If approved, they will set up staff in caucus states such as Iowa and New Hampshire, assemble a national crew of volunteers, and unleash a wave of ads.

“If they vote to move forward, we’ll go all out to encourage Senator Warren to take her vision and track record of fighting tooth-and-nail for working people and the middle class to the White House,” Ilya Sheyman, executive director of MoveOn.org Political Action, said in a statement.