Elizabeth Warren is headed to New Hampshire to talk college affordability
Next stop on Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s 2016 campaign surrogate tour: New Hampshire.
The Massachusetts senator will bring her star power north of the border next Saturday, Sept. 24, to stump for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and U.S. Senate candidate Gov. Maggie Hassan.
According to the Clinton campaign, Warren will speak at two canvass kick-off events, as well as an organizing event at the University of New Hampshire. The campaign said further details were set to come in the next few days.
Last Friday, Warren stumped for Clinton in Pennsylvania, along with the local Democratic candidate for Senate.
In New Hampshire, the senator is expected to discuss Clinton’s plan for higher education reform, as well as a new report released by the campaign on how the plan will specifically affect local residents. New Hampshire has the nation’s most expensive public university system.
Clinton recently amended her higher education plan to make in-state public colleges tuition-free for households earning up to $125,000 annually. According to the campaign, that would mean 81 percent of households—or roughly 8,000 students—would pay no tuition for a four-year degree. Clinton’s plan also proposes to make all community colleges tuition-free.
The Clinton campaign also released an online calculator Monday for both prospective students and graduates, which they said shows how individuals would be affected by the candidate’s plan.
Clinton’s main opponent, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, has yet to present a clear high education plan.
It’s a subject on which Warren, an outspoken and longtime advocate of higher education reform, is well-versed. The Democratic senator’s own respective college affordability plan last June was lauded even by conservative scholars.
Warren’s trip to New Hampshire next week follows that of her Senate colleague Tim Kaine, Clinton’s running mate, who will be campaigning in Portsmouth and Exeter this Thursday.
Actress Molly Ringwald and Ellen Malcolm, the founder of the pro-choice group EMILY’s List, are also campaigning for Clinton in the Granite State this week.
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