Last spring, I wrote for The Nation on the Elizabeth Warren campaign for U.S. Senate. At the time, I would’ve bet against her winning. This month, I checked in to see how the campaign is doing-and came away, to my surprise, believing she may very well eke out a victory over Brown. She’s got three things going for her: a well-organized ground campaign that is deploying a flood of volunteers effectively and in coordination with the local, state, and national Democrats; her calm and personable performance in the debates; and the fact that many Massachusetts voters who might otherwise have ignored the Senate race are enthusiastic about reelecting President Obama.

For more, I hope you’ll take a look at my reporting for The Nation-before you come back here, of course!

E.J. Graff writes on social-justice and human-rights issues, particularly discrimination and violence against women and children; marriage and family policy; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender lives. She is a resident scholar at the Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center and the author of What Is Marriage For? The Strange Social History of Our Most Intimate Institution (Beacon Press, 1999, 2004).