Massachusetts Dems are wooing the president’s top pick as CFPB head to run for senate. Elizabeth Warren, busy laying the groundwork for the new agency (a deadline she must meet by July 21), would go head-to-head with Republican Scott Brown.

In response to a question about whether she would enter the race, a spokeswoman for the agency, Jen Howard, said Monday, “Elizabeth Warren is 100 percent focused on building the new consumer agency.”