Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokukunda kwake pakusarudzwazve muna 1946, Warren akatanga kuronga kumhanyira kuva purezidhendi musarudzo dza1948. Vaviri vaitungamirira pakusarudzwa kwacho vaiva Dewey naRobert Taft, asi Warren, Harold Stassen, Arthur Vandenberg, uye General Douglas MacArthur mumwe nomumwe aiva nokutsigirwa kukuru. Pamberi pe
Muna 1948 Republican National Convention, Warren akaedza kuzviisa pachinzvimbo chemumiriri webhiza rakasviba uyo aigona kubuda semumiriri wekubvumirana. Zvisinei, Dewey akakunda kugadzwa pakusarudzwa kwechitatu kwekokorodzano. Dewey akakumbirazve Warren kuti ave mubatsiri wake, uye panguva ino Warren akabvuma. Akanga achitungamirira zvikuru musarudzo dzaipikisana naPurezidhendi Harry S. Truman, mukwikwidzi weDemocratic, Dewey akaita nhimbe yokungwarira iyo yakanangidzirwa zvikurukuru pazvinhu zvisinganzwisisiki panzvimbo pezvinetso. Warren akaita mushandirapamwe munyika yose achimiririra tikiti, asi akaodzwa mwoyo nekusakwanisa kwake kutsigira mitemo chaiyo. Chakatoshamisa vakawanda kuti Truman ndiye akahwina musarudzo, uye iyi ndiyo chete yakaraswa naWarren.