Mark Warner

This article is about the politician. For additional meanings, see Mark Warner (disambiguation) .

Mark Warner (2009)

Mark Robert Warner (born December 15, 1954 in Indianapolis , Indiana ) is an American politician of the Democratic Party . Since 2009 it belongs to Virginia the United States Senate on after in the Senate election in 1996 was still inferior. From 2002 to 2006 he was governor of Virginia . In early 2006, Warner was given the best chance, alongside Hillary Clinton , of becoming a Democratic presidential candidate in 2008 , but he did not participate in the primary .

Personal

Warner grew up in Vernon , Connecticut . He attended George Washington University , where he in 1977 the Bachelor took Accounts and the Law School of Harvard University , where he in 1980 Juris Doctor acquired. He then worked on the staff of US Senator Chris Dodd from Connecticut; then he worked in the technology industry. He was one of the co-founders of the company that later became the Nextel group.

Mark Warner is married and has three daughters.

Political career

First Senate campaign

From 1993 to 1995 Warner served as the leader of the Democratic Party in Virginia. In 1996 he tried to be elected to the US Senate but was beaten by Republican incumbent John Warner . The election campaign was often referred to as "Warner versus Warner". Mark Warner and John Warner are not related.

Election for governor of Virginia

Since January 2002 he has been governor of the state of Virginia. Its popularity was one reason the Democrats won a majority in the Virginia General Assembly . From 2004 to 2005 he was chairman of the National Governors Association .

His popularity and participation in the election campaign were also responsible for the fact that his party friend Tim Kaine was elected as his successor on November 8, 2005. Re-election of a governor after a term in office is prohibited by law in Virginia.

On August 29, 2005, Warner announced that he would not run for the seat of Republican Senator George Allen in the 2006 Senate election , despite Warner being ahead of all in several polls. After Warner's resignation , the Democratic candidate was Jim Webb , who won the election against Allen.

In December 2005 he was elected the seventh most popular governor in the United States, with an approval rating of 66 percent.

2008 presidential election

Warner has long been a candidate for the 2008 US presidential election . He has often been compared to Bill Clinton for his social and geographic origins.

On October 12, 2006, he unexpectedly announced that he would not run as a candidate for the presidential election. Warner cited consideration for his family as the main reason.

Virginia Senator

On September 13, 2007, he announced his candidacy for the US Senate in 2008 via video message. According to initial polls in early November 2007, he was considered a favorite with more than 20 percentage points ahead of his Republican challenger, ex-Governor Jim Gilmore . In the election on November 4, 2008 Warner won with 64:34 percent, which he could succeed his no longer candidate namesake John Warner.

He was re-elected on November 4, 2014 with a narrow majority of 17,000 votes.

In the 115th Congress of the United States is Warner vice chairman of the Intelligence Committee .

Web links

Commons : Mark Warner  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Mark Warner in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Mark Warner at the National Governors Association (English)
• Web presence at the Congress (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gillespie concedes 'hard-fought' Va. Senate race; Mark Warner wins by about 17,000 votes . In: WP . Retrieved November 7, 2014.