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Mark Warner Formally Launches U.S. Senate Bid

Written by Kevin Hall

Pledging to “take Virginia-style independence and real results to Washington,” former Virginia Governor Mark R. Warner today formally launched his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in a statewide series of events scheduled in 11 localities over three days.

Warner, 53, served as Virginia’s 69th Governor between 2002-2006. When he took office, Virginia was in the midst of a fiscal crisis and faced a $3.8 billion revenue shortfall that ultimately grew into a $6 billion deficit. By the end of his term, Warner had cut state agency budgets, improved delivery of state services, worked with a Republican-led legislature to reform Virginia’s outdated tax system, and turned that deficit into a surplus.

“It is time for a new approach in Washington: results, not rhetoric – and progress, not delay,” former Governor Warner said. “The old politics of ‘left and right’ or ‘red-versus-blue’ will not work at a time when our challenge really is ‘future-versus-past.’ If we work together to get our nation fixed, I am confident our best days lie ahead.”

Kick-off events were scheduled in Abingdon, Roanoke, Norfolk, Richmond, Alexandria, Martinsville, Lynchburg, Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, Hampton, and on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.

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