Warner campaign releases first ad

Chris Graham

Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The first commercial of the Senate campaign season will begin airing Monday, and it will feature Democrat Mark Warner. The 60-second spot will also feature former Republican state senator John Chichester, who served as president of the Senate and the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee until his retirement earlier…

Webb tired of being in Warner’s shadow

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Count me as being among those in the Virginia punditry who thinks that the main reason the Commonwealth is in play politically these days is because of Mark Warner. That having been established as a baseline, I’ve been interested, to say the least, at the thought of what people like…

Warner addresses students at JMU

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] You don’t often hear the term radical associated with people in the political center. Mark Warner wants to get you thinking of moderates as radicals anyway. “This is driven by people who are saying, We’re tired of partisanship. We want to get things fixed. They know in their gut that…

Warner rallies Dems in Staunton

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham Mark Warner has been down this road before – lending his name and expending his political capital to aid political protege Tim Kaine’s run at the governor’s job last fall. The businessman-turned-Virginia political favorite son knows that there is risk involved to engaging in such efforts. “If you feel like you…

Warner bows out of ’08 nomination field

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The Top Story by Chris Graham   Former Virginia governor Mark Warner was being talked about as a top contender for the 2008 Democratic Party presidential nomination. To say that his announcement in Richmond today that he will not seek the nomination was a surprise, then, is a pretty good understatement. “It was definitely a…