Basketball injury cancels Warner Valley appearances

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A basketball injury has Mark Warner on the shelf – forcing the former governor to cancel a slew of scheduled U.S. Senate campaign appearances today in the Shenandoah Valley. The injury, which dates back two weeks, should not interfere with his planned Aug. 26 keynote address at the Democratic National…

Warner in Waynesboro, Staunton on Saturday

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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] U.S. Senate candidate Mark Warner will be on hand for a pair of events in Downtown Waynesboro on Saturday. Warner will be the featured speaker at the opening of the Waynesboro Democratic Committee 2008 campaign headquarters in Willow Oak Plaza at 801 W. Broad St. at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

Poll Update: Obama up nationally, all even in Va., Warner has huge lead

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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] Barack Obama has a healthy six-point lead in the latest Gallup daily tracking poll, and a Survey USA poll has the race between Obama and John McCain in Virginia all square. Meanwhile, Mark Warner continues to enjoy a huge lead over Jim Gilmore in the battle of ex-governors running for…

Warner campaign releases first ad

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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…