News on Mark Warner

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2010-11-03T00:17:31Z

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2010-10-22T10:53:34Z

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Warner hears concerns during Richmond visit

2010-04-16T17:29:53Z

Barely a week on the job, Sen. Mark R. Warner, D-Va., is escaping Washington for Richmond, trying to do more listening than talking on the sour economy.

In what aides dubbed his first field trip since taking office Jan. 6, Warner met for more than 90 minutes Monday with about 30 college students and small-business o...

A new Warner takes Senate seat

2010-06-26T01:21:12Z

WASHINGTON – Mark R. Warner took the oath of office as Virginia’s U.S. senator Tuesday, saying he hopes to help steer the country through even tougher economic challenges than faced Virginia when he became governor seven years ago.

Warner joins fellow Dem...

John Warner passes torch to Mark Warner

2010-06-25T18:20:36Z

CONGRESS NOTEBOOK: Mark Warner takes Senate oath of office, replacing John Warner

Rivals-turned-friends John Warner and Mark Warner shared a walk up the Senate aisle Tuesday in a ceremony that marked generational and political change for Virginia.

Mark Warner, 54, a Democrat, wanted Republican John Warner, 81, to accompany him as he was sworn in. The t...

30 years in Senate draw to close

2010-04-16T13:44:36Z

WASHINGTON - The reminders of public service are coming out of the office of Sen. John W. Warner, R-Va., who leaves the Senate at noon on Jan. 3 after 30 years:

A chair used by Teddy Roosevelt at a peace conference in 1905. An oil painting by Winston Churchill. A metal fragment of a Scud missi...

'Ol' Virginny is dead,' a proud Kaine says

2010-06-26T00:29:58Z

Democrats hail gains, but M. Warner sees no permanent shift

It's a good time to be a Democrat in Virginia.

Come January, the state will have two Democratic U.S. senators -- Jim Webb and the newly elected Mark R. Warner.

Democrats could emerge with six of the state's 11 seats in the Conservative 'Blue Dog' Democrats eye Senate, could pose challenges for Obama, party leaders

Conservative Democrats who've been a thorn in the side of liberal party leaders could grow into a major obstacle to Barack Obama's agenda if he is elected president.

Majority Democrats are positioned for big gains in next week's congressio...

Rural Virginia town goes high-tech, draws Obama

2010-06-26T00:31:50Z

Obama to visit Virginia coal town that has brought in high-tech industry

The southwest Virginia town of Lebanon got an economic boost when two high-tech companies moved in — making it an attractive site for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama to bring his messages of hope and change.

Many in ...

Tomorrow's Keynote: Will the Networks Air It?

2010-10-22T14:38:07Z

Quick question: Will the broadcast networks – all of which shunned Barack Obama's keynote address in 2004 only to end up talking about him for the rest of the week (not to mention the next four years) – rethink their policy and air Virginia Governor Mark Warner's keynote address tomorrow night, even though it is ...

Warner says comments on recording are "over the top"

2010-04-16T12:55:44Z

It’s a statement Mark Warner made 14 years ago. Yet the Jim Gilmore campaign is playing up Warner’s remarks in a new recording circulating on the internet.

In it, Warner warned about a “coalition” he said had “just about taken over the republican party in this state.”

Warner said it is made up of people like the At debate, Democrat states support; GOP rival calls it 'travesty'

Democrat Mark R. Warner last night embraced the federal rescue of financial services as "imperfect" but necessary, while his Republican foe for U.S. Senate, Jim Gilmo...

Warner stops in Woodbridge

2010-06-25T22:55:17Z

Former Democratic Governor Mark Warner has just finished speaking to a lunchtime crowd at Dixie Bones restaurant in Woodbridge.

Warner, who is running to replace the long serving John Warner, R – VA in the ...

Can Warner Make The Economic Case?

2010-10-21T09:39:29Z

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Virginia GOP picks convention next year

2010-09-10T03:35:02Z

Virginia Republicans Pick Convention Rather Than Primary in 2008

Virginia Republicans will hold a convention instead of a primary to choose their candidate to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. John W. Warner, upsetting critics who say it makes the party appear closed off.

The state party's central committee voted 47-37 on Saturday in favor of a convention. No date or location was decided.

Former Democrat Mark Warner to Seek U.S. Senate Seat in Virginia Long Held by Republican

Former Gov. Mark Warner announced Thursday that he will run next year for the U.S. Senate _ and minutes later, Republicans launched a Web site determined to tank him.

Warner, still popular 20 months after leaving o...

Democrats' hopes high in Senate races

2010-09-09T19:42:38Z

Republicans See Problems in 2008 Senate Races

A string of political setbacks has damaged Republicans' hopes of regaining the Senate majority next year and increased the likelihood Democrats might expand their razor-thin margin.

The 2008 campaign appears increasingly unpleasant for Republicans a year after unexpected defeats cost them control. Among the factors are GOP retirements in to...

Coal Rally

2010-09-15T16:04:44Z

From left, West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., attend a rally with coal mining supporters from the Appalachian states near the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, left, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., speak to reporters about financial reform on Sen. Michael Bennett, D-Colo., speaks at a Health Care news conference, as other Freshmen Democratic Senators, from left, Sen. Mark Begich, D-Ark., Sen. Tom Pryor, D-N.M., Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., Sen. Kay Hagen,D...

Financial Overhaul

2010-06-25T22:29:27Z

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., right, speaks with committee member Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10,2009, to discuss financial reform. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) <...

Obama Outlines Administration's Plan To Help Small Businesses

2010-06-25T22:46:36Z

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 29: U.S. President Barack Obama greets guests, including Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) (L), after delivering remarks to members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Federation...