Mark Warner
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United States Senator from Virginia |
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Assumed office January 3, 2009 Serving with Tim Kaine |
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| Preceded by | John Warner |
| Vice Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus | |
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Assumed office January 3, 2017 Serving with Elizabeth Warren |
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| Leader | Chuck Schumer |
| Preceded by | Chuck Schumer |
| 69th Governor of Virginia | |
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In office January 12, 2002 – January 14, 2006 |
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| Lieutenant | Tim Kaine |
| Preceded by | Jim Gilmore |
| Succeeded by | Tim Kaine |
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Mark Robert Warner December 15, 1954 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Lisa Collis |
| Children | 3 |
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George Washington University (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
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| Website | Senate website |
Mark Robert Warner (born December 15, 1954) is an American politician and the senior United States Senator from Virginia, in office since 2009. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Warner was the 69th Governor of Virginia, holding the office from 2002–06, and is the honorary chairman of the Forward Together PAC. Warner delivered the keynote address at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Apart from politics, Warner is also known for his involvement in telecommunications-related venture capital during the 1980s; he founded the firm Columbia Capital.
In 2006, he was widely expected to pursue the Democratic nomination in the 2008 U.S. presidential elections; however, he announced in October 2006 that he would not run, citing a desire not to disrupt his family life. Warner was considered to be a potential vice presidential candidate, until he took himself out of consideration after receiving the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate.
Contested by another former governor of Virginia, Jim Gilmore, Warner won the election with 65% of the vote. Warner won re-election to the seat in 2014, defeating former Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie, although his margin of only 17,000 votes was much narrower than expected.
Warner was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the son of Marjorie (née Johnston) and Robert F. Warner. He has a younger sister, Lisa. He grew up in Illinois, and later in Vernon, Connecticut, where he graduated from Rockville High School. He has credited his interest in politics to his eighth grade social studies teacher, Jim Tyler, who "inspired him to work for social and political change during the tumultuous year of 1968." He was class president for three years at Rockville High School and hosted a weekly pick-up basketball game at his house, "a tradition that continues today."
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