Mark Warner makes it official
Posted: Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:59 AM by Mark Murray
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Congress, Democrats
From NBC's Mark Murray
In a video on his Web site, former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner (D) announces he's running for retiring GOP Sen. John Warner's Senate seat. "I've decided the way I can contribute most to getting our country back on the right track is to serve in the United States Senate," he says. "So after this November's legislative elections, I will announce a formal candidacy for the Senate, and I'm going to work like heck to for the next 14 months to get Virginians to hire me."
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee chairman Chuck Schumer released this statement on Warner's candidacy, which gives Democrats an excellent chance of picking up this seat: “I have come to know Mark in the last six months and have seen he is an outstanding American leader who will run a great campaign and be a tremendous asset to his state and his country. We’re excited about his campaign and even more excited about him joining us in the Senate.”
The National Republican Senatorial Committee, however, released its own statement that unveils a Web site highlighting Warner's tax increase in Virginia. "Make no mistake about it, Mark Warner is a politician who can't be trusted to keep his promises to voters," NRSC communications director Rebecca Fisher said. "And his prime example is raising Virginians' taxes by $1.38 billion."