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Mark Warner
Mark Robert Warner is an American businessman and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Virginia, a seat he has held since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Warner served as the 69th governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006. He is vice chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus and vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
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Born 15 December 1954 · Q453893
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Sen. Mark Warner in Support of the Confirmation of Avril Haines as Director of National Intelligence
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2026· 21 entries
“The confirmation that Roger Coleman”
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“right-size post-crisis rules imposed on small and regional lenders and help make it easier for them to provide credit”
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Published video “Holy crap. Donald Trump is turning his back on our allies to stand with North Korea.”.
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Published video “Trump needs to end his war of choice and prioritize the health and well-being of our sailors.”.
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Yahoo: Mark Warner Says ‘We Can’t Put AI Back in the Bottle,’ Urges Congress to Act on Jobs, National Security and US Competitiveness
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Published video “Trump is blowing $900 million of mostly taxpayer funds on vanity projects at the White House.”.
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Published video “Trump promised lower prices on day 1. More than 400 days later, they’re still going up.”.
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Published video “Another Trump attempt to restrict birthright citizenship. It didn’t work before; it won’t work now.”.
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Published video “Another near miss at DCA. Congress must pass the ROTOR Act.”.
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Published video “I’m cracking down on Trump’s corrupt ploy.”.
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Published video “What I saw aboard the USS Ford”.
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Published video “Backbone rewarded!”.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch: Va. Republicans to pick nominee to face Sen. Mark Warner
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Published video “Trump is expanding the swamp!”.
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CBS News: Transcript: Sen. Mark Warner on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," June 14, 2026
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After the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Warner said he would not "shed any tears" over the loss but criticized the Trump administration for initiating a "war of choice" without evidence of an immi
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Warner and Collis have three daughters, one of whom died in April 2026 of Type 1 diabetes and other health issues.
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2025· 2 entries
Warner announced he would seek reelection to a fourth term
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Warner was one of 12 Senate Democrats who joined all Republicans to vote for the Laken Riley Act
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2024· 1 entry
The Washington Post rated the claim ““Well, Mark [Warner] is a good man. We’ve never had — he also tried to get the nomination too.”” False.
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2023· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (2023).
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2021· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (2021–2023).
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2020· 2 entries
Warner and Joe Manchin were the two Democratic senators to vote against the Lee-Leahy FISA amendment, which strengthened oversight of counterintelligence
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Warner defeated Republican nominee Daniel Gade, a college professor and U
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2019· 2 entries
Claimed: “Says the Trump administration has "a scheme to try to take (Oleg Deripaska’s) ownership level down from 70 percent to roughly 40, 45" so that the Russian company is no longer subject to sanctions.” — rated Half True by PolitiFact.
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Career landmark: United States senator (2019–2021).
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2018· 1 entry
Warner became one of the few Democrats in the Senate supporting a bill that would relax "key banking regulations"
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2017· 2 entries
Warner called himself a strong supporter of Second Amendment rights and vowed to advocate for responsible gun ownership for hunting, recreation, and self-defense
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Career landmark: United States senator (2017–2019).
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2016· 2 entries
Claimed: “Donald Trump has said “nuclear proliferation is OK.”” — rated Half True by PolitiFact.
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American foreign policy scholar Stefan Halper served as an FBI operative and contacted members of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign
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2015· 2 entries
Warner criticized the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen, saying: "I'm concerned in particular with some of the indiscriminate bombing in Yemen
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Career landmark: United States senator (2015–2017).
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2014· 3 entries
The Senate voted by unanimous consent to pass the bill, which was then passed by the House in a voice vote on April 28, 2014
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The White House Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) marked-up version of the bill was leaked
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Warner faced Ed Gillespie, who had previously served as Counselor to the President under George W
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2013· 7 entries
The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs committee unanimously passed DATA
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Warner introduced the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 (DATA)
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Warner voted to expand background checks for gun purchases as part of the Manchin-Toomey Amendment
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When Jim Webb left the Senate and was replaced by Tim Kaine, who was lieutenant governor while Warner was governor
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As he was inducted into the Wireless Hall of Fame
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Career landmark: United States senator (2013–2015).
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The Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress gave Warner and Corker its Publius Award for their bipartisan work on financial reform legislation
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2012· 2 entries
Warner pushed the Office of Personnel Management to address chronic backlogs in processing retirement benefits for federal workers, many of whom live in Washington's northern Virginia suburbs
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Successfully pushed the Navy to improve the substandard military housing in Hampton Roads
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2011· 4 entries
Career landmark: United States senator (2011–2013).
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Warner voted for the four-year extension of the USA PATRIOT Act
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Engaged Northern Virginia's high-tech community in a pro bono effort to correct burial mistakes and other U
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The bipartisan Concord Coalition awarded Warner and Chambliss its Economic Patriots Award for their work with the Gang of Six
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2010· 2 entries
Warner worked with a Republican colleague on the Banking Committee, Bob Corker, to write a key portion of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that seeks to end taxpayer bailouts of failing Wall
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Warner, Senator Lamar Alexander, and Representatives Tom Petri and David Price requested that the American Academy of Arts and Sciences form The Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences
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2009· 3 entries
Warner was appointed to the Senate's Banking, Budget, and Commerce committees
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Warner voted for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the stimulus bill
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Career landmark: United States senator (2009–2011).
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2008· 2 entries
And had "done everything but announce his candidacy" before suddenly announcing in October 2006 he would not run for president, citing family reasons
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“pick for vice president. It would be a low-risk, out-of-the-spotlight kind of campaign that has none of the downsides of a presidential bid. We will know sometime in the spring or summer of 2008 whether that succeeds. In the meantime, we”
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2007· 1 entry
Announced that he would run for the U
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2005· 1 entry
Warner commuted the death sentence of Robin Lovitt to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole
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2004· 2 entries
Career landmark: chairperson (2004–2005).
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Warner worked with Democratic and moderate Republican legislators and the business community to reform the tax code, lowering food and some income taxes while increasing the sales and cigarette taxes
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2003· 2 entries
And again in 2005, reducing the majorities built up by Republicans in the 1990s
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To pressure the Atlantic Coast Conference into revoking an invitation it had already extended to Syracuse University
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2002· 2 entries
Career landmark: Governor of Virginia (2002–2006).
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Warner drew upon a $900 million "rainy day fund" left by his predecessor, Jim Gilmore
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2001· 3 entries
Lovitt's lawyers stated that a court clerk illegally destroyed evidence that was used against Lovitt during his trial, but that could have possibly exonerated him upon further DNA testing
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Warner campaigned for governor as a moderate Democrat after years of slowly building up a power base in rural Virginia, particularly Southwest Virginia
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Campaign: 2001 election.
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1996· 3 entries
Election lost: 1996 U.S. Senate election.
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Against incumbent Republican John Warner (no relation) in a "Warner versus Warner" election
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Campaign: 1996 U.S. Senate election.
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1993· 1 entry
Career landmark: chairperson (1993–1995).
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1989· 3 entries
Using his knowledge of federal telecommunications law to trade pieces of cellular spectrum, and built up an estimated net worth of more than $215 million
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In Egypt and Greece, Warner became ill; when he returned home, doctors discovered he had suffered a near-fatal burst appendix
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While on their honeymoon in 1989 in Egypt and Greece, Warner became ill; when he returned home, doctors discovered he had suffered a near-fatal burst appendix.
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1980· 2 entries
And coached the law school's first intramural women's basketball team
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Studied at Harvard Law School, Juris Doctor (1980).
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1977· 1 entry
Studied at George Washington University, Bachelor of Arts (1977).
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1976· 1 entry
“The actions of an agent of the commonwealth, in a manner contrary to the express direction of the law, comes at the expense of a defendant facing society”
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1954· 1 entry
Born 1954-12-15.
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