Elected governor of Virginia, def. Attorney General Mark Earley by 52%-47%. | NGA Chair, 2004-5 (redesigning the Am. high school). | Term limited. His popularity helps boost Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine to win. | Jan.
14-Finishes term as governor.
Oct. 12-Rules out 2008 presidential run. |
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Founding chairman Virginia Health Care Foundation. | Chairman of the Democratic Party of Virginia, 1993- June 1995. | Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate; def. by inc. Sen. John Warner by 53% to 47%. | Virginia High-Tech Partnership. Helps start Southwest One, a venture capital fund. |
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Graduates from Harvard Law School. Job as DNC fundraiser for 1 1/2 years . | ?Invests in energy start-up. Tries real estate in Atlanta. First cellular telephone deal. | With Morgan O‘Brien co-founds Fleet Call, Inc (which later became Nextel). | Co-founds Columbia Capital. Marries Lisa Collis. Runs Doug Wilder's race for governor. |
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Graduates from Rockville High School in Vernon, CT. Starts at GWU. Also jobs.... | ...opens mail for Sen. Abe Ribacoff (D-CT). Works for Rep. Ella Grasso (D-CT)... | Legislative assistant to Rep. Chris Dodd (D-CT). | Graduates from the George Washington University. |
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note | About three years in Washington, IL (near Peoria). | Moves to CT in 8th grade. |
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Born Dec. 15, 1954 in Indianapolis, IN. | ...lives in Indianapolis for his first 11 years... |
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![]() Mark Warner as a child (at left). |
![]() Running for Governor in 2001. |
![]() With his father Robert Warner in the new Office of the Governor, during the Capitol renovation, April 2005. |
Copyright © 2006 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action |