Mark Warner Has $5.3 Million in the Bank
Former governor Mark R. Warner (D) has raised almost $8 million for his U.S. Senate campaign, and has $5.3 million in the bank, according to campaign finance reports he plans to release today.
Since April 1, Warner has taken in $1.5 million. Warner's numbers' show he has about a $5 million cash-on-hand advantage over his likely GOP rival in the fall, former governor James S. Gilmore III.
Earlier this month, Gilmore loaned his campaign $50,000. Gilmore, who stresses he will still be competitive this fall, has about $200,000 in the bank.
Before you write off Gilmore's chances, remember this: In July of 2006, Sen. James Webb (D) had only $424,000 in the bank. His opponent, former senator George Allen (R), had $6.6 million in the bank.
Webb went on to raise about $8 million by the November election, and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee kicked in millions more to keep him competitive with Allen in the money race.
By Tim Craig |
May 22, 2008; 1:40 PM ET
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Posted by: Anonymous | May 22, 2008 2:01 PM
The difference here is Mrk Warner is a brilliant politician who wont be foolish enough to call a minority some kind of quasi-racial slur and chuckle.
Posted by: Aaron | May 22, 2008 4:22 PM
Is this his campaign account or personal wealth?
America needs more ultra-rich senators.
Posted by: Anonymous | May 22, 2008 4:37 PM
Has Mark Warner ever chuckled? His pictures always have that child-molester sneer.
Posted by: Pat | May 22, 2008 4:38 PM
Wow, what's with the child molester fascination? Mark Warner is a brilliant politician, with a good track record, a broad base of support and the backing of the National party....
Gilmore won an election by using a cheap ploy, repealing car taxes, which resulted in the worse budget crisis since the reconstruction period.
There is no correlation to the Webb-Allen race, as Webb was a dynamic candidate who built momemtum, while Allen made one of the biggest political blunders in Virginia history.
Posted by: anonymous | May 22, 2008 5:51 PM
Who cares how much money Mark Warner raises? You can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig! Mark Warner is a Chris Dodd liberal from Connecticut and he should not be in the U.S. Senate representing Virginia.
Posted by: Red Ryder | May 22, 2008 6:22 PM
Ummmm... right. Please put me, for one, officially on record as writing off Gilmore's chances.
Posted by: ryan | May 22, 2008 6:22 PM
I don't think money matters one bit in this race. Gilmore has a large number of detractors out there - and that's only the Republicans. I know of a number of very prominent Republicans, including senior level folks around George Allen, who have said the won't publicly endorse Warner, but they will vote for him. Gilmore botched the CarTax issue. He blew the budget. He set in place an infrastructure disaster that we still can't clean up, and he left no legacy of improvement whatsoever. He was a Republican Obama - all talk, no results. Warner is going to wipe his shoes with Gilmore. As sad is this is - the Republicans have a better chance with Marshall on the ticket than Gilmore.
Posted by: WJS | May 22, 2008 7:59 PM
Republicans should take a page from the Democrat playbook and nominate Wilder.
Posted by: Anonymous | May 22, 2008 9:22 PM
If Mark Warner only has $5.3 million in the bank, where is the rest of his money? Hidden in offshore tax shelters? Funding terrorism around the globe? Show me the money!
Posted by: Cuba | May 23, 2008 4:39 PM
Gilmore was such an awful failure as govenor. Gilmore needs to hide in the same dark hole with George Allen. Mark Warner and the rest of the dems will clean house come November in Virginia.
Posted by: Anonymous | May 25, 2008 12:17 AM
Right on, Gilmore caused 9-11 and the .com bust. What's next?
Posted by: Anonymous | May 27, 2008 3:19 PM
Mark Warner would never clean a house when he could hire an illegal to do it for him.
Posted by: Anonymous | May 27, 2008 5:04 PM
I hope the truth seethes out through M. Warner's fish lips -- that is, I hope the Commonwealth learns of all the sleazy, NOVAn Big Whigs Warner's in bed with.
Posted by: Anonymous | May 28, 2008 6:23 AM
Since ROVA rarely, if ever gets a say in its statewide elections, the onus is on NOVA to vote with reason -- this means electing the candidate whose sense of reality isn't warped and who chooses the hard right over the easy wrong...
The candidate to elect should not look to polls/public opinion to guide his reason, but rather to his principles to make decisions.
(HINT: The referred candidate isn't pocketing $200 million.)
Posted by: Anonymous | May 28, 2008 6:35 AM
Ron Paul?
Posted by: Anonymous | May 28, 2008 12:44 PM
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Yes, but Gilmore doesn't share Webb's affinity for writing graphic descriptions of child molestation. Without that, he can't win Northern Virginia.