Mark R. Warner
What this job does: One of Virginia's two votes in the U.S. Senate. Senators write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and approve or reject the president's picks for federal judges, the Supreme Court and the Cabinet. A term is six years.
- Current office
- U.S. Senator from Virginia (since 2009)
- Occupation
- U.S. Senator
- Lives in
- Alexandria
Background
- Former technology entrepreneur and venture capitalist who invested in telecommunications companies in the 1980s and 1990s. source: virginiamercury.com
- Elected governor of Virginia in 2001. source: virginiamercury.com
- Elected to the U.S. Senate in 2008 and has served since 2009; reelected in 2020 with 56% of the vote. source: virginiamercury.com
- Vice chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. source: virginiamercury.com
- Filed in March 2026 to run for a fourth Senate term. source: virginiamercury.com
- Warner has said this would be the final Senate term if reelected. source: wjla.com
In their own words
What the candidate says they will work on, from their campaign site or their answers to news-outlet questionnaires. We list it as stated and do not rate it.
- Lower costs and an economy "ready for the changes ahead" source: virginiamercury.com
- Making sure workers and businesses are ready as artificial intelligence changes the economy source: virginiamercury.com
- Creating good-paying jobs for Virginians source: virginiamercury.com
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