Mark Warner : Ask Biography

Personal data

Date of birth

December 15, 1954(age 62)

Place of birth

Indianapolis, Indiana

Political party

Democratic

Spouse

Lisa Collis

Residence

Alexandria, Virginia

Alma mater

George Washington University (B.A.)
Harvard University (J.D.)

Profession

Telecommunications Executive

Religion

Presbyterian

Assumed office

January 3, 2009

Serving with Jim Webb

Preceded by

John Warner

69th Governor of Virginia

In office

January 14, 2002 - January 14, 2006

Lieutenant

Tim Kaine

Succeeded by

Tim Kaine

Preceded by

Jim Gilmore

Chairman of the Democratic Party of Virginia

In office

1993 - 1995

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Mark Robert Warner (born December 15, 1954) is an American politician and businessman, currently serving in the United States Senate as the junior senator from the Commonwealth of Virginia. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Warner was the 69th governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006 and is the honorary chairman of the Forward Together PAC. Warner delivered the keynote address before the nation at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Mark Warner's experience as a congressional staffer and Democratic Party fundraiser in the 1980s prompted his involvement in telecommunications venture capital; he founded the firm Columbia Capital.

In 2006 he was widely expected to pursue the Democratic nomination in the 2008 U.S. presidential elections; however, he announced in October 2006 that he would not run, citing a desire not to disrupt his family life. Warner was considered to be a potential vice presidential pick, but upon receiving the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate he announced that he "will not accept any other opportunity." He is expected to become the state's senior senator when Jim Webb retires from the Senate in January 2013. He currently serves on the board of National Democratic Institute for International Affairs.