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(Photo: CBS)
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Warner announced on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006, that he WILL NOT seek the nomination
Age: 52
Born: December 15, 1954, Indianapolis, Ind.
Education: B.A., George Washington University, 1977; J.D. Harvard University, 1980
Military:
Family: Married (Lisa Collis); 3 children
Hometown: Alexandria, Va.
Religion: Presbyterian
Career: Governor of Virginia, 2002-2006; Managing Director, Columbia Capitol Corp., 1989-2001.
Warner was elected governor of Virginia in 2001, the first Democrat to be elected since 1989, when Warner managed Douglas Wilder's successful campaign for Governor.
Once in office, Warner had to cope with the state’s fiscal problems. He ruled out a tax increase, and cut $858 million in spending and laid off 1,800 state employees. In November 2003, Virginia seemed to be in danger of losing its AAA bond rating. Warner presented his new fiscal plan, which included increases in the income, sales and cigarette taxes. After much debate, the Republican-led Virginia legislature passed a $1.3 billion tax increase in April 2004.
From 1993 to 1995, he served as Virginia Democratic chairman. In 1996, he ran against Republican Senator John Warner (no relation) and spent $10 million of his own money on the campaign; he ran well throughout the state and lost to the Republican Warner by a 52 percent - 47 percent margin, his closest since his first election in 1978.
Warner was the first in his family to graduate from college.
Warner was limited to one term. As governor, he twice called for a constitutional amendment to allow future governors of Virginia to serve two terms but it was rejected by the state legislature.
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