James Stuart Gilmore III is an American politician, diplomat and former attorney who served as the 68th governor of Virginia from 1998 to 2002. A member of the Republican Party, Gilmore also chaired t
Official portrait, 2019
Gilmore campaigning in New Hampshire
Gilmore taking questions during a 2004 National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee meeting.
Mark Robert Warner is an American businessman and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Virginia, a seat he has held since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Warner served a
Jim Gilmore
…Constitution forbids any governor from serving consecutive terms, so Gilmore could not run for a second term in 2001. He was succeeded by Democrat Mark Warner, who took office in early 2002. A "Draft Gilmore for President" group was formed in August 2006 encouraging Gilmore to run for President of the United…
Warner speaking in Philadelphia, May 2006
Warner with Virginia House of Delegates minority leader Ward Armstrong (left) and then-U.S. Senator Jim Webb (right), November 4, 2007
Warner accepts the nomination as the Democratic candidate for the Senate.