Mark Warner

Mark Warner: Biography in Details

Who is Mark Warner?

Mark Warner is an American politician plus a businessman.

Mark Warner is a member of the Democratic Party. He is currently serving as the senior United States Senator from Virginia since 2009.

Mark is also the vice-chair of both the Senate Democratic Caucus and the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Previously, Mark was the 69th Governor of Virginia. He held the office from 2002 to 2006.

He was also the honorary chairman of the Forward Together PAC.

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Talking about his early life, he was born on December 15, 1954, in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.

His birth name is Mark Robert Warner and has Caucasian ethnicity.

He is the son of Robert F. Warner (father) and Marjorie Johnston Warner (mother).

He has a younger sister named Lisa Warner.  He spent his childhood in Illinois and Vernon, Connecticut.

While Mark was in Connecticut, he graduated from Rockville High School.

At that time, Mark Warner was class president for three years. After that, he attended George Washington University with a minor in political science education.

From there, he graduated with his B.A. degree in 1977.

After that, he attended Harvard Law School and received his law degree.

Mark Warner: Professional Life, Career

Mark Warner began his career as a staffer to U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd in the early 1980s.

He then worked in the field of telecommunication law.

After that, he became involved in public health care, telecommunications, information technology, and education.

At that time, he created four investment funds across Virginia and donated millions to charity.

After that, he ran for the U.S. Senate in 1996 against incumbent Republican John Warner.

However, he lost the election. He then campaigned for governor as a moderate Democrat in 2001.

Mark defeated Republican candidate Mark Earley and won the election.

Mark Warner became governor of Virginia in 2002 and held office until 2006. Mark was a possible VP choice for Barack Obama during the 2008 Presidential elections.

However, he stated in October 2006 that he would not run for president.

In 2008, Mark ran for the United States Senate election in Virginia, 2008.

He became the senior United States Senator from Virginia in 2009.

Since then, he serves as the senior United States Senator from Virginia.

As a senator, he successfully advocated for the Department of Veterans Affairs to expand access to PTSD treatment for female military veterans returning from service in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In addition, Mark Warner is the vice chair of both the Senate Democratic Caucus and the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Net Worth and Salary

As of 2023, this politician’s estimated net worth is $320 million.

He is also a businessman and is involved in the farming and winemaking industry.

He also owns a house in Virginia.

As per the sources, a senator receives an average yearly salary of around $174k.

Mark Warner’s Rumors, and Controversy

Currently, there are no rumors regarding his personal life and professional career.

In 2014, Ed Gillespie criticized him for using taxpayer money to fly in a luxury airplane.

In October 2014, Warner was suspected to be involved in a federal investigation of the 2014 resignation of Virginia State Senator Phillip Puckett.

Mark Warner was said to have discussed the possibility of several jobs for the senator’s daughter in an effort to dissuade him from quitting the evenly divided state Senate.

Republican Party of Virginia filed a formal complaint against Warner in January 2015 with the United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics.

They filed the complaint alleging Warner’s interactions with Puckett violated the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Mark Warner’s height is 1.85m, weight is 80 kg and other body measurements are unknown.

His eye color and hair color are dark browns.

Is Mark Warner active on social media?

American Politician Mark is currently involved in social media.

Mark Warner has a huge fan following on his Twitter. Around 489.3k fan follows him on Twitter.

While he has 26.2k followers on his Instagram. He has more than 168.5k followers on Facebook.

Besides these, he is also active on Google Plus and YouTube.

He has over 49k followers on Google Plus and 1.2k subscribers on his Youtube profile.

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