Election Post #3

-My election post is based on the race for the Virginia Senate seat, between Mark Warner and Jim Gilmore.
-Jim Gilmore is the republican candidate for the Virginia Senate. He has shown devotion to his country by volunteering for the United States Army, and even receiving honors after completing training at the Army Intelligence School and Defense Language Institute. After returning to Virginia, Gilmore received a degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. He ran for Attorney General, won, and then later in 1997 won the race for Virginia Governor.
-Mark Warner, now running for the Virginia Senate seat as a democrat, served as the governor of Virginia for 2002-06. His administration recieved six billion dollars in budget shortfalls, which allowed him to place the largest investment in history into Virginia schools. Warner also put extra money into cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay, which was suffering from immense pollution. Before Warner's run in politics, he displayed his leadership ability by co-founding a telecommunications company that would soon become NEXTEL.
-Currently Warner holds 58.6% of the polling votes, while Gilmore holds 30.4%
-The most pressing issues on this campaign trail are : energy, taxes, health care, and education