Congressional Races to Watch '08: A GOP Seat Up for Grabs in Upstate New York

Races to Watch ‘08: A Different Warner Dominates Virginia Virginian candidates for U.S. Senate, Democrat Mark Warner, left, and Republican Jim Gilmore, right. There's a Warner running for the U.S. Senate in Virginia, as there has been for the last three decades. As in years past, this Warner holds a significant money lead, is tall with a square jaw, is a moderate and, for a politician at least, is considered quite dashing amongst the ladies-that-take-afternoon-tea set. But this year the candidate is not the usual Warner, Elizabeth Taylor's ex-husband John Warner, 81, the centrist Republican who is retiring after 30 years in the Senate. This senatorial wannabe is Mark Warner, 53, a popular former Virginia governor, moderate Democrat and no relation of John's. And name recognition is far from being Mark Warner's only advantage... [read full story]