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Title: Mark Warner considering 2013 Gov. run in VA Post by: Tender Branson on September 29, 2012, 11:11:46 PM "It's no newsflash that sometimes the Senate frustrates me."
-- Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), in an interview with NBC 12, when asked if he was contemplating another bid for Virginia governor next year. http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/09/29/bonus_quote_of_the_day.html Title: Re: Mark Warner considering 2013 Gov. run in VA Post by: Skill and Chance on September 30, 2012, 01:31:04 AM Mark Warner is the only Dem who could compete in VA if Obama is president in 2013. Look up the state's voting history.
Title: Re: Mark Warner considering 2013 Gov. run in VA Post by: greenforest32 on September 30, 2012, 10:39:46 AM I'd prefer Tom Perriello or Glenn Nye, but this is okay. Maybe when Warner wins he can appoint Perriello or Nye? How would that work? Wouldn't Warner have to resign from his seat to run for Governor thus triggering a special election or an appointment by the current governor? Title: Re: Mark Warner considering 2013 Gov. run in VA Post by: Lief 🗽 on September 30, 2012, 03:11:01 PM Why would Warner have to resign from his seat to run? He would just resign from his seat the day before he was sworn in as governor.
Title: Re: Mark Warner considering 2013 Gov. run in VA Post by: krazen1211 on September 30, 2012, 05:25:27 PM McDonnell will appoint some flunkie and then run for the vacant senate seat in 2014.
Title: Re: Mark Warner considering 2013 Gov. run in VA Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on September 30, 2012, 06:17:14 PM I'd actually heard this a while ago from our County Prosecutor, who's relatively in with the Democratic Party in NOVA. It'd be very interesting, if true. It would also give me hope for a Warner '16 run.
Title: Re: Mark Warner considering 2013 Gov. run in VA Post by: Atlas Has Shrugged on September 30, 2012, 06:40:34 PM I always thought Virginia had a one term limit.
Title: Re: Mark Warner considering 2013 Gov. run in VA Post by: Zioneer on September 30, 2012, 07:51:48 PM I always thought Virginia had a one term limit. Consecutively. So unlimited number of terms, but you have to pull a Grover Cleveland each time? Title: Re: Mark Warner considering 2013 Gov. run in VA Post by: morgieb on September 30, 2012, 09:16:33 PM I always thought Virginia had a one term limit. Consecutively. So unlimited number of terms, but you have to pull a Grover Cleveland each time? It looks like it. Title: The Lief Institute for Mark Warner Shenanigans Post by: Mr. Morden on September 30, 2012, 11:15:26 PM Why would Warner have to resign from his seat to run? He would just resign from his seat the day before he was sworn in as governor. A lot of times politicians in the days after the election and before being sworn in, they resign from their current seat to begin a transitional period to the next. But why would Warner do that in this case, when doing so means that McDonnell gets to pick the state's next senator? Warner would obviously wait until the last possible minute to resign, so that McDonnell doesn't have time to pick the replacement senator. Title: Re: Mark Warner considering 2013 Gov. run in VA Post by: Lief 🗽 on September 30, 2012, 11:32:44 PM Just my luck: finally get an institute named after me, but the institute is about Mark Warner. :(
Title: The Lief Institute for Complaining About Institute Names Post by: Mr. Morden on October 01, 2012, 12:28:42 AM If Warner is elected governor in 2013, and appoints his own successor in the senate, then that appointment would last for less than a year anyway, because there'd be a special election for the seat in November 2014, correct?
Does McDonnell then decide to run for that seat in 2014, rather than waste his time on a longshot presidential bid in 2016? Title: Re: The Lief Institute for Complaining About Institute Names Post by: morgieb on October 01, 2012, 03:12:58 AM If Warner is elected governor in 2013, and appoints his own successor in the senate, then that appointment would last for less than a year anyway, because there'd be a special election for the seat in November 2014, correct? Does McDonnell then decide to run for that seat in 2014, rather than waste his time on a longshot presidential bid in 2016? Title: Mark Warner considering 2013 Gov. run in VA Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on October 11, 2012, 09:25:14 AM If Warner is elected governor in 2013, and appoints his own successor in the senate, then that appointment would last for less than a year anyway, because there'd be a special election for the seat in November 2014, correct? Does McDonnell then decide to run for that seat in 2014, rather than waste his time on a longshot presidential bid in 2016? No special election - term ends in 2014. I imagine McDonnell would run for the seat, rather than risking a 2016 run. Of course, it could risk a fight with Cuccinelli and Bolling. |