Warner kickoff in Norfolk

The USS Wisconsin provided the backdrop for this morning’s campaign kickoff for Senatorial candidate Mark Warner. Here are some photos. As always, click to enlarge.

AP writer Bob Lewis did a decent job covering the event in his article here so I won’t repeat it. According to Lewis, there were about 350 people there, which seems a reasonable estimate to me. Elected officials from throughout the region were there as well, including at least a couple Republicans. I guess Warner’s “radical centrist” message is working.

We were treated to introductory speeches by Norfolk Mayor Paul Fraim, Sen. L. Louise Lucas, Congressman Bobby Scott, former Congressman Owen Pickett and two Admirals. The former governor met with a veterans’ group prior to coming on the stage. Accompanying him on this trip was his wife, Lisa, and two of his teenaged daughters.

All in all, it was a beautiful day in Downtown Norfolk and Warner got a great sendoff from Hampton Roads.

This entry was written by vjp and posted on Monday, May 5, 2008 at 5:57 pm and filed under Local, Norfolk, Politics, Virginia. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

3 Comments

  1. Brian Kirwin
    Posted Monday, May 5, 2008 at 6:51 pm | Permalink

    So, the “radical centrist” only had Democrats speaking…no Republicans?

    How not surprising!

  2. David
    Posted Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 1:39 pm | Permalink

    “Elected officials from throughout the region were there as well, including at least a couple Republicans.”
    Who were they? Just wondering.

  3. vjp
    Posted Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 8:33 pm | Permalink

    I’ll let them out themselves :)


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