HAMPTON, Va. — Former Gov. Mark Warner removed himself Saturday from consideration as a vice presidential running mate for Democrat Barack Obama.
Warner clarified his intentions for the first time as he accepted the Virginia Democratic Convention’s nomination for a U.S. Senate race this fall.
“I have not sought, and I will not accept, any other opportunity,” Warner told cheering convention delegates.
Both parties say Virginia is in play this year, and Obama has shown he intends to campaign aggressively in a state the Democrats last won in a presidential election in 1964. His first campaign swing after securing the delegates necessary for the Democratic nomination was June 5 through Virginia.
Warner is favored over Republican former Gov. Jim Gilmore in the Senate race. The Associated Press
