Mark Warner, Ed Gillespie trade barbs in first Senate debate

Published July 28, 2014 5:09pm ET



Sen. Mark Warner and Republican challenger Ed Gillespie met over the weekend for the first debate in the 2014 Virginia Senate race.

Warner, a Democrat who leads by double digits in most public polls released throughout the campaign, traded barbs with Gillespie during the 90-minute debate which was actually held across the Virginia border in neighboring West Virginia. However, you wouldn’t know Warner was the comfortable incumbent during the 90-minute debate, as the two attacked each other on issues ranging from Warner’s voting history in the Senate to Gillespie’s time as a Washington lobbyist.

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