Mark Warner, Ed Gillespie trade barbs in first Senate debate

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.