ISSUE #7 – I Campaigned for Warner

“I traveled all over the Commonwealth campaigning for Mark Warner when he ran in 2001.”

– Terry McAuliffe, The Politics Hour with Mark Plotkin. February 20, 2009

FACTS

It seems that Terry McAuliffe was not, in fact, an active surrogate for Mark Warner’s 2001 campaign.

Mark Warner’s campaign manager, Steve Jarding, said, “While we had a good working relationship with the DNC, and we appreciated the support they gave, and while Terry may have come to an event or two, when he says he campaigned all over Virginia for Warner, I do not recall that happening.”

A Lexis search for stories in 2001 does not return a single Virginia newspaper chronicling any event where McAuliffe was a surrogate for Warner between January 1 and November 7, 2001.

Relevant Details:

Lexis was searched for the words “Warner” within 50 words of the word “McAuliffe” any time between January 1st of 2001 and Election Day 2001.

Search used: Warner w/50 McAuliffe and date(geq (1/1/2001) and leq (11/7/2001))

Steve Jarding was Mark Warner’s campaign manager in the 2001 race for Governor and Jim Webb’s 2006 campaign for US Senate. He is currently General Consultant for Brian Moran’s campaign.