Former Republican Sen. John Warner (VA) has endorsed Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) for reelection, according to the Associated Press.
Former Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie is challenging Warner in 2014.
The former Republican senator actually was Sen. Warner’s predecessor. Sen. Warner’s campaign will likely repeatedly highlight this endorsement as the Democratic senator’s re-election campaign has focused on his bipartisan appeal.
The former Republican senator was known as something of a maverick during his three decades in the Senate. Sen. John Warner also defeated current-Sen. Mark Warner in 1996 when the Democrat made his first run at the Senate.
The Warners are not related.
