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Senator Confident
Record Will Win
By DAN LOWREY and
MATTHEW BROWN
Times Newspapers Staff Writers
John Warner may still hold a significant lead in polls, but in the battle for a seat in the U.S. Senate, money has a wearing effect.
And his challenger, Alexandria telecommunications tycoon Mark Warner has plenty of it.
This summer, Mark Warner began flooding the airwaves with a $5 million television advertising campaign that attacked the Republican senator's record. Some polls indicate he is gaining somewhat on the senator's lead.
Since then. Sen. Warner has been touring the state in an attempt to answer his challenger's charges and set the record straight.
"No Republican other than myself could withstand that amount of campaign spending," said Sen. Warner at an interview with the Times Community Newspapers editorial board.
For John Warner, 69, raising money comes the old-fashioned way: through working constituents and special interests for their support.
"An essential part of being elected is the ability to convince other people to give money to your campaign," he said. He added that putting enormous amounts of one's own money into a
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