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al board Oct. 11. » ) '— Getting his " vision of the future through to Virginia voters has been an uphill battle, however.
He still trails Senator John Warner significantly in polls. The latest Virginia Commonwealth University poll, released earlier this month; shows Mark Warner behind by 16 percentage points.
He has already spent more than $6 million of his own money to finance his campaign; most of that money has gone toward buying television air time.
In his ads, he criticizes. Sen. Warner for his stands on Medicare, the environment and education. Most of the attacks focus on the senator's support for the GOP-led Congress's 1995 budget resolution — the nonbinding spending blueprint that called for massive cuts in federal spending.
Mr. Warner said, if elected, he would make balancing the federal budget a top priority.
"I'm willing to take the political hit of not proposing a tax cut until we get the fiscal house in order," he said.
To balance the budget, Mr. Warner recommends several cuts, including reining in Medicare spending, ending Corporate entitlements and selling a few B-2 bombers.
But many voters are leaning toward the incumbent because of his seniority, which has helped Virginia win many military contracts including a huge submarine building contract for Newport News and highway improvement funds.
Nevertheless, Mark Warner responded, "I believe you can make up with energy and passion what you lack in seniority."
He said he is encouraged that he has been gaining ground in the polls and is confident that he will be ejected.
"I feel we've made tremendous progress in this race...there's been a steady increase in me and a steady decrease in John."
The poll, released Sunday, concluded that Mark Warner's jump in popularity was due to revelations that Sen. Warner's campaign ran a television ad with a doctored photograph.
But, Mark Warner knows there is still a long way to go.
He said he will continue to emphasize "the contradictions in what Sen. Warner says and what he does — the focus of his television advertising blitz. And he says he will continue to hammer home the differences in their visions of the future.
Virginia's path to the future is going to go one of two ways, according to Mr. Warner. Either the state will split into the information technology haves and have-nots, or all parts of Virginia will rise to and prosper in the technology revolution.
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