Mark Warner the Dealmaker: From Business Success to the Business of Governing

by Will Payne, Governor Terry McAuliffe (Foreword by), Quentin Kidd (Afterword)

Overview

When Mark Warner left office in 2006 with an 80 percent approval rating, TIME magazine called him one of "America's Five Best Governors." Virginia was ranked the best-managed state in the nation, the best state for business and the best state for educational opportunity. When Warner began his term in 2002, the commonwealth was in the midst of its worst fiscal crisis in forty years, and partisan bickering had brought political discourse in Richmond to a standstill. An entrepreneur from a young age, Warner became the world's first cellular industry broker and later co-founded Nextel. The conservative Democrat came in with a plan to turn Virginia around and restore the public's trust in state government, winning the support of battle-hardened Republican legislators. This is the story of how Mark Warner entered the governor's office a hands-on dealmaker and emerged a statesman.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781625851123
Publisher:	The History Press
Publication date:	08/31/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	368
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Born and raised in Richmond, Will Payne is the principal of Bull Moose Strategies, LLC. He led three "Virginians For" campaigns for statewide candidates for governor and the U.S. Senate and specializes in coalitions of Republicans, business leaders, elected officials, law enforcement, sportsmen and veterans. Will is a 2001 graduate of the College of William & Mary, and in 2005 was named a Fellow of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia.