“Gilmore came close to beating Warner because he is a business oriented, establishment Republican, the only kind that has a chance of winning state-wide in Virginia.”
You may be thinking of the Gillespie challenge to Warner in 2014. Gilmore lost by 20% to Warner during the Year of the Anointed in 2008.
You ‘re right, thanks for correction, harder and harder to keep them separated. Seems like every politician in the ‘commonwealth’ is named Warner or has a name that starts with a ‘G’