Gilmore 3 facts CommentE-mail Jim Gilmore lost a 2008 U.S. Senate bid to Democrat Mark Warner by 31 percentage points, with Warner garnering nearly twice as many votes as Gilmore. During his 2008 U.S. Senate bid, Jim Gilmore raised about $2.2 million, about 10% of which came from finance, insurance & real estate interests. In 2009, Jim Gilmore launched the Gilmore Global Group, a “boutique consulting firm” based in Virginia.