Quoth Tom Perriello on December 11th: Our brave troops serving overseas absolutely deserve to have their voices heard and their votes counted in this election and all elections as they fight for our Democracy. That is why I strongly believe that those military ballots in question that arrived late and were held aside should be …
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Perriello outspent Goode by 50%.
The final campaign finance numbers are in for the 5th District race, and it looks like Tom Perriello just buried Virgil Goode in money. Goode spent $1.8M, while Perriello spent $1.7M, but the difference was made up by outside groups. Various political committees spent $150k on behalf of Goode, compared to $1.2M on behalf of …
5th CD recount scheduled.
Rick Sincere tells me that it’s official: the 5th District recount will be held on Tuesday, December 16. The specific rules dictating how this recount will be conducted will be set by the circuit court on the morning of Friday the 12th. As I’ve said, it’s just hugely unlikely that the results are going to …
Tom Perriello needs your help for the recount.
Tom Perriello’s campaign needs money for their recount—he needs attorneys, staff to handle the process, and he’s got to keep his office running and core staff paid. After all, he’s only Congressman-elect Perriello at this point. I just sent $25—not much, but it’s what I can do. I hope other Perriello supporters will continue doing …
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Perriello wins; Goode seeks a recount.
Tom Perriello has been certified as the winner in the 5th CD election, with a lead of 745 votes. Rep. Virgil Goode is challenging the outcome, and understandably enough. It’s being called a “recount,” but no actual recounting takes place. It’s more of a re-canvas, making sure that the total number of votes on each …
How the Fifth was won and where it got us.
Lloyd Snook explains the years of ground work that were necessary for Tom Perriello to win here in the Fifth District.
Maybe Goode spent -$1M on the race?
Virgil Goode complains that Tom Perriello outspent him by $3,000,000. Does anybody have the faintest idea of what he’s talking about? Does this have some basis in crazy-math, or did Goode just invent this astronomical figure?
The 58th’s move leftward.
I live in Del. Rob Bell’s district, the 58th, and I’ve been keeping an eye on the voting trends here. Perriello defeated Goode in this district by 25,826 votes to 20,996 votes, or with 55% of the vote. (Note that Orange County is not in the 5th Congressional District, so I substituted the presidential numbers …
Martinsville: Stuck with the check and a worthless building.
You might remember the MZM building in Martinsville. That’s the consolation prize that the city was left with after Rep. Virgil Goode convinced the city to cosign on the state’s incentive package for MZM to move in. The company was exposed for giving hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent donations to Goode, they disappeared, …
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Perriello vote-counting JavaScript.
Spending every waking hour obsessively checking on the status of the SBE canvas in the 5th District? Here’s a little something to make your life easier: If you’re a blogger, just insert this code into your site to give your readers the latest numbers: <script src="http://waldo.jaquith.org/recount/perriello.js" type="text/javascript"></script> It’s updated every five minutes with data from …