Democrat Tom Perriello is proceeding with preparing to take over as 5th district Congressman from Republican incumbent Virgil Goode, even though a recount is likely pending in the race.

An unknown number of late-arriving absentee ballots cast by U.S. military personnel overseas have not yet been counted in the photo finish race between Democrat Tom Perriello of Ivy and U.S. Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr., R-Rocky Mount.

A week after Election Day, vote totals are still fluctuating in the 5th Congressional District race.

A lead by Tom Perriello over Virgil Goode in Virginia’s 5th District narrowed a bit Monday, according to the State Board of Elections Web site.

Democrat Tom Perriello declared victory Friday in the 5th Congressional District race against Rep. Virgil Goode, sitting on a 745-vote lead after three up-and-down days of canvassing the returns from Tuesday’s election.

Republican Congressman Virgil Goode said at a news conference Friday that he will wait until Nov. 24, when the state Board of Elections is scheduled to certify vote totals.

The Fifth Congressional District race between Democrat Tom Perriello and Rep. Virgil Goode remains too close to call. Perriello began today with a 31-vote lead, and by 3 p.m. it had widened to 834 votes.

Updated 3:19 p.m. Now, the State Board of Elections says Tom Perriello leads with 157,455 votes to Goode’s 157,425 - a mere 30 votes.

Virginia’s 5th Congressional District race between Rep. Virgil Goode and Tom Perriello, seen as a sleeper two months ago, is now a slugfest of attack ads about money and sex.

In what some pundits are calling the “sleeper race” of this election, Congressman Virgil Goode and his Democratic challenger are fighting to the bitter end.

The two congressional candidates for Virginia’s 5th District talked policy and traded pointed jabs in a packed and rowdy room Tuesday night at American Legion Post 325.

WASHINGTON - The congressional race between Republican Rep. Virgil Goode and Democratic challenger Tom Perriello is coming down to a debate about effectiveness in the campaign’s final weeks.

Fifth District incumbent Virgil Goode and challenger Tom Perriello outline their positions.

Democrat Tom Perriello’s campaign says a new television attack ad sponsored by Congressman Virgil Goode is inaccurate.

U.S. Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr. — a vocal proponent of domestic drilling for oil and gas — voted against a bill that would have authorized new oil drilling between 50 and 100 miles off America’s coasts.