Rep. Tom Perriello, D-5th District, recently issued a news release touting a $500,000 earmark he requested in an appropriations bill for a Halifax County wastewater treatment plant. Perriello, however, voted against that bill in June.

The head of the “grassroots” lobbying firm that sent bogus letters to U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello and two other congressman apologized Thursday to a congressional panel investigating the deception.

At least two issues stand between Rep. Tom Perriello, D-5th District, and a “yes” vote on the health care bill that was proposed in the House of Representatives this week, he and his spokeswoman said Friday.

A candidate for the Fifth District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives announced Thursday he is removing himself from the Republican ticket to restructure his campaign as an independent.

A Campbell County resident entered the Fifth District scramble Friday for the Republican nomination to run against Democratic Rep. Tom Perriello in 2010.

State Sen. Robert Hurt, R-Chatham, said Tuesday he would file with the Federal Election Commission today to run for Congress in 2010 in the Fifth District against Democratic Rep. Tom Perriello.

Rep. Tom Perriello, D-5th District, and nine other freshman Democrats have asked congressional leaders to include seven items in health care legislation that their constituents suggested in August meetings.

What was the reaction to President Obama’s speech? WSLS checked in with two of our area congressman, Democrat Tom Perriello and Republican Bob Goodlatte, to get their take.

Bradley Rees, a candidate for the Republican nomination to run for Congress from the 5th District in 2010, was convicted Wednesday of illegally possessing concealed weapons.

Laurence Verga has formally launched his campaign for the GOP nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello, D-Ivy, in next year’s mid-term congressional race.

Being a district chairman for a political party usually is a low-profile task, but Tucker Watkins has had a busy summer talking to the dozen or more Republicans who want to run in 2010 against Rep. Tom Perriello, D-5th District.

The Campbell County Democratic Committee will sponsor a barbecue Saturday for Rep. Tom Perriello, D-5th District.

Two more local Republicans have announced their intention to challenge U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello, D-Ivy, in next year’s mid-term congressional election.

Rep. Tom Perriello has dived into the health care concerns of his constituents, scheduling 21 town hall meetings around the 5th District during Congress’ August recess.

Feda Kidd Morton, a career educator and long-time grassroots activist in the Republican Party of Virginia, announced Friday that she is entering the race for the 5th District seat currently held by Democrat Tom Perriello.