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.

Fifth District congressional candidates Tom Perriello and Republican incumbent Virgil Goode are questioning each other’s methods of raising campaign funds.

CLARKSVILLE - Most years, the Virginia Lake Festival draws scores of skiffs, speedboats and jet skis to Clarksville’s Buggs Island Lake. Yet, this year, the lake was all but empty during the annual festival in the Southside waterfront hamlet of 1,400.

DILLWYN - Tom Perriello, a Democrat running for Congress, stepped up to the pulpit at the Crystal Cathedral in Buckingham County on a recent Sunday morning and addressed the predominantly black congregation.

CHARLOTTESVILLE — A head-to-head meeting of Rep. Virgil Goode and Democrat Tom Perriello was intended to be a forum, but it became a debate Wednesday as the challenger criticized Goode’s 12-year record in Congress and the 5th District Republican defended it without apology.

Rep. Virgil Goode and his Democratic challenger in November’s election, Tom Perriello, will face off in a debate Wednesday in Charlottesville.

U.S. Rep. Virgil Goode, R-5th, isn’t laughing at a cable comedy show that poked fun at the Rocky Mount Republican.

U.S. Rep. Virgil Goode, R-5th, isn’t laughing at “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” segment that pokes fun at the Rocky Mount Republican.

The 5th District congressional race between Rep. Virgil Goode, R-Rocky Mount, and Democrat Tom Perriello of Albemarle County was a close one in terms of fundraising during the April-June quarter.

A new radio advertisement condemning Congressman Virgil Goode’s purported “support of big oil companies” hit airwaves this week, turning up the heat on the race for the 5th District seat.

Democrat Tom Perriello, who already leads in fundraising against Rep. Virgil Goode, R-Charlottesville, in the 5th District Congressional race, is getting outside help this week.

The two members of Congress who represent the Lynchburg area take different approaches to earmarks, an often-controversial and sometimes ridiculed practice lawmakers use to steer federal money to specific projects.