Tom Perriello, the Democratic Nominee for the Fifth District of Virginia, will be liveblogging at Firedoglake from 2pm EST to 4pm EST. Perriello is challenging Virgil Goode, the Republican incumbent.
Perriello, 33, is a national security consultant who has worked in Afghanistan, Darfur, and helping peacefully depose the dictator Charles Taylor. He has founded progressive faith-based organizations like Faithful America and Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, and also co-founded Avaaz.org, the online humanitarian and social action fund with over 3.3 million members worldwide.
Virgil Goode is somewhat infamous for his remarks about Keith Ellison and has recently been found to be repeating the lies about China drilling off the coast of Florida. He is also part of the Tom Tancredo wing of the Republican Party.
This race, in an R+6 district, started as a very safe Republican district, but through Tom's fundraising and message, the race is now a DCCC emerging race. He has outraised Goode in the last 3 quarters and with Barack Obama and Mark Warner on the ticket, Virginia is prepared to turn a deep shade of blue.
If you can not attend the liveblog session, please check it out after the fact, and considering making a donation atperrielloforcongress.com