Tom S. P. Perriello
- Democratic · On the Nov 3 ballot for US House, Virginia District 5
- Served
- US House VA-05, 2009 to 2011
- Background
- Attorney · Entrepreneur
- Raised
- $3.8M
- Cash on hand
- $684K
- First race on record
- 2008
- Age
- 52
- Races
- Won 1 of 2
Spectrum
Centrist is the middle of the scale, not of Congress. How this works
By donors (CFscore, 2018 cycle)
Research estimate from Stanford DIME 4.0. Source
Matched by name only, so it could be the wrong person.
Method and limits
Published score −1.055 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 2,186 donors. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Places a candidate by who gave them money; candidates who share donors sit close together.
Reflects the donor network, not votes or views, and comes from past cycles, not a 2026 reading.
Now
US House, Virginia District 5
- Newest poll
- McGuire 51, Perriello 46 · The Washington Post/George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government, Sep 28, 2026 · Polls updated Oct 31, 3:15 p.m. ET, from VoteHub
Career
| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | US House, VA-05 | Lost · primary won | 47% | Robert Hurt 50.8% |
| 2008 | US House, VA-05 | Won · primary won | 50.1% |
About this list
Races in our results files. Other offices, earlier years and most primaries can be missing. A general that went to a runoff counts as neither a win nor a loss.
Money
FEC, through Oct 14, 2026Spent $3.1M · Debts owed $0
Where the money came from
- Individuals$3.2M
- PACs and other committees$412K
- Party committees$339
- Candidate’s own money$13K
- Loans from the candidate$0
- Transfers from the candidate’s other committees$98K
As the campaign reported to the FEC through Oct 14, 2026. Bars compare these lines. Some money has no line here, so they may not add up to the total raised. Source: FEC candidate summary.
Committees giving to this campaign
45 committees reported giving $167K.
- UA Union Plumbers & Pipefitters Vote! PAC (United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada)PAC$10,000
- Ameripac: the Fund for a Greater AmericaLeadership PAC$10,000
- Building Relationships in Diverse Geographic Environments PAC (Bridge PAC)Leadership PAC$10,000
- Forward Together PACLeadership PAC$10,000
- Congressional Progressive Caucus PACPAC$10,000
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- Common Ground PACLeadership PAC$10,000
- Seiu Cope (Service Employees International Union Committee on Political Education)PAC$5,000
- International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Political Action LeaguePAC$5,000
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers PACPAC$5,000
- Int'L Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers (IPAL)PAC$5,000
- American Mobilization PACLeadership PAC$5,000
- HMPPAC$5,000
- Jobs, Education, & Families First Jeff PACLeadership PAC$5,000
- Democratic Majority FundLeadership PAC$5,000
- Tomorrow PACPAC$5,000
- Service First PACPAC$4,000
- Suhas for VirginiaCandidate committee$4,000
- Cooney for CongressCandidate committee$4,000
- League of Conservation Voters Action FundPAC$3,550
- Lobo PACLeadership PAC$3,500
The largest 20 are listed. Refunds the committees reported are taken out. Independent spending isn’t included. These figures come from the committees’ own reports, so they can differ from the campaign’s lines above, sometimes by a lot. Source: FEC committee-to-candidate file, dated Oct 25, 2026.
Reports through Oct 14, 2026. Matched to the FEC by name, party and seat, so it could be the wrong person.
How these are counted
Later filings are not in yet. Totals for the 2025 to 2026 cycle. Raised $3,762,301. Cash on hand $684,166. Spent $3,078,135. Debts owed $0. Individuals $3,231,414. PACs and other committees $412,093. Party committees $339. Candidate’s own money $13,111. Loans from the candidate $0. Other loans $0. Transfers from the candidate’s other committees $97,610. Main committee: Tom Perriello for Congress. No individual donor names are shown.
More about Tom S. P. Perriello
Offices held (1 term or office)
- 2009 to 2010US House, Virginia District 5 · 1 term
Background
- Attorney
- Entrepreneur
Source: Wikidata
Official pages (1 link)
Sources (9 sources)
Ballot listing, elections.virginia.gov
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Oct 6, 2026.
Federal 2026 candidates: money totals (web/data/people/money) and the MN federal filing list. Bulk files, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 31, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Totals and committee names only; no donor names or addresses are stored.
FEC bulk data 2025-2026: contributions from committees to candidates (pas226)
Federal 2026 candidates: committees giving to each candidate (web/data/people/money-types). Bulk file, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 31, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Committee totals only; the individual contributions file is not used.
Stanford DIME public v4.0, recipients file (CFscores)
CFscores for candidates and officials; web/data/ideology/dime.json and aggregate.json. A research estimate by Adam Bonica, not an official measure. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Compiled by Adam Bonica, Stanford University Libraries (built from campaign finance filings) from official returns. Not an official source.
Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0 [Computer file]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime .
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
unitedstates/congress-legislators
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.
Stanford DIME v4.0 recipients file
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House 1976-2024
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
- Age: Wikidata, counted to Nov 3, 2026. A community-edited source, not an official record. We show the age, never the birth date.
Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.
DataSources: FEC, DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026Photo credits