2010 Virginia's 5th congressional district election

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2010 Virginia's 5th congressional district election
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Candidate Robert Hurt Tom Perriello
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote119,560110,562
Percentage50.8%47.0%
2010 general election in Virginia's 5th congressional district by county.svg
County and independent city results
Hurt:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Perriello:     50–60%     60–70%
Representative before election

Tom Perriello
Democratic

Elected Representative

Robert Hurt
Republican

Virginia's 5th congressional district election, 2010 was an election held to determine who would represent Virginia's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives during the 112th Congress. The candidates were incumbent Democrat Tom Perriello, Republican state Senator Robert Hurt and Independent candidate Jeffrey Clark. Hurt narrowly defeated Perriello in the general election, 51% to 47%, with Clark receiving 2% of the vote. [1]

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Background

The seat being contested is located in Central and Southside Virginia. The district covers all or part of 18 counties and all of 4 independent cities, making it Virginia's largest district with an area of 8,922.03 square miles (23,108.0 km2) - 193 sq mi (500 km2). larger than New Jersey. The 5th district has been represented by Democratic representative Tom Perriello since the 2008 election result, when he defeated Republican incumbent Virgil Goode by 727 votes, one of the closest elections in the nation.

The 5th congressional district was traditionally a conservative Democratic district. Incumbent Virgil Goode left the party to become an independent in 2000, and then a Republican two years later. In his 2008 defeat of Goode, Perriello out-performed the Democratic national ticket in the district, which Republican presidential candidate John McCain carried by 51% to 48%. In the previous two presidential elections George Bush won by 56% and 55%.

Goode did not seek a rematch against Perriello, [2] although he said several Conservative groups asked him to run on a pro-Tea Party ticket, due to their dissatisfaction with the Republicans. [3] Assembly line worker Bradley Rees filed to run as a Republican, then stated he would run on the Virginia Conservative Party ticket, [4] and then suspended his campaign in 2009. [5]

Republican primary

Hurt won the Republican nomination a seven-way primary on June 8, 2010, with results: [6] [7]

Candidates

Polling

Poll sourceDates administeredTom
Perriello (D)		Robert
Hurt (R)		Jeffrey
Clark (I)		Undecided
Survey USA [9] [10] October 28, 201045%50%4%3%
Survey USA [9] [10] September 28, 201035%58%4%3%
Benenson Strategy Group [11] September 21, 201044%46%4%5%
Global Strategy Group [12] September 7, 201042%44%6%7%
Survey USA [13] September 2, 201035%61%2%2%
American Action Forum [14] August 12, 201043%49%-8%
Survey USA [15] July 20, 201035%58%4%3%
Public Policy Polling [16] February 5–10, 201044%44%

General election results

General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Robert Hurt 119,560 50.81
Democratic Tom Perriello (incumbent)110,56246.98
Independent Jeffrey Clark4,9922.12
Total votes235,360 100

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