Rep. Virgil Goode was endorsed today by former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger.

The National Republican Campaign Committee’s ad starts out attacking. The announcer says in the first line, “New York lawyer Tom Perriello is very liberal. He supports same-sex marriages.“

Democrat Tom Perriello’s latest television ad goes directly at your pocketbook.

The two congressional candidates for Virginia’s 5th District talked policy and traded pointed jabs in a packed and rowdy room Tuesday night at American Legion Post 325.

C. Linwood Duncan had been Goode’s press secretary since the Rocky Mount legislator was elected to Congress in 1996.

Part of the free airtime for candidates segment.

Part of the free airtime for candidates segment.

Since the 2004 Presidential Election, three of the county’s polling locations were changed

As a part of WSLS’s continuing coverage of the 2008 elections, Jay Warren has profiled the major party candidates in the US Senate contest as well as the candidates in the 5th and 6th Congressional District contests. Here’s his one-on-one interview with Republican Rep. Virgil Goode who is running for re-election to the US House from the 5th Congressional District.

Read 5th district candidates’ answers to questions on gas prices, energy