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Democrat

Thomas Perriello

Running for U.S. House District 5 — 2026 election

Raised · 2026 cycle

$2.1M

Source: FEC

As of July 2026, Thomas Perriello is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 5 in Virginia in the 2026 election. Federal Election Commission filings report $2,095,712 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle. All figures on this page are drawn from primary sources — FEC filings, congressional records, and STOCK Act disclosures — and link back to them.

Data last updated July 2026.

Thomas Perriello, a Democrat, is running for Virginia's 5th congressional district in 2026 after previously representing the same seat from 2009 to 2011, when he defeated incumbent Virgil Goode and was later defeated by Robert Hurt. He was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, attended Yale College and Yale Law School, and lives outside Charlottesville. He has served as U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan (2024-2025), Special Envoy for the African Great Lakes (2015-2016), and as executive director of U.S. Programs at the Open Society Foundations. He is a candidate in the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary for the 5th district.

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93% of fundraising comes from individual donors — one of the more grassroots-funded profiles in this cycle.

$2.1M

Total raised

$559K

Total spent

$1.5M

Cash on hand

Where the money comes from

Individual donations ≥$200$1.7M · 83%
Small dollar donations <$200$203K · 10%
PAC contributions$102K · 5%
Transfers from other committees$35K · 2%
Candidate self-funding$13K · 1%

Reflects money received by the campaign committee itself. “Loans and other receipts” covers candidate or bank loans, offsets to operating expenditures, interest and other non-contribution receipts reported to the FEC. Independent expenditures by super PACs are not included.

Totals through 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC