The lead for Democrat Tom Perriello in the 5th District race just got substantially larger, according to a 2:05 p.m. update by the State Board of Elections.

The race remains far too close to call. A recount is likely.

Though voter numbers were the highest Charlottesville has ever seen during an election, city officials conceded defeat Wednesday in a turnout challenge against Falls Church — and will soon be sending a wagered souvenir bust up to the Northern Virginia city.

The Charlottesville region might not know which candidate won Tuesday’s hard-fought 5th District congressional race until sometime in December.

- “We’re ecstatic about where we are in the race,” Tom Perriello said.

- “This is a tight election and we are pleased to be ahead,” Virgil Goode said.

In the 5th Congressional District, incumbent Virgil H. Goode Jr. is leading challenger Tom Perriello this morning, with one precinct left to report.

Photos from Election Day 2008. 

Democrats have won big races in both Virginia and nationally. Barack Obama became the nation’s first African-American President. Mark Warner was elected to the US Senate. Tom Perriello is holding onto a narrow margin over 12 year republican incumbent Virgil Goode. What are your thoughts on this election?

Charlottesville officials have unanimously backed enabling legislation that would allow the creation of a regional transit authority.

The first chunk of this year’s Charlottesville’s Hou-sing Fund now has a place to live.

U.S. Rep. Eric I. Cantor, R-Henrico, will return to Washington for a fifth term representing voters in Virginia’s 7th District.

Neither long lines, nor a drizzling rain nor overcast sky nor even a computer glitch kept voters away from appointed polling places.

Voters continue to stream to polling places in the Charlottesville region and across Virginia.

“We’ve processed 1,979.5 voters per hour between 6 a.m. and 1 p.m.,” said Rick Sincere, chairman of Charlottesville Electoral Board. “It’s been very busy.”

Tom Perriello, the Democratic candidate for the US House of Representative from Virginia’s 5th Congressional District casts his vote Tuesday at Meriwether Lewis elementary school in Ivy, VA.

Well over 200 people lined Agnor-Hurt Elementary School sidewalks waiting to vote in the early mroning hours of November 4th, 2008.

OK, so I’m not very literary. Just because you’re neither literary nor literate is any reason to be precluded from voting.

Updated: 11:30 a.m. Voters walk the line to make their choices

Charlottesville neighborhoods are getting behind the fight to pursue dredging of the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir, adding to a growing group of residents expressing dissatisfaction with the region’s long-term water supply plan.

A record-breaking number of voters are expected to head to the polls in the Charlottesville region today, casting a ballot for president, U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives.

A YMCA in McIntire Park, planning done by the city and proposals to light Darden Towe’s three softball fields have all contributed to the confusion surrounding the loss of the treasured fields, resulting in almost nonstop finger-pointing and questions of what brought on their elimination.

U.S. Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr., R-Rocky Mount, is accusing the campaign of his challenger, Democrat Tom Perriello, of embellishing his support from the National Rifle Association.

Democrat Tom Perriello of Ivy won the endorsement of the Danville Register & Bee on Friday

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama may be ahead in the polls nationally and in Virginia, but New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has one piece of advice for Obama’s Charlottesville-area supporters: The election isn’t over yet.

Former Gov. Mark R. Warner continues to hold a colossal lead over former Gov. Jim Gilmore in the race to replace John W. Warner in the U.S. Senate.

Of 625 registered voters in Virginia, 61 percent favored Warner, compared with 32 percent for Gilmore, according to a new poll by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research.

The race between U.S. Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr., R-Rocky Mount, and Democratic challenger Tom Perriello continued to intensify Thursday

Residents gave Albemarle officials some free advice Wednesday night: Focus on improving government efficiency before considering tax increases.

Voters at polling places who refuse to remove buttons, T-shirts or other apparel with political messages will face possible misdemeanor charges, local election officials said Wednesday.

Republican presidential nominee John McCain’s 96-year-old mother dropped by the Charlottesville region’s GOP campaign office Wednesday