Our son, Tom Perriello, is running for U.S. Congress from the 5th District of Virginia.

DANVILLE – U.S. Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr. and challenger Tom Perriello clashed Wednesday evening in the second debate of the campaign, quarrelling about economic development, congressional earmarks and oil drilling.

U.S. Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr., a Republican and six-term incumbent, has placed the nation’s energy policy — and gas prices, in particular — at the centerpiece of his re-election campaign against challenger Democrat Tom Perriello.