Tight Races Abound in Va.

Fri, October 24, 2008 - 4:41 PM

The Washington Post political blog, The Fix, has added House races featuring Virginia Republican Reps. Virgil Goode and Thelma Drake to a list of the 50 seats most likely to change parties after Election Day.

Goode’s race with Democratic challenger Tom Perriello is labeled No. 50 on the list. The Fix points to this article in The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress as another potential headache for Goode, whose press secretary played a small role as a college dean in a gay art house film.

“I’m a lifelong actor,” press secretary Linwood Duncan told the paper. “I’ve been acting ever since I was in elementary school.”

The Fix puts the Drake-Glenn Nye race at No. 42 on its list. See our story on the race here. The Fix says “if there is a major Obama surge, this is the kind of district that could feel the effect.”

--Neil H. Simon