Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress

Thomas S.P. Perriello

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · VirginiaHouse 2009–2011 (VA-5)

Thomas Perriello was a Democratic U.S. representative from Virginia, first elected to Congress in 2009, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (111th–111th Congress).

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23Bills & resolutions sponsored111th–111th Congress (excludes amendments)

8Passed a chamberof 23 bills & resolutions sponsored

1Became law1 substantive + 0 ceremonial · 111th–111th Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.

Recent votes

No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.

5 most recent bills

H.R. 6461 Campus SaVE Act
Dec 2, 2010 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2055-2056)
H.R. 4667 Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2010
Sep 30, 2010 · Became Public Law No: 111-247.
H.Con.Res. 294 Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Sep 23, 2010 · Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
H.R. 5604 Surface Transportation Savings Act of 2010
Jul 21, 2010 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
H.Res. 1463 Supporting the goals and ideals of Railroad Retirement Day.
Jul 20, 2010 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Top bills sponsored

H.R. 3976 (111th) Helping Heroes Keep Their Homes Act of 2010
Passed a chamber
H.R. 4626 (111th) Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act
Passed a chamber
H.Res. 347 (111th) Congratulating Averett University in Danville, Virginia, for 150 years of service and leadership to the United States.
Passed a chamber
H.Res. 991 (111th) Commending the University of Virginia men's soccer team for winning the 2009 Division I NCAA National Championship.
Passed a chamber
H.Res. 1125 (111th) Supporting the goals and ideals of National Public Works Week, and for other purposes.
Reported from committee
H.R. 1098 (111th) Veterans' Worker Retraining Act of 2009
Reported from committee

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Rep. Perriello has won

Rep. Perriello has won 1 U.S. House election (2008–2008). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.2 to 0.2 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won1 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 0.2 points2008, VA-5

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 1 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Virginia’s 5th districtWinners, most recent three: Denver Riggleman (R) 2018 → Bob Good (R) 2020–2022 → John J. McGuire III (R) 2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.

How has Virginia’s 5th district done while Rep. Perriello served?

2009 to 2010 in VA-5: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 2.4 points.

Typical household income · after inflation

VA-5: $62.0K in 2009 → $59.5K in 2010

VA-5 about the sameVirginia about the sameU.S. down 2%

Share of people below the poverty line

VA-5: 16.4% in 2009 → 16.5% in 2010

VA-5 about the sameVirginia up 0.6 pointsU.S. up 1.0 points

Share of workers looking for a job

VA-5: 8.2% in 2009 → 10.6% in 2010

VA-5 up 2.4 pointsVirginia up 0.5 pointsU.S. up 0.9 points

Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Virginia’s 5th district during Perriello’s time representing it (2009 to 2011). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

One set of district lines. VA-5 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Perriello’s term so far (2009 and 2010) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

111th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 23 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	23	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement	0	None listed
With a CBO cost estimate listed	3	See the 3 →
With a committee report listed	5	See the 5 →
With a Congress.gov note	1	See the 1 →

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 111th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
Fields: cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
PORKER copy refreshed: October 26, 2026 (nightly)

Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.