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Tom Perriello

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The Resume

Why he might be annoying:

    He is likely to have benefited down ballot from the popularity of both Barack Obama and Mark Warner on the Democratic ticket when it came to winning his own House seat.
    He described his controversial vote for Cap and Trade legislation as a national security imperative.
    When Democrats were arguing for military intervention in Syria, he took it one step further and told Chris Hayes that missile strikes weren’t enough and that ‘a more aggressive posture that would potentially include regime transition’ (e.g. Iraq-style nation building) would be needed.
    Despite winning the coveted Obama endorsement, he lost to Ralph Northam in the Democrat primary by twelve points (reasons for his loss ranged from being outspent by Northam to his opponent ideologically outflanking him from the Left).

Why he might not be annoying:

    When he announced his first bid for Congress in 2007, he said: ‘The first question I asked myself before deciding to run for office was not can I win? but can I improve people's lives if I win?’
    He narrowly defeated six-term Republican incumbent Congressman Virgil Goode, by 727 votes out of over 317,000 cast in 2008.
    Republicans openly campaigned to oust him and win the seat back literally the first month of his term in office.
    Time magazine termed him an ‘unapologetic progressive’ and named him one of its ‘new civic leaders’ in its 40 under 40 issue for 2010.
    To put it delicately, he got the last laugh after losing his governor’s bid to Northam (*koff* blackface *koff*).
    After leaving Congress, he served as Special Envoy for the Democratic Republic of Congo and director for US Programs at the Open Society Foundations.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 114 Votes: 61.40% Annoying