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The Hottest Congressional Race?

By Tom Graham

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Charlottesville, VA – With this week's G-O-P primary now decided, things are already warming up in what some say could become the hottest congressional race in the country this fall.

Southside Virginia state Senator Robert Hurt has been selected as the Republican standard bearer who will try to unseat Democratic incumbent Congressman Tom Perriello.

Newspaper reporter Brian McNeill tracks Virginia politics for the Charlottesville Daily Progress. He's been following the latest developments in the 5th Congressional District, and spoke with WMRA's Tom Graham about what he's been finding.

Tom Graham was Senior Producer and host of WMRA's Virginia Insight from 2006 to 2015.