In 2005, State Senator Creigh Deeds, whose district includes Charlottesville and most of Albemarle, was involved in the closest statistical race in Virginia history and on the losing side of a recount. We asked him what advice he had for Perriello, who won’t officially win until mid-December if Goode calls for a recount.
Creigh Deeds: “It will put people’s lives in limbo for several weeks—if you let it. Tom has to be prepared to take office, starting the first week of January.
“I think it’s awful difficult to imagine it changing that much in the recount process, but my advice to Tom is to prepare himself to be the best congressman he can be. The next president, the next congress is not going to have an easy job ahead of it. I don’t think Tom can afford to get caught up with whatever the number counting is.
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Creigh Deeds says losing a recount is “not something I would wish on very many people, but it’s not like your marriage is breaking up.” |
“It’s a tough thing to go through and not something I would wish on very many people, but it’s not like your marriage is breaking up or you’re losing someone that you care about. It’s just an election. You move on. The country moves on. It’s certainly not the worst thing that ever happened to me.”
