At long last, the final unresolved House race in the country has been decided. Democrat Tom Perriello has officially defeated Republican incumbent Rep. Virgil Goode in Virginia's 5th Congressional District.
Perriello led Goode by 745 votes after the initial tally, but since the margin was so close, Goode called for a recount.
In the recount, which ended earlier today, Goode only netted 18 votes, coming 727 short of defeating his opponent.
Now that this race has been resolved, the official final count for the 111th House of Representatives is 257 seats for the Democrats and 178 seats for the Republicans--a 79-seat advantage for the Democrats. They picked up a net 21 seats in the 2008 election.
The only race from 2008 that has yet to be resolved is the Minnesota Senate race. I will delve more into the status of that race later this week.
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