Tom Perriello, Democratic Party candidate for Congress, in a May 6, 2026, email blast:

And for the past 15+ years – ever since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision opened the dark money floodgates – a network of corporate special interests and right-wing billionaires have been using unlimited funds to buy the election results they want.

To protect their corrupt power, they are going to need to hold the new VA-6. Our race could well make the difference between restoring our Constitutional system of checks and balances or continuing a GOP trifecta that is laying waste to the American dream.

Top donors to Perriello’s campaign, according to the Virginia Public Access Project:

“The dark money machine is coming for us,” warned the Perriello email. “We don’t need to match them dollar for dollar. We just need to raise enough to get our message to the people.”

Total campaign contributions to Perriello and his two Democratic Party opponents in the congressional district incorporating Charlottesville and the surrounding area:

No Republican candidates listed.

Perriello served four years as the executive director for U.S. Programs at the  Soros family’s Open Society Foundations.