up by several points. comes down to today which the voters actually believed here in the mountain state. this governor is exceptionally popular. 69% in his latest approval rating. but the president again on the other end of that with just 29% approval rating here as the votes come in. we'll find out whether the republican attempts to link the two will be successful. bret? >> bret: now we have major result coming in out of the fifth district in virginia. fox news is now projecting that tom pair elbow -- perriello has lost to robert hurt. tom is the incumbent. sea one-term congressman. he won by just 700 votes two years ago and this name may sound familiar to you because he was in the national news just this week. why? because he was the one house member that president obama campaigned for. he paid a specific special visit to virginia on friday. why did he do that? because perriello has voted for