Tom Perriello is expected to announce Thursday that he plans to run for governor, according to a tweet issued Wednesday evening.
After Congress, he worked as president of the Center for American Progress Action Fund before being tapped as special representative for the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review. In 2015, he was appointed special envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Perriello is known as a progressive Democrat and worked in President Obama’s State Department following his legislative stint.
Former Virginia Democratic Rep. Ralph Northam, who is a Democratic favorite to run for Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s job.. State law mandates that a governor can’t serve consecutive four-year terms.