{"id":2271720,"date":"2024-06-19T15:48:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T19:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/freedom-caucus-leader-bob-goods-virginia-primary-too-close-to-call\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T15:49:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T19:49:37","slug":"freedom-caucus-leader-bob-goods-virginia-primary-too-close-to-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/freedom-caucus-leader-bob-goods-virginia-primary-too-close-to-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Primary for Freedom Caucus Leader Bob Good Too Close to Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffreedom-caucus-leader-bob-goods-virginia-primary-too-close-to-call%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2271720&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The GOP primary in Virginia&#8217;s 5th Congressional District between incumbent Rep. Bob Good and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-people-were-vicious-i-saw-all-kinds-of-illegal-behavior-michigan-election-witness-who-saw-4-am-illegal-ballot-drop-for-biden-speaks-out-video\/\" title=\"\"These People Were Vicious - I Saw All Kinds of Illegal Behavior\" - Michigan Election Witness Who Saw 4 AM Illegal Ballot Drop for Biden Speaks Out (VIDEO)\">challenger<\/a> State Sen. John McGuire III is too close to call. McGuire leads by 327 votes after \u200c95% of the votes have been counted. Although McGuire declared himself the nominee, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-campaign-arm-adds-13-democratic-seats-to-its-target-list\/\" title=\"House GOP Campaign Arm Adds 13 Democratic Seats To Its Target List\">race remains<\/a> officially undecided as the state of Virginia, observing Juneteenth, postponed further result updates. There are still provisional and mail-in ballots to be counted, and Good&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/future-of-all-volunteer-army-in-peril-as-gen-z-shuns-military-service\/\" title=\"Future of all-volunteer Army in peril as Gen Z shuns military service\">campaign emphasizes<\/a>\u2064 the importance of verifying all votes for accurate \u2063results.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>The GOP primary contest in Virginia\u2019s 5th Congressional District between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gop-congressman-makes-case-for-why-we-should-not-fear-a-government-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rep. Bob Good<\/a> (R-VA), the chairman of the conservative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mccarthy-dismisses-freedom-caucus-letter-urging-him-to-hold-the-line-on-spending-reforms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Freedom Caucus<\/a>, and his challenger who is supported by former President Donald Trump remains too close to call more than 12 hours after the polls closed.<\/p>\n<p>State Sen. John McGuire III led by 327 votes, or 0.52 percentage points, out of 62,495 ballots counted as of 12 a.m. Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/virginia-primary-election-good-mcguire-1ed9cea1dd45a6cefae187ae968fa0ee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> the Associated Press, which noted that the state of Virginia observes the Juneteenth holiday and is not expected to release more results for the rest of the day. Multiple news outlets reported more than 95% of the votes have been counted.<\/p>\n<p>In remarks to supporters on Tuesday evening, McGuire <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/reesejgorman\/status\/1803271251655315733\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called himself<\/a> the Republican nominee. However, news outlets have yet to project a winner, and Good has not bowed out of the race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis race remains too close to call. We are in a period where the law provides a process for evaluating the accuracy of all the vote totals from election day to ensure everyone can have full confidence in the certified results,\u201d Good\u2019s campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GoodForCongress\/status\/1803455257487323318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a post to X on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProvisional ballots and mail-in ballots are also still to be counted,\u201d the post added. \u201cWe are asking for full transparency from the officials involved and patience from the people of the 5th District over the coming weeks as the certification of results is completed. We believe we can still prevail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Good, who is seeking a third term representing his Charlottesville-based district, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/minutes\/congress\/05-9-2023\/a-desantis-endorsement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">endorsed<\/a> Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president<\/a> in May of 2023. He later <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GoodForCongress\/status\/1749161148279066959\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">backed<\/a> Trump after DeSantis dropped out of the contest in January of this year, but Trump ended up giving his <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112518825836282570\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">endorsement<\/a> to McGuire.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mccarthy-ousted-from-speakership-after-democrats-side-with-matt-gaetz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One of eight Republicans<\/a> who voted with Democrats to remove then-Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as House speaker in October, Good was picked to lead the House Freedom Caucus at the beginning of this year.<\/p>\n<p>News outlets have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/elections\/results\/2024\/06\/18\/virginia-house-district-5-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">projected<\/a> business executive Gloria Witt as the winner of the Democratic Party\u2019s nomination in Virginia\u2019s 5th Congressional District after she secured more than 56% of the vote in a three-way race. She is poised to face the eventual winner of the GOP race in the November election.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GOP primary in Virginia&#8217;s 5th Congressional District remains undecided over 12 hours post-poll closure. Rep. Bob Good, chair of the House Freedom Caucus, faces a tight race against Trump-backed State Sen. John McGuire III, who currently leads by 327 votes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2271721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-2156986038-scaled-e1718819360736.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2271720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-2156986038-scaled-e1718819360736.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2271720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2271721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2271720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2271720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2271720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}