{"id":3669,"date":"2017-12-31T10:04:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T15:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajcongress.org\/jewishpoliticalguide\/?page_id=3669"},"modified":"2024-07-04T10:09:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T14:09:01","slug":"jns-virginia-certifies-mcguire-over-good-in-razor-thin-5th-district-primary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ajcongress.org\/jewishpoliticalguide\/jns-virginia-certifies-mcguire-over-good-in-razor-thin-5th-district-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"JNS: Virginia certifies McGuire over Good in razor-thin 5th District primary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Andrew Bernard<\/a>, JNS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Virginia State Board of Elections certified on Tuesday that State Sen. John McGuire defeated incumbent Rep. Bob Good in the Republican primary for the commonwealth\u2019s 5th District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McGuire eked out a win by a margin of just 374 votes out of more than 63,000 votes cast in a race closely watched by pro-Israel groups after Good voted against a foreign aid package in April that included billions of dollars for Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Republican Jewish Coalition, a group that backs pro-Israel Republicans, took the unusual step of endorsing<\/a> McGuire in April after Good took several votes against Israel aid. The group celebrated McGuire\u2019s win on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAcross VA-05, Republican primary voters rejected extremist Rep. Bob Good and supported reliably pro-Israel RJC-endorsed conservative John McGuire to represent them in Congress,\u201d stated RJC national chairman Norm Coleman and CEO Matt Brooks. \u201cThis is a major victory for the RJC, the Jewish community, and for all pro-Israel Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United Democracy Project, which is one of AIPAC\u2019s Super PACs and that also backed McGuire, likewise cheered on his narrow victory in the primary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJohn McGuire has a proven track record of working to advance America\u2019s strategic alliance with Israel,\u201d the group stated. \u201cHe has also led efforts to fight the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good, chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, has had a target on his back over controversial votes against Israel aid and for his part in ousting former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in October. The Virginia congressman was one of eight Republicans who voted to oust the speaker, and McCarthy and his allies backed McGuire heavily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He defended his pro-Israel record at the time, saying that his vote against the bills was because they included aid for Gaza and did not include provisions to have Israel repay the money or offset it with cuts elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIsrael does not have nearly $35 trillion in national debt as we do, and the habit of unpaid supplementals must end,\u201d he wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good announced on Tuesday that he would pursue a recount, which Virginia law permits in any race where the margin is less than 1% of votes cast. Good and his campaign will have to pay for the recount as the .6% margin in the 5th District primary just misses the mark for a state-financed recount at .5%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018We need a do-over in Lynchburg\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The congressman also raised questions about election integrity, insinuating that fire alarms that went off on Election Day at polling places were suspicious and that a small batch of potentially mishandled ballots in the city of Lynchburg required the election to be re-run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe had 3 \u2018fires\u2019 on election day in 3 precincts, all requiring the precincts to be evacuated for 20 minutes.\u00a0 Albemarle County, Hanover County, and Lynchburg City. What is the probability?\u00a0 Does anyone recall even 1 fire at a precinct on election day?\u201d Good\u00a0wrote<\/a>. \u201cAI estimates the probability being 0.0000000318% chance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need a do-over in Lynchburg, the biggest city in Virginia\u2019s 5th District!\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Denver Riggleman, who Good defeated in a bitter 2020 party convention battle for the Republican nomination to represent the 5th District, had some fun at Good\u2019s expense on social media when Decision Desk called the race for McGuire on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInteresting. Maybe it was space lasers? Broken algorithms? Fires in the polling locations set by the deep state?\u201d Riggleman wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good has 10 days to file his recount petition. His campaign has said they intend to mount other legal challenges against the result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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