It’s still to close to call the winner in a Republican primary contest in Virginia that garnered national attention, featuring a challenger endorsed by former President Donald Trump running against an incumbent congressman and chairman of the House Freedom Caucus
At 11 p.m. Tuesday, McGuire held a lead of 50.3% of the vote to Good’s 49.7%, with 96% of the votes counted, according to NBC News.
Good ran for his third term representing Virginia’s 5th Congressional District, which spans Charlottesville, the suburbs of Richmond, and through Lynchburg and Danville close to the border with North Carolina. The Freedom Caucus, which Good leads, represents House conservatives.
Trump opposed Good, who had endorsed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the Republican presidential primary March 5. In that contest, Trump easily defeated his former U.N. ambassador, Nikki Haley, as well…
