Maguire confident of close battle with Good
Maguire expressed confidence he could win the close primary against Good.
“We need to come together now because we still have a lot of work to do. I’m the Republican candidate, but I’m not going to take this lightly,” Good said at an election night party, as broadcast live by ABC13.
Maguire thanked Trump for endorsing him, saying, “The former president contributed greatly to our victory and I will never forget that.”
NBC News is not predicting a winner in Virginia’s Republican primary for the 5th Congressional District.
Goode urges supporters to ‘keep the faith’ amid tight primary race
With the primary vote margin still tight, Goode urged his supporters in a post on X to “keep the faith and don’t stop the fight now.”
Good and McGuire are separated by just a few hundred votes.
“The entire Swamp of Washington, D.C., ran against us with over $10 million in attack ads, but with your help we made this race very close,” Good said, touting his campaign’s early voting efforts.
“We are assembling a team of observers and legal counsel and are doing everything we can to ensure that every vote is properly counted in the coming days,” Good wrote.
McGuire details Trump’s impact on Virginia primary
McGuire told NBC News on Friday at a community concert in Powhatan that Trump’s endorsement is helping his race against Good.
“There are a lot of people who say, ‘I don’t know anything about you, I’ve never met you, but if Trump supports you, I support you,'” Maguire said. “I believe with everything Trump has been through, he has earned the right to take control and pick his own team.”
Trump endorsed Maguire late last month, alluding to Good’s support for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the Republican presidential primary. Good ultimately endorsed Trump, but that didn’t stop the former president from intervening in the race.
After endorsing McGuire, Trump appeared in a television ad for the state legislator and also held a televised rally for McGuire on Monday night, telling supporters, “John is running against Bob Good, and Good is no good. Despite his name, he is a very bad guy for Virginia.”
Goode’s primary is a close race. Here’s what the recount will look like.
The primary race between Good and McGuire was decided narrowly and could lead to a recount.
According to Virginia law, if the margin of victory between the candidates is less than 1%, the losing candidate may request a recount. A petition for a recount must be filed within 10 days after the results are certified. The results of a recount are “not subject to appeal.”
Tim Kaine celebrates primary election night with harmonica
With no primary opponent to worry about and a Republican opponent set quickly for the fall, Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine took the stage at a Richmond blues bar.
A video posted to X by Sen. Ghazala Hashmi of Virginia shows Kaine playing the harmonica with a live band. Kaine’s love of the instrument has been a staple of his public life, especially when he was Hillary Clinton’s running mate in 2016.
Good said the race was part of the “Kevin McCarthy Revenge Tour.”
Good, who is currently in a bitter battle with Maguire, told NBC News at a campaign event in Goochland on Friday that the primary is “not just me versus my opponent.”
“This race is between the true brave conservative warriors of the Freedom Caucus versus the establishment and the status quo,” Good said before a rally at the historic county courthouse.
Goode also described his campaign as a “Kevin McCarthy revenge tour,” referring to the former speaker whom the Virginia House member helped oust late last year. Outside groups with ties to McCarthy associates have poured millions of dollars into the campaign, and the former California congressman has spoken with Maguire.
“Clearly, McCarthy has dedicated his life to getting revenge on people other than himself who he holds responsible for not becoming speaker, but the people of the 5th Ward are not going to be bought off,” Good said.
Top ad spender falls short in Virginia Democratic House primary
Virginia Rep. Dan Helmer is expected to lose the Democratic primary in the 10th Congressional District to state Sen. Suhas Subrahmanyam, despite enjoying a huge advertising advantage during the election.
Of the $9 million spent on radio airplay, about $7.3 million was donations from Helmer or outside groups supporting him, including $4.2 million from a super PAC with ties to the cryptocurrency industry, $1.4 million from VoteVets and nearly $1.7 million from Helmer’s campaign. By comparison, Subrahmanyam spent about $710,000 on radio airplay.
It’s a reminder that while the best-funded candidate sometimes wins (see: Vindman’s win in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District), that’s not always the case.
Suhas Subrahmanyam wins Democratic primary for Virginia’s 10th congressional district
State Sen. Suhas Subrahmanyam is expected to win a crowded and expensive Democratic primary in Virginia’s 10th Congressional District, according to an NBC News projection.
Democratic Rep. Jennifer Wexton has decided not to seek reelection to the House of Representatives after being diagnosed with a rare and serious disease called progressive supranuclear palsy.
Subrahmanyam won Wexton’s endorsement, putting him ahead of a crowded field of well-funded Democrats that included state Rep. Dan Helmer, former state Assembly Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn and former senior Defense Department official Krystle Kaul.
He is likely to prevail in a suburban Washington, D.C., district this fall against Republican businessman and lawyer Mike Clancy.
See the latest results here.
Republican Derrick Anderson wins Virginia’s 7th Congressional District primary
Former Green Beret Derrick Anderson has won the Republican primary for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, NBC News reports.
In a clash between party establishment and insurgent factions, Anderson defeated former Navy SEAL Cameron Hamilton, who was backed by a super PAC with ties to McCarthy, Republican megadonors and House Speaker Mike Johnson, and Hamilton, who was backed by a super PAC aligned with Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky.
Anderson will face Democrat Eugene Vindman, a central figure in President Trump’s first impeachment trial, in a battleground state election this fall.
See the latest results here.
Goode’s primary campaign spent $14.6 million on advertising.
Good faced $7.5 million in attack ads during the primary, according to ad-tracking firm AdImpact, with much of the spending coming from outside groups funded by big Republican donors and with ties to McCarthy.
Goode was backed by outside groups that are spending $5.6 million on his race, including the Growth Action Club, the House Freedom Caucus and groups tied to Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky.
Good himself spent very little on advertising (just $3,000), and his campaign focused spending on mailers, according to campaign finance reports, while state Sen. John McGuire’s campaign spent $1.5 million on radio broadcasts to get its message across the sprawling 5th District.
