John Maguire, the Republican congressional candidate endorsed by President Trump, continues to hold a narrow lead over Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) in the Republican primary for Virginia’s 5th Congressional District, but the outcome remains uncertain two days after the polls closed.
As of 12:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Maguire had The Chairman of the House of Representatives Liberal Caucus received 31,113 votes (49.74%), while the No vote received 31,342 votes (50.26%). The New York Times Unofficial results: Over 95 percent of the votes have been counted.
The election could be heading for a recount. Hills Michael Schnell was the first Observed.
If the final margin is within 1 percentage point, the losing candidate request Retelling.
Federal law further states: Instruct If the margin of victory between candidates is 0.5% or less, the district must cover the costs of the recount; otherwise, the petitioning candidate must cover the costs. Good’s current deficit of 0.52% is near this threshold.
Maguire declared victory on Tuesday night, but so far no major news outlets have yet announced the election results.
“I want to thank my family. I want to thank everyone who helped with this campaign. I want to thank the people who supported me and supported me. And I want to thank Donald J. Trump for believing in me,” he said. I have written “There are still a few votes left, but it’s clear that all roads end in victory,” X wrote in his post.
The people of the 5th District can be sure that if they elect me in November they will have a capable fighter in Congress who will get the job done for them.
— John McGuire (@JohnMcGuire4VA) June 19, 2024
Good stressed Wednesday morning that the race is “difficult to predict.”
“We are at a point where we need to legislate a process to assess the accuracy of all vote totals from Election Day so that everyone can have full confidence in the certified results,” he wrote in a post on X. “Provisional and mail-in ballots have also not yet been counted.”
This election is too close to predict. It’s time for us to legislate a process to assess the accuracy of all vote totals from Election Day onward so that everyone can have full confidence in the certified results. Provisional and mail-in ballots too…
— Bob Good for Congress (@GoodForCongress) June 19, 2024
“I ask for full transparency from the authorities and patience from the people of the 5th District during the next few weeks while the certification of the results is completed. I believe we can still win,” he added.
Good supported Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) in the Republican primary, only switching to Trump after the governor dropped out of the race and endorsed Trump himself, but then faced a challenge from McGuire.
In a statement endorsing Maguire on May 28, President Trump declared that Goode had “turned his back on our great movement.”
The winner of this election will face Democrat Gloria Witt in the general election.
