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VA05 Democratic Nominee Gloria Witt Gains Momentum While [Far-Right, Insurrectionist] Republican John McGuire Skips Forum as MAGA Party Feud Continues

VA05 Republicans are engaged in bitter, vicious infighting...so sad! LOL

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Check out the following press release from the Democratic Party of Virginia about VA05 Democratic nominee Gloria Witt, and about the turmoil in the VA05 Republican Party. For some background on VA05 Republican nominee John McGuire, including his bitter feud with Rep. Bob Good (R-VA05), also see:

Lovely, huh? So yeah, GO GLORIA WITT!!!

P.S. For more info on VA05, including that it’s an R+7 district, see here.

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Democrat Gloria Witt Gains Momentum While Republican John McGuire Skips Forum as MAGA Party Feud Continues

As John McGuire struggles to unite the Republican Party behind him, 5th District Democratic nominee Gloria Witt is gaining momentum to flip the traditionally red district.

After McGuire skipped out on a public forum last week, where Witt spoke directly to voters about how she will codify Roe v. Wade and protect democracy, the Virginia Mercury profiled Witt’s momentum:

“I’m averaging about 3,000 to 4,000 miles a month. We are canvassing, we are phone banking, we are engaging in postcarding and doing the work,” Witt said. “We cannot afford to have anybody on the bench. We all have to be engaged, it is a crucial election cycle, every vote counts. We intend to win this based on what people care about.”

Read the full story below:

Virginia Mercury: Amid internal party feud in the 5th District, Democrat Gloria Witt sees her chance

[Markus Schmidt, 9/16/24]

As Republicans in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District remain divided over their support of their party’s nominee, state Sen. John McGuire, R-Goochland, and U.S. Bob Good, R-Farmville, the incumbent, Democrat Gloria Witt sees an opening in the traditionally conservative district. 

Political analysts suggest the GOP infighting could provide Witt, a political newcomer with lifelong roots in the mostly rural district, an advantage in the Nov. 5 election, after some Republican hardliners have vowed to write in Good, the chairman of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus. 

And in a district where turnout and enthusiasm are crucial, a divided Republican electorate could allow the Democrat to make unexpected gains in the general election.

“A write-in campaign benefiting a defeated GOP primary candidate is certainly part of a best-case scenario for a Democratic candidate in District 5,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a political scientist at the University of Mary Washington…

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