Recount Confirms Freedom Caucus Chair Rep. Bob Good Lost Primary to McGuire

The recount was possible under Virginia law because the margin between the two candidates was less than 1 percent.

Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, attends a press conference on the government funding bill at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on March 22, 2024. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—A recount conducted on Aug. 1 in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District confirmed that state Sen. John McGuire defeated incumbent Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), the chairman of the influential and conservative House Freedom Caucus.

The final tally was a margin of 370 votes.