McGuire on track to defeat incumbent Rep. Good [Video]

Ballot counting stopped at midnight on Wednesday before a final winner of the Republican primary could be announced for the 5th Congressional District of Virginia. The current count shows state Sen. John McGuire in the lead with 327 more votes than incumbent U.S. Rep. Bob Good, a less-than-shocking development if you have been plugged into the candidates’ campaigns over the past several months.Video above: Trump holds campaign rally in WisconsinUnlike many other races, Good and McGuire’s bids for the primary nomination have focused on their allegiance to former President Donald Trump rather than on differences in policies, values or party loyalty. While McGuire’s efforts to convince Virginians that Good, who backed Trump’s campaign for the White House in 2020 and 2024, is a “never Trumper” at one time seemed like a losing battle, it is now clear that the voters were listening.The backlash against Good from Trump-loyalists is largely due …