For a party accustomed to moderate-vs.-MAGA primary battles, the contest represents more offbeat internal warfare, with the two fighting over who is closer to Trump.
Ann Parker, a school board member in the Timberlake District of Campbell County Schools, sports her wristbands outside of a voting precinct at Timberlake Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Va., during the Virginia primary on June 18. LYNCHBURG, Va.
McGuire has led Good slightly in fundraising — $1.2 million to Good’s $1.1 million — but has enjoyed about $1 million more in supportThe establishment support for McGuire has given Good an opening to paint his challenger as a RINO , while McGuire claims Good’s DeSantis endorsement makes the incumbent an anti-MAGA insider.
Outside the church, campaign supporters stood in front of red signs for McGuire and Good — the key distinction in them: a blue field on McGuire’s signs that read “Trump Endorsed.” Good said his record and status as an incumbent would convince voters to reelect him, but he acknowledged the challenge he faces.
McGuire, 55, is a former Navy SEAL known in the Richmond area for founding a popular physical fitness business based on boot-camp-style workouts. He broke his neck in a trampoline accident and has made his recovery part of the story he shares as a. McGuire won election to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2017, a year after Trump won the White House, and claimed a seat in the state Senate last November.
“I don’t even know what role ideology plays anymore,” he said. “It is really a cult of personality, and it seems to be the faction that’s winning now in the Republican Party.”For Pam and Mike Ross of Lynchburg, it came as no surprise last month when Trump endorsed McGuire, potentially undermining Good. “Trump said ‘ stabbed me in the back.’ I mean, he has a vendetta,” Mike Ross said. “He’s gonna go after people that go against him.
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