Editing Virgil Goode (section)

{{Short description|American politician (born 1946)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name          = Virgil Goode
|image         = Rep Virgil Goode.jpg
|state         = [[Virginia]]
|district      = {{ushr|VA|5|5th}}
|term_start    = January 3, 1997
|term_end      = January 3, 2009
|predecessor   = [[Lewis F. Payne Jr.|Lewis Payne]]
|successor     = [[Tom Perriello]]
|state_senate1 = Virginia
|district1     = [[Virginia's 20th Senate district|20th]]
|term_start1   = December 1973
|term_end1     = January 3, 1997
|predecessor1  = [[William F. Stone|William Stone]]
|successor1    = [[Roscoe Reynolds]]
|birth_name    = Virgil Hamlin Goode Jr.
|birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1946|10|17}}
|birth_place   = [[Richmond, Virginia]], U.S.
|death_date    = 
|death_place   = 
|party         = [[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution]] (2010–present)
|otherparty    = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (2002–2010)<br />[[Independent politician|Independent]] (2000–2002)<br />[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (before 2000)
|spouse        = Lucy Dodson
|children      = 1
|education     = [[University of Richmond]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[University of Virginia]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
|allegiance    = {{flag|United States}}
|branch        = {{army|United States}}
|serviceyears  = 1969–1975
|unit          = [[Army National Guard]]<br />{{*}}[[Virginia Army National Guard]]
}}
'''Virgil Hamlin Goode Jr.''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|ɡ|uː|d}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Virgil Goode 101708-2 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVDuFD7FIjw |website=YouTube |access-date=13 August 2024}}</ref> born October 17, 1946) is an American politician who served as a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Virginia's 5th congressional district|5th congressional district]] of [[Virginia]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/va05_109.gif |title=map |access-date=March 25, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050909083414/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/va05_109.gif |archive-date=September 9, 2005 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> from 1997 to 2009. He was initially a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]], but became an [[Independent politician|independent]] in 2000 and switched to the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] in 2002. He was narrowly defeated in [[2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia#District 5|2008]] by Democrat [[Tom Perriello]].<ref>{{Cite news| title = Perriello declared winner in 5th District recount| newspaper = [[Charlottesville Daily Progress]]| url = http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/local_govtpolitics/article/perriello_declared_winner_in_5th_district_recount/32941/| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090126043235/http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/local_govtpolitics/article/perriello_declared_winner_in_5th_district_recount/32941/| url-status = dead| archive-date = 2009-01-26}}</ref>

In [[2012 United States presidential election|2012]], he was the presidential nominee of the [[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution Party]], receiving 122,388 votes or 0.09% of the total.