Editing Virgil Goode (section)

==2012 presidential campaign==
{{main|Virgil Goode 2012 presidential campaign}}
{{Wikinews|Wikinews interviews former Congressman Virgil Goode, Constitution Party presidential candidate}}
In November 2010, Goode joined the executive committee of the [[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution Party]], having previously been a member of the party's larger national committee.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.constitutionparty.com/news.php?aid=1305 |title=Former Congressman Tapped for Leadership Role |publisher=Constitution Party |date=November 19, 2010 |access-date=June 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622010612/http://www.constitutionparty.com/news.php?aid=1305 |archive-date=June 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> He told the ''[[Roanoke Times]]'' in June 2011 that he would "consider [running for the party's presidential nomination] as the year progresses."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.roanoke.com/politics/wb/289324 |title=Virgil Goode could run ... for president? |date=June 10, 2011 |last=Adams |first=Mason |work=Roanoke Times |quote=At its April meeting in Harrisburg, Pa., the national executive committee of the Constitution Party passed a resolution urging Goode to seek its presidential nomination next year. Goode, who's been making speeches at Constitution Party meetings for two years, said he's thinking about it. "I will consider it as the year progresses," Goode said when reached at his Rocky Mount office Thursday. |access-date=June 11, 2011 |archive-date=March 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310184731/http://www.roanoke.com/politics/wb/289324 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Goode filed with the [[Federal Election Commission]] (FEC) as a presidential candidate on February 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://images.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?_12030741864+0|title=Virgil Goode FEC filing|work=FEC|access-date=February 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212412/http://images.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?_12030741864+0|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

{{wikinews|U.S. Constitution Party nominates former Congressman Virgil Goode for president}}
Goode was selected as the party's 2012 presidential nominee on April 21, 2012, at the [[2012 Constitution Party National Convention]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.c-span.org/Events/C-SPAN-Event/10737430045/ | title=Constitution Party Selects Presidential Nominee | publisher=[[C-SPAN]] | date=April 21, 2012 | access-date=April 22, 2012 | archive-date=April 25, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425201242/http://www.c-span.org/Events/C-SPAN-Event/10737430045/ | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/307795 | title=Goode gets Constitution Party's nomination for president | work=[[The Roanoke Times]] | date=April 21, 2012 | access-date=April 22, 2012 | author=Retting, Arielle | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908195419/http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/307795 | archive-date=September 8, 2012 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

On October 23, 2012, Virgil Goode, along with [[Gary Johnson]], [[Jill Stein]], and [[Rocky Anderson]] participated in a debate moderated by [[Larry King]]. Goode lost in a poll conducted after the debate to decide who would face off in a runoff debate.