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===Elections=== ;1996 When incumbent Democratic U.S. Congressman [[Lewis F. Payne Jr.|Lewis Payne]] decided to retire in 1996, Goode won the Democratic nomination to succeed him. His state senate district was virtually co-extensive with the southern portion of the congressional district. He defeated Republican nominee [[George Landrith]], an attorney, 61% to 36%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=30091 |title=VA District 5 Race β Nov 05, 1996 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=August 6, 2012}}</ref> ;1998 Goode won re-election to a second term unopposed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=31193 |title=VA District 5 Race β Nov 03, 1998 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=August 6, 2012}}</ref> ;2000 Prior to the election, Goode switched from a Democrat to an independent. He portrayed himself as a congressman who was "as independent as the people he serves." He won re-election to a third term with 67% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=675 |title=VA District 5 Race β Nov 07, 2000 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=August 6, 2012}}</ref> ;2002 For the 2001 congressional redistricting, Goode allied with Republican [[Bob Goodlatte]] and Democrat [[Rick Boucher]] to ensure that none of them would be put in the same district. Goode's home in [[Franklin County, Virginia|Franklin County]] is only about {{convert|20|mi|km|abbr=on}} south of Goodlatte's home in Roanoke, the heart of the {{ushr|Virginia|6|6th district}}. The counties to the west of Franklin County were in Boucher's {{ushr|Virginia|9|9th District}}, which had to expand due to lack of population growth. Having become a Republican in August 2002, Goode won the Republican nomination and won re-election to a fourth term with 63% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=1255 |title=VA District 5 Race β Nov 05, 2002 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=August 6, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www2.sbe.state.va.us/web_docs/election/results/2002/nov/c_06_005.htm |title=General Election β November 5, 2002<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=July 22, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050908140943/http://www.sbe.state.va.us/web_docs/election/results/2002/nov/c_06_005.htm |archive-date=September 8, 2005 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> He was the first Republican to represent this district since 1889. ;2004 He won re-election to a fifth term with 64% of the vote, defeating Vietnam War veteran and businessman Al Weed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=4392 |title=VA β District 05 Race β Nov 02, 2004 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=August 6, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Commonwealth of Virginia β General Election 2004; Vote totals US House District 5|url=http://www2.sbe.virginia.gov/web_docs/Election/Results/2004/Nov2004/c_06_005.htm|access-date=July 22, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615002405/http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/web_docs/Election/Results/2004/Nov2004/c_06_005.htm|archive-date=June 15, 2006|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} Retrieved on December 28, 2006</ref> ;2006 {{See also|United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2006#District 5}} He won re-election to a sixth term with 59% of the vote against Weed again.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=207745 |title=VA β District 05 Race β Nov 07, 2006 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=August 6, 2012}}</ref> ;2008 {{See also|United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2008#District 5}} In 2008 Goode lost his seat, being defeated by Democrat [[Tom Perriello]] by 727 votes (0.24% of over 316,000 votes cast). While Goode won 13 of the district's 20 counties and independent cities, the race was decided in the district's more urbanized areas. Goode won only one independent city in the district, [[Bedford, Virginia|Bedford]], but by only 16 votes. Ultimately, Goode could not overcome a combined 19,000-vote deficit in the [[Charlottesville]] area (Charlottesville and surrounding [[Albemarle County, Virginia|Albemarle County]]), where Perriello is from. Goode mostly held his own in the district's strongly conservative southwestern portion, parts of which he had represented for 35 years at the state and federal level.<ref name="2008 SBE unofficial">{{cite web|url=https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2008/07261AFC-9ED3-410F-B07D-84D014AB2C6B/Official/1_s.shtml |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-05-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226103349/https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2008/07261AFC-9ED3-410F-B07D-84D014AB2C6B/Official/1_s.shtml |archive-date=February 26, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref> ;2010 {{See also|United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2010#District 5}} Goode had filed paperwork with the [[Federal Election Committee]] to allow him to raise money for a possible rematch in the 2010 elections, due to receiving "unsolicited" campaign contributions, though he said he had not decided whether or not he would run in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/former-rep.-goode-files-to-run-for-old-seat-2009-03-12.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318023824/http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/former-rep.-goode-files-to-run-for-old-seat-2009-03-12.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 18, 2009|title=Former Rep. Goode files to run for old seat|author=Aaron Blake|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=March 12, 2009}}</ref> However, Goode announced in late July 2009 that he would not seek the Republican nomination for the seat in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/article.cfm?ID=19876&back=archives|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722012149/http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/article.cfm?ID=19876&back=archives|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 22, 2011|title=Goode's Service Praised|author=Mickey Powell|work=[[Martinsville Bulletin (newspaper)|Martinsville Bulletin]]|date=July 28, 2009}}</ref> Nonetheless, many expected this race to be heavily targeted by the Republican Party in 2010; it was won by Republican [[Robert Hurt (Virginia politician)|Robert Hurt]] that year.
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