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{{Short description|American politician (born 1946)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2014}} {{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]] (2010βpresent) |otherparty = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (2002β2010)<br />[[Independent politician|Independent]] (2000β2002)<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 = 1969β1975 |unit = [[Army National Guard]]<br />{{*}}[[Virginia Army National Guard]] }} '''Virgil Hamlin Goode Jr.''' ({{IPAc-en|Λ|Ι‘|uΛ|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. ==Early life and education== Goode was born in [[Richmond, Virginia]], the son of Alice Clara (born Besecker) and Virgil Hamlin Goode Sr.<ref>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/goode.htm {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=June 2022}}</ref> However, he has spent most of his life in [[Rocky Mount, Virginia|Rocky Mount]], south of [[Roanoke, Virginia|Roanoke]]. His father served in the [[Virginia House of Delegates]] from 1940 to 1948 and as [[commonwealth's attorney]] of [[Franklin County, Virginia|Franklin County]] from 1948 to 1972; between them, father and son represented Franklin County at either the local, state or federal level with only one year's interruption from 1940 to 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefranklinnewspost.com/news/local/goode-political-dynasty-lasted-seven-decades/article_8dbce894-651e-5fbc-9ffb-7ec96507a720.html |title=Goode political dynasty lasted seven decades |author=Joel Turner |newspaper=Franklin News-Post |date=January 1, 2009 |access-date=February 4, 2016}}</ref> Goode graduated with a B.A. from the [[University of Richmond]] ([[Phi Beta Kappa]]) and with a J.D. from the [[University of Virginia School of Law]]. He also is a member of [[Lambda Chi Alpha]] fraternity and served in the [[Army National Guard]] from 1969 to 1975.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008/elections/va/house/846/virgil-h-goode-jr/ |title=Virgil H. Goode, Jr. | 2008 Elections for President, Congress and Governor | washingtonpost.com |publisher=Projects.washingtonpost.com |date=October 17, 1946 |access-date=August 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930134801/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008/elections/va/house/846/virgil-h-goode-jr/ |archive-date=September 30, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> ==Virginia Senate== Goode grew up as a Democrat.<ref name="Hull">{{cite news| title=Delegate Hull's Richmond Report | author=Bob Hull, Virginia House of Delegates | date=December 28, 2006 | url= http://www.fcnp.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=672&Itemid=34| publisher= Falls Church News-Press}} Retrieved on December 28, 2006</ref> He entered politics soon after graduating from law school. At the age of 27, he won a special election to the state Senate from a Southside district as an independent after the death of the multi-term Democratic incumbent, [[William F. Stone]]. One of Goode's major campaign focuses was advocacy for the [[Equal Rights Amendment]].<ref name="Shear&Craig">{{cite news|title=Goode Has Often Inspired Political Ire|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | date=December 23, 2006| url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/22/AR2006122201351.html|author=Michael D. Shear And Tim Craig}} Retrieved on December 29, 2006</ref> Soon after being elected, he joined the Democrats. Goode was very conservative even by Virginia Democratic standards of the time. As such, he wore his party ties very loosely. He supported the tobacco industry, worrying that "his elderly mother would be denied 'the one last pleasure' of smoking a cigarette on her hospital deathbed."<ref name="Shear&Craig"/> Goode ardently defended gun rights while also enthusiastically supporting [[Douglas Wilder|L. Douglas Wilder]], who later became the first elected black governor of Virginia. At the Democratic Party's state political convention in 1985, Goode nominated Wilder for lieutenant governor. However, while governor, Wilder cracked down on gun sales in the state.<ref name="Shear&Craig"/> After the 1995 elections resulted in a 20β20 split between Democrats and Republicans in the State Senate, Goode seriously considered voting with the Republicans on organizing the chamber. Had he done so, the State Senate would have been under Republican control for the first time since [[Reconstruction era of the United States|Reconstruction]] (Republicans ultimately won control outright in 1999). Goode's actions at the time "forced his party to share power with Republican lawmakers in the state legislature," which further upset the Democratic Party.<ref name="Shear&Craig"/> ==U.S. Senate elections== ===1982=== Independent incumbent U.S. Senator [[Harry F. Byrd Jr.]] decided to retire. Goode ran for the seat, but lost the nomination, getting just 8% of the vote. [[Lieutenant Governor of Virginia|Lieutenant Governor]] [[Richard Joseph Davis]] won the convention with 64% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=419685 |title=VA US Senate β D Convention Race β Jun 05, 1982 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=August 6, 2012}}</ref> Davis lost the general election by a two-point margin.<ref name="ourcampaigns.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3776 |title=VA US Senate Race β Nov 02, 1982 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=August 6, 2012}}</ref> ===1994=== {{See also|1994 United States Senate election in Virginia}} He decided to run for the U.S. Senate again in 1994, to challenge incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator [[Chuck Robb]] in the Democratic primary. He angered much of the leadership of the [[Democratic Party of Virginia|Virginia Democratic Party]] during his second run.<ref name="Shear&Craig" /> On June 14, Robb defeated Goode 58% to 34%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=16076 |title=VA US Senate β D Primary Race β Jun 14, 1994 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=August 6, 2012}}</ref> == U.S. House of Representatives == ===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. ===Tenure=== During his first two terms, he compiled one of the most conservative records of any Democrat in the Congress.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.voteview.com/c105/c105.htm |title=Voteview analysis of the 105th Congress |access-date=August 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726053933/http://www.voteview.com/c105/c105.htm |archive-date=July 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Like many [[Southern Democrat]]s, Goode strongly opposed [[abortion]] and [[gun politics in the United States|gun control]] and vigorously supported the [[tobacco]] industry. His contrarian streak resulted in him being isolated within the Democratic caucus, which later led to him switching parties.<ref name="Hull"/> Goode came under considerable fire shortly after being unopposed for a second term in 1998, when he voted for three of the four articles of [[Impeachment of Bill Clinton|impeachment]] against [[Bill Clinton]]. In January 2000, he declared himself an independent and began caucusing with the Republicans, who gave him a seat on the [[United States House Committee on Appropriations|Appropriations Committee]]. Republicans had been lobbying him to switch parties since 1998. Reflecting on Goode's record at the time, [[David E. Brown (elected official)|David Brown]], the [[List of mayors of Charlottesville, Virginia|mayor]] of [[Charlottesville, Virginia|Charlottesville]] and a former chairman of the city's Democratic Party said "It was obvious he didn't really fit in the Democratic Party anymore."<ref name="Shear&Craig"/> He officially joined the GOP in August 2002. Goode's primary policy initiatives were opposition to amnesty for [[Illegal immigrant population of the United States|undocumented immigrants]], veterans' healthcare, and the enactment in 2004 of a $9.6 billion (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=9600000000|start_year=2004}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) buyout for tobacco farmers. Goode has sponsored legislation to permit deployment of the U.S. Armed Forces to the U.S.-Mexico border. He voted in 2002 to authorize the Iraq War and in support of an $87 billion (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=87000000000|start_year=2002}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) [[Iraq War]] supplemental spending bill. Goode is an advocate of a federal prohibition of online [[poker]]. In 2006, he cosponsored H.R. 4777, the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04777: |title=Thomas (Library of Congress): HR 4777 |access-date=August 6, 2008 |archive-date=October 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018013459/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04777: |url-status=dead }}</ref> Goode voted in 2007 against a resolution opposing the increase in troop numbers in [[Iraq]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/cgi-bin/vote.asp?year=2007&rollnumber=99 |title=Final Vote Results for Roll Call 99 |publisher=Clerk.house.gov |access-date=August 24, 2010}}</ref> saying that he didn't want to "aid and assist the [[jihad|Islamic jihadists]] who want the green flag of the crescent and star to wave over the Capitol of the United States and over the [[White House]] of this country" and that "radical [[Muslim]]s" wanted to control the world and put "In [[Muhammad]] We Trust" on American currency.<ref>[http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?dbname=2007_record&page=H1706&position=all Congressional Record. Feb. 15, 2007]</ref> ;Liberty caucus Goode served on the [[Republican Liberty Caucus|Liberty Caucus]] (sometimes called the Liberty Committee), a group of [[Libertarianism|libertarian]]-leaning congressional representatives.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.thelibertycommittee.org/|title= The Liberty Committee|access-date=June 24, 2007}}</ref> Other members at that time included [[Ron Paul]] of Texas, [[Jimmy Duncan (U.S. politician)|Jimmy Duncan]] of [[Tennessee]], [[Walter B. Jones]] of [[North Carolina]], [[Roscoe Bartlett]] of [[Maryland]], [[Scott Garrett]] of [[New Jersey]], [[Zach Wamp]] of Tennessee, and [[Jeff Flake]] of [[Arizona]].<ref name="nytimesmagazine">{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/22/magazine/22Paul-t.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin | title = The Antiwar, Anti-Abortion, Anti-Drug-Enforcement-Administration, Anti-Medicare Candidacy of Dr. Ron Paul | first = Christopher | last = Caldwell | work = The New York Times Magazine | date = July 22, 2007 | access-date = July 21, 2007}}</ref> ;MZM In 2005, Goode faced questions when a major corporate campaign donor, defense contractor MZM, Inc., was implicated in a bribery scandal that resulted in the criminal conviction and resignation of California congressman [[Randy "Duke" Cunningham]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Goode's liability in scandal unclear|author=Peter Hardin|publisher=Times-Dispatch|date=February 26, 2006|url=http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&%09s=1045855935264&c=MGArticle&cid=1137834366359&path=!news!politics|archive-url=https://archive.today/20060628175847/http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&%09s=1045855935264&c=MGArticle&cid=1137834366359&path=!news!politics|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 28, 2006}} Retrieved on December 28, 2006</ref> Although Goode insisted that his relations with MZM were motivated solely by his interest in bringing high-paying skilled jobs to his district, in December of that year he donated the $88,000 received in MZM contributions to regional charities. On July 21, 2006 Richard Berglund, a former supervisor of the [[Martinsville, Virginia]] office of MZM Inc., pleaded guilty to making illegal donations to Goode's campaign. Court papers indicated that Berglund and MZM owner [[Mitchell Wade]] (who previously pleaded guilty) engaged in a scheme to reimburse MZM employees for campaign donations.<ref>{{cite news|title=Goode's war chest turns up new MZM donor|author=Lindsy Nair|date=July 4, 2006|url=http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/wb/xp-72325|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927024416/http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/wb/xp-72325|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 27, 2007}} Retrieved on December 28, 2006</ref> There was no allegation of wrongdoing on the part of Goode's campaign. ;2006 Qur'an controversy {{Main|Qur'an oath controversy of the 110th United States Congress}} In 2006, [[Minnesota's 5th congressional district]] elected [[Keith Ellison (politician)|Keith Ellison]] as the first [[Muslim]] to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. Some criticized Ellison's intended use of the [[Qur'an]] once owned by [[Thomas Jefferson]] at a private swearing-in ceremony;<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/03/AR2007010300075.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | title=But It's Thomas Jefferson's Koran! | first1=Amy | last1=Argetsinger | first2=Roxanne | last2=Roberts | date=January 3, 2007 | access-date=May 27, 2010}}</ref> among them, Goode was vocal in his opposition to Ellison's plan. One of Goode's constituents posted a letter online from the congressman regarding Ellison. The letter reads in part: <blockquote>When I raise my hand to take the oath on Swearing In Day, I will have the Bible in my other hand. I do not subscribe to using the Koran in any way. The Muslim Representative from [[Minnesota]] was elected by the voters of that district and if American citizens don't wake up and adopt the Virgil Goode position on immigration there will likely be many more Muslims elected to office and demanding the use of the Koran.<ref name="Howsare">{{cite news| title=Goode makes complete ass of self: Anti-Muslim letter goes out to hundreds β not all are amused| author=Erika Howsare| publisher=C-Ville Weekly| date=December 19, 2006| url=http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=141404064431134&ShowArticle_ID=11041812060944420| access-date=November 22, 2008| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211214050/http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=141404064431134&ShowArticle_ID=11041812060944420| archive-date=December 11, 2008| df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Swarns">{{cite news|title=Congressman Criticizes Election of Muslim| author=Rachel L. Swarns|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 21, 2006| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/21/us/21koran.html?_r=1&oref=slogin|access-date=November 22, 2008}}</ref></blockquote> Ellison criticized Goode for this letter, stating that he is not an immigrant and that Goode does not understand Islam. Ellison also offered to meet with Goode to discuss the matter.<ref name="Swarns"/> On his first day in office, Ellison sought out Goode and initiated a cordial exchange on the House floor.<ref>{{cite news|title=Muslim congressman shakes critic's hand'|date=December 21, 2006 |url= http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/04/congress.muslim/index.html|publisher=CNN}} Retrieved on January 5, 2007</ref> In interviews around that time, Goode stated that he was in favor of decreasing legal immigration to the United States and that he wanted to do away with [[Diversity Immigrant Visa]]s. Goode argued that such visas would allow people "not from [[Europe]]an countries" or from "some terrorist states" to enter America.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ellison: Lawmaker has 'a lot to learn about Islam'|date=December 21, 2006 |url= http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/21/quran.congress/index.html|publisher=CNN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061222162935/http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/21/quran.congress/index.html|archive-date=December 22, 2006|access-date=December 22, 2006}}</ref> Goode also repeated his views on a January 1, 2007 post to the ''[[USA Today]]'' [[blog]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Opposing view: Save Judeo-Christian Values |date=January 1, 2007 |url=http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2007/01/opposing_view_s.html |publisher=USA Today |first=Thomas S. |last=Kidd |access-date=January 5, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070104055856/http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2007/01/opposing_view_s.html |archive-date=January 4, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} Retrieved on January 4, 2007</ref> ;Hummer accusation At the 2008 [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]] parade in [[Scottsville, Virginia]], independent supporters of Goode drove a [[Hummer H3]] decorated with signs promoting Goode and [[Robert B. Bell]].<ref name="cvillepodcast.com">{{cite news|title=The real story of Virgil Goode and the Hummer|date=August 1, 2008|url=http://www.cvillepodcast.com/2008/08/01/the-real-story-of-virgil-goode-and-the-hummer/}} Retrieved on August 10, 2008</ref> With gas prices at $4 a gallon, a supporter of Goode's opponent, [[Tom Perriello]], put video of the parade on [[YouTube]], accusing Goode of being out of touch with ordinary citizens grappling with the high cost of fuel.<ref>{{cite news|title=YouTube: Virgil Goode Grief'|date=July 7, 2008 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOi7iWwnYuI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/EOi7iWwnYuI| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} Retrieved on August 8, 2008</ref> Goode never rode in the Hummer, and is not known to have had anything to do with it, but he was widely portrayed as having both owned and operated the vehicle.<ref name="cvillepodcast.com"/> He was lampooned on ''[[The Daily Show]]'' for the story.<ref>{{cite news|title=Daily Show: Rappers or Republicans'|date=July 29, 2008|url=http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=178008|publisher=Comedy Central|access-date=August 9, 2008|archive-date=August 10, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080810014919/http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=178008|url-status=dead}} Retrieved on August 8, 2008</ref> ;North Theatre controversy The United States [[Department of Housing and Urban Development]] grant that Goode assisted in bringing to the North Theatre project was received by the North Theatre organization in 2005. The ''Danville Register & Bee'' reported that Goode's press secretary as well as his wife Lucy were both on the founding board of the North Theatre. Virgil Goode checked with the House ethics committee, before Duncan or his wife Lucy went onto the North Theatre board. In the light of the controversy, Lucy Goode stepped down from the board. In 2003, Duncan told the ''Register & Bee'' he didn't see any conflict with the [[Earmark (finance)|earmarked]] dollars. "I don't even know how a question of a conflict even arises," he said.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.godanriver.com/gdr/news/local/danville_news/article/goode_linked_to_gay_movie/6829/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017123129/http://www.godanriver.com/gdr/news/local/danville_news/article/goode_linked_to_gay_movie/6829/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 17, 2008 |title=Goode linked to movie about homosexuality |publisher=GoDanRiver.com |access-date=August 24, 2010 }}</ref> ;Sabato earmark controversy In June 2009, it was revealed that political scientist [[Larry Sabato]], of the [[University of Virginia Center for Politics|Center for Politics]], had been the recipient of over $7 million in earmark money from Goode, who Sabato predicted would win re-election in 2008, despite declining poll numbers; Goode ultimately lost the race by a small margin.<ref name="earmarks">{{Cite web |url=http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=F5EA641B-18FE-70B2-A8CA7099244C65DC |author=Ben Smith |title=Sabato's program earmark dries up |website=[[Politico]] |date=June 19, 2009 |access-date=November 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225230652/http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=F5EA641B-18FE-70B2-A8CA7099244C65DC |archive-date=December 25, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Some observers have suggested that Sabato should have revealed his financial connection to Goode or recused himself from making predictions about the race.<ref name="criticism">[http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/pundits/larry-sabato-and-the-dc-pundit-industrial-complex/ Greg Sargent, ''Larry Sabato And The D.C. Pundit-Industrial Complex'', The Plum Line, June 19, 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006230339/http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/pundits/larry-sabato-and-the-dc-pundit-industrial-complex/ |date=October 6, 2011 }}</ref> ===Committee assignments=== * [[United States House Committee on Appropriations|House Appropriations Committee]] ==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. ==Electoral history== {| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%" |+ {{ushr|Virginia|5|}}: Results 1996β2008<ref name="clerkresults">{{cite web |url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html |title=Election Statistics |access-date=January 10, 2008 |publisher=Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives }}</ref> !Year ! !Subject !Party !Votes !Pct ! !Opponent !Party !Votes !Pct ! !Opponent !Party !Votes !Pct ! |- |[[1996 United States House of Representatives elections#Virginia|1996]] | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|'''Virgil H. Goode Jr.'''}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |120,323 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |61% | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |[[George C. Landrith III]] |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |70,869 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |36% | |{{Party shading/Independent}} |George R. "Tex" Wood |{{Party shading/Independent}} |Virginia Reform |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |6,627 |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |3% |'''*''' |- |[[1998 United States House of Representatives elections#Virginia|1998]] | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''Virgil H. Goode Jr.''' |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |73,097 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |99% | |{{Party shading/Independent}} |[[Write-in candidate|Write-ins]] |{{Party shading/Independent}} | |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |785 |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |1% | |- |[[2000 United States House of Representatives elections#Virginia|2000]] | |{{Party shading/Independent}} |'''Virgil H. Goode Jr.''' |{{Party shading/Independent}} |Independent |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |143,312 |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |67% | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|John W. Boyd Jr.}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |65,387 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |31% | |{{Party shading/Independent}} |Joseph S. Spence |{{Party shading/Independent}} | Independent |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |3,936 |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |2% | '''*''' |- |[[2002 United States House of Representatives elections#Virginia|2002]] | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''Virgil H. Goode Jr.''' |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |95,360 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |63% | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Meredith M. Richards}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |54,805 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |36% | |{{Party shading/Independent}} |[[Write-in candidate|Write-ins]] |{{Party shading/Independent}} | |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |68 |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |1% | |- |[[2004 United States House of Representatives elections#Virginia|2004]] | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''Virgil H. Goode Jr.''' |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |172,431 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |64% | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Al C. Weed II |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |98,237 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |36% | |{{Party shading/Independent}} |[[Write-in candidate|Write-ins]] |{{Party shading/Independent}} | |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |90 |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |1% | |- |[[2006 United States House of Representatives elections#Virginia|2006]] | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''Virgil H. Goode Jr.''' |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |125,370 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |59% | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Al C. Weed II |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |84,682 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |40% | |{{Party shading/Green}} |Joseph P. Oddo |{{Party shading/Green}} |Independent Green |{{Party shading/Green}} align="right" |1,928 |{{Party shading/Green}} align="right" |1% | '''*''' |- |[[2008 United States House of Representatives elections#Virginia|2008]] | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Virgil H. Goode Jr.}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |158,083 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |50% | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''[[Tom Perriello]]''' |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |158,810 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |50% | '''*''' |- |} {{refbegin}} <nowiki>*</nowiki>Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 1996, write-ins received 104 votes. In 2000, write-ins received 70 votes. In 2006, write-ins received 99 votes. {{refend}} ==See also== * [[List of American politicians who switched parties in office]] * [[List of United States representatives who switched parties]] ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} == External links == {{Commons category}} {{Wikinews category}} * [http://www.goodeforpresident2012.com/ Virgil Goode for President 2012] official campaign website * {{CongLinks | congbio=g000280 | votesmart=527 | fec=H6VA05068 | congress= }}<!-- Links formerly displayed via the CongLinks template: * [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/400153 Congressional profile] at [[GovTrack]] * [http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00002167 Financial information (federal office)] at [[Center for Responsive Politics|OpenSecrets.org]] * [http://www.legistorm.com/member/253/Rep_Virgil_Hamlin_Goode_Jr_.html Staff salaries, trips and personal finance] at LegiStorm.com * [http://www.ontheissues.org/VA/Virgil_Goode.htm Issue positions and quotes] at [[On the Issues]] * [http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2001-86479 Works by or about Virgil Goode] in libraries ([[WorldCat]] catalog) * [http://www.c-spanvideo.org/virgilgoode Appearances] on [[C-SPAN]] programs * --> * {{C-SPAN|35857}} * [http://www.virginiapodcast.net/2006/08/09/weed-versus-goode/ Audio from Goode's August 9, 2006 debate with Al Weed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210645/http://www.virginiapodcast.net/2006/08/09/weed-versus-goode/ |date=September 27, 2007 }} {{s-start}} {{s-par|us-hs}} {{s-bef|before=[[Lewis F. 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