Representative Bob Good (R., Va.) announced Monday that he will challenge the votes from his district’s biggest city in court as the GOP primary in the fifth congressional district looks headed for a recount.
Six days since congressional primary voting in Virginia, state senator John McGuire leads Good, chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, by 358 votes, according to the Associated Press. Good announced Friday that he would request a recount.
But the limbo could drag on longer after Good announced a legal challenge on former Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s TV show.
“There are other concerns across the district with the results, but Lynchburg is the big key,” Good said Monday. “That can’t be certified.”
Chris Shores, senior political strategist for the Good campaign, told National Review that the campaign has no details to offer on the lawsuit yet.
“We are continuing to develop our legal options with our attorneys,” Shores said in a text message.
Good claimed in a social-media post that “three ‘fires’ on election day in three precincts,” including one in Lynchburg, had forced the buildings to evacuate. Election officials told a local ABC affiliate the fire alarm in three precincts had gone off, but there had not been any fires.
Former president Donald Trump shook up the race by endorsing McGuire last month after Good backed Florida governor Ron DeSantis in the presidential primary last year. The race is a test of Trump’s influence with primary voters in a mostly red district.