Rep. Bob Good faces Charlottesville GOP Chairman Dan Moy in a party convention. Eleven Republicans are on the ballot in Virginia's 10th.
This time around there isn’t much evidence of a large grass-roots revolt against Good, and in GOP conventions, those right-wing grass-roots activists make up a large portion of participants. But there is evidence of discontent among some Republicans about some of Good’s actions, creating an opening for Moy’s challenge.
But Good, who opposes abortion without exception and is an ardent gun rights supporter, is popular among religious conservatives in the Bible Belt district, and many others who have cheered his work in the ultraconservative Freedom Caucus. He has— on bipartisan legislation, for example opposing the additional military and humanitarian aid package for Ukraine last week.
While Moy says he would have voted to certify the presidential election results on Jan. 6, Good objected to them and has perpetuated former president Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud. But those actions are unlikely to upset many GOP voters here: Convention delegates will
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