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Final results of the intra-GOP brawl in the 5th district between U.S. Rep. Bob Good and state Sen. John McGuire might be a ways off.

With McGuire’s lead of about 300 votes and yet-to-be received mail-in ballots, the race hasn’t been called in any candidates’ favor just yet. A busy week of work lies ahead for the Virginia Department of Elections to count votes and for the state’s Board of Elections to certify results on July 2. From there, the Good-McGuire matchup could be headed for a recount.

Virginia law allows for candidates to request a recount if the margins are less than 1%. Such was the case last fall when Kimberly Pope Adams challenged Del. Kim Taylor, R-Dinwiddie, to represent the 82nd district in Virginia’s House of Delegates. After ostensibly losing by 78 votes, the recount confirmed that Taylor had topped Adams by 53 votes. ...

Congressional candidate John McGuire of Virginia received Donald Trump’s endorsement Monday in a closely-watched Republican primary campaign against incumbent Rep. Bob Good, chairman of the ultra-conservative Freedom Caucus.

The June 18 primary in Virginia’s conservative 5th Congressional District is tantamount to winning the general election, and the campaign between McGuire and Good has been mostly about which candidate has the greater fealty to Trump.

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