State Sen. John McGuire ( R- 56 ) has taken a commanding lead over U. S. Rep. Bob Good ( R- VA ) in the GOP primary for Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District, according to an internal poll from McGuire’s campaign.
The poll, which Battleground Connect conducted for the battle and was first shared with Cardinal News, shows McGuire leading Great by 45 to 31 percent, a significant change from December. Another 24 percentage are undecided.

Rep. Bob Good ( R- VA ) at the U. S. Capitol on March 22, 2023, in Washington, DC. ( Chip Somodevilla/Getty )
Since the Virginia Star reported her ballot on December 12th, McGuire, a Navy SEAL, has increased 21 points, while Good has lost 15 details. In five decades, this represents a 36-point jump away from Good and McGuire. McGuire’s plan also provided that surveys to the Star.
Riley Bloch, a spokesman for the McGuire plan, told Cardinal News in a statement that” [t]he effects of this study demonstrate what we already know: people are demanding better than Good.”
” Bob Good has alienated virtually every portion of the group, not the least of which is the Trump center, by backstabbing President Trump and refusing to support him at the time of these illegal, political charges”, Bloch added.
Importantly, Good backed Gov. In the Republican presidential primary, Ron DeSantis (R-FL ) defeats former US President Donald Trump. This came after Trump’s unchallenged primary in 2022 featured Nice. Good changed his support for Trump after DeSantis pulled out of the contest after finishing second in the Iowa primaries.
McGuire, who has passionately supported Trump, called Great a” Not Trumper since Day 1″ in an internet after the senator switched his support to Trump, as CBS 19 media reported.
” Now Bob Good has come groveling back to Trump in order to save his own hide – friends, do n’t trust him”, he added.
While Trump has not made any significant contributions to the competition with one of his very significant testimonials, McGuire, who supports former New York City president Rudy Guiliani and former governor of New York City, has been spotted with him at various occasions recently.
This year at Mar-a-Lago, I had a fantastic conversation with President Donald J. Trump. In order to restore America, I’m eager to win the VA 05 major and support Trump’s victory in the public. # Trump2024 #MAGA pic. twitter.com/dSdC13e9GE
— John McGuire ( @JohnMcGuire4VA ) April 1, 2024
Now at the Donald J. Trump for President Rally in Richmond, Virginia, I had the honor of joining Dozens of America First Patriots!
If you were there or watching, you heard me say: It’s moment for Nikki Haley to DROP OUT!
Our only wish for the United States is Donald J. Trump. photograph. twitter.com/9tYsHGVROV
— John McGuire ( @JohnMcGuire4VA ) March 3, 2024
It was a great honor to speak with President Donald J. Trump” Big Don” in Iowa &, support his plan to Save America. Trump is going to get “bigly”! The best thing for Virginia and the United States is to win Trump’s reelection and put an end to these anti-American radical plans, Biden. #MAGA# America photograph. twitter.com/kxE2X6Ezob
— John McGuire ( @JohnMcGuire4VA ) January 15, 2024
The surveys sampled 504 possible GOP primary citizens from May 2- 5, and the margin of error is ± 4.4 percentage points.