Virgil Goode

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Virgil Hamlin Goode Jr. (; born October 17, 1946) is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 5th congressional district of Virginia from 1997 to 2009. He was initially a Democrat, but became an independent in 2000 and switched to the Republican Party in 2002. He was narrowly defeated in 2008 by Democrat Tom Perriello. In 2012, he was the presidential nominee of the Constitution Party, receiving 122,388 votes or 0.09% of the total.

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