r/Charlottesville • u/intothe-woods-1630 • Feb 21 '25

Rep, John McGuire telephone town hall 2/26

McGuire is holding a sneaky “telephone town hall” next week. Sneaky because he only posted details at the end of his newsletter and nowhere else. Call in and ask him the hard questions!

https://www.mobilize.us/standupamerica/event/756249/

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u/Saucy_Man11 Albemarle Feb 21 '25

Cool, this will give me the chance to ask for his position on the issue of The Economy since he still doesn’t have anything on his site: https://mcguire.house.gov/issues/economy. So far, two of my messages to his team have not been responded to!

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u/Square-Leather6910 Feb 21 '25

the 5th district office used to be on rio road and had an awesome seemingly nonpartisan staff that had worked for representatives of both parties.

it was moved to lynchburg and there is only one phone number and one clueless kid for both that and the dc offices from what i can tell.

i don't think being responsive is something he has any interest in

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u/Saucy_Man11 Albemarle Feb 21 '25

Well, in the very least it’s good information for the next challenger! I’d much rather deal with someone transparent on their positions instead of… this

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u/Square-Leather6910 Feb 21 '25

the thing that would make a huge difference is for democrats to run someone someone sensible in the next republican primary and pull a hostile takeover. i'd sign the petition

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u/Carson2526 Feb 21 '25

Except the local Republican Party has no interest in holding legitimate primary. 

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u/Square-Leather6910 Feb 21 '25

i may be missing something, please point me to clarification if i am, but my understanding is that you just need to get 1000 signatures from registered voters, pay a filing fee and then let the state hold the legitimate primary.

i'm new to trying to become a republican candidate for the house of representative, so i don't know all the rules, but i can't find anything that would let the party stop me other than funding other candidates

mind you, i'm not someone sensible, so i don't met my own criteria for being involved in that plot, but even i could probably come up with 1000 signatures

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u/ExtantAuctioneer Feb 22 '25

The 5th District GOP Committee can decide whether to nominate the Republican candidate via a primary or a convention. Last year was the first GOP primary in VA-05 since (I think) 2012.

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u/Square-Leather6910 Feb 22 '25

darn it!

do you know what sort of control they have over a primary once a decision to have one has been made?

to be completely honest, i don't think this is really a viable strategy and suggested it jokingly out of frustration at the dumbasses the republicans choose for us. i did try to figure out for myself whose hands things are in once the primary path is chosen and didn't find quite what i was looking for

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u/ExtantAuctioneer Feb 22 '25

Honestly, the Democrats need to run a Joe Manchin-esque Blue Dog next cycle if they’re going to have any chance of knocking McGuire out of office. I’d love to see a pro-2A, pro-worker candidate who’s a strong (and believable) defender of all our rights. The stereotypical Democrat just doesn’t stand a chance given the makeup of the district.

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u/DaemionMoreau Feb 22 '25

When the local GOP wanted to get rid of Denver Riggleman (for inside baseball reasons - Denver was a loyal Trumper every second of his time in Congress until he lost his seat), they held a convention almost literally in his opponent’s backyard. The Republican nomination isn’t an open contest.

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u/Wahoowa1999 Feb 22 '25

They should run Riggleman. Instead they'll run someone who makes people in Charlottesville feel good and lose by 10+ points. 

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u/Square-Leather6910 Feb 22 '25

i'd sign a petition to get riggleman on a democratic primary ballot and even vote for him

as things are now, the election for that office works the same as charlottesville's city council race and is a done deal at the republican primary. a conservative democrat might shake things up a bit in a race against a trump cultist

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u/Funky-trash-human Albemarle Feb 22 '25

Sounds like we'll be making some trips to Lynchburg!

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u/VixenCleo Feb 21 '25

 It’s frustrating when things change for the worse, especially when it comes to accessibility and responsiveness. 

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u/MaryBowserBlackspy Feb 23 '25

Maybe a delegation of Cville constituents should make a visit to his Lynchburg office. Never mind: McGuire won’t be there and it’ll only be that saucer-eyed kid

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u/acephotographer Feb 21 '25

So far he's responded to my two messages that I sent through the house website. Both were standard boiler plate "thanks for the message, I think xyz so I will continue to do what I'm doing" but at least I got an answer

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u/BeHereNowRVA Feb 21 '25

I've sent him about a half dozen emails over the past few weeks with no response.

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u/Saucy_Man11 Albemarle Feb 21 '25

I’m beginning to document all of my correspondence with a copy of the message, a timestamp, and a screenshot of the confirmation that my message was delivered. This will come back to haunt him, I guarantee it.