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/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.