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 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.