- The House Freedom Caucus elected a new chairman on Monday night, picking Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., as the hardline conservative group’s leader for 2024.
- Good was one of eight House Republicans who voted to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., in early October.
- Good is a conservative who was elected in 2020 to Virginia’s red-leaning 5th Congressional District, which is mostly rural but includes part of Charlottesville.
- He is expected to have significant sway over House GOP policy as Freedom Caucus chair, with the group wielding outsized influence so far in Republicans’ razor-thin House majority.
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Virginia Rep. Bob Good To Run House Freedom Caucus, Voted To Dump McCarthy
The Capitol is seen at sunrise in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. House Republicans plan to try to elect Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a top Donald Trump ally, to be the new House speaker today, but not all GOP members are ready to elevate the firebrand Judiciary Committee chairman to the center-seat of U.S. power, second in line to the presidency. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
