Former member of Congress · last served 110th Congress
Virgil H. Goode Jr.
Virgil Goode was a Republican U.S. representative from Virginia, first elected to Congress in 1997, who sponsored 4 bills that became law (105th–110th Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 5631 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1155 Seminole Trail in Charlottesville, Virginia, as the "Corporal Bradley T. Arms…Aug 12, 2008 · Became Public Law No: 110-307.
- H.R. 6806 Citizenship Should Count for Something ActAug 1, 2008 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 5865 To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require a court adjudication before certain veterans may be denied the right to possess a firearm, and…Apr 22, 2008 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.J.Res. 75 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the process by which the House of Representatives selects the President in the…Jan 14, 2008 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- H.R. 4144 To require those applying for, and renewing, SCHIP, TAA, and ATAA benefits to present documentation proving both citizenship and identity in order to receive…Nov 19, 2007 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1729 (106th) To designate the Federal facility located at 1301 Emmet Street in Charlottesville, Virginia, as the "Pamela B. Gwin Hall".Became law
- H.R. 1456 (107th) Booker T. Washington National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act of 2002Became law
- H.R. 4646 (106th) To designate certain National Forest System lands within the boundaries of the State of Virginia as wilderness areas, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.Res. 575 (106th) Supporting Internet safety awareness.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 80 (109th) Commending fire chiefs associations.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2510 (110th) To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the inscription "In God We Trust" to appear on a face of the $1 coins honoring each of the Presidents of the…101 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 40 (110th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should not engage in the construction of a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Superhighway…52 cosponsors
- H.Res. 18 (110th) Expressing disapproval by the House of Representatives of the totalization agreement between the United States and Mexico signed by the Commissioner of Social…49 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Goode has won
Rep. Goode has won 6 U.S. House elections (1996–2006). Of the contested races, margins ran from 19.2 to 36.6 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has Virginia’s 5th district done while Rep. Goode served?
2005 to 2008 in VA-5: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 1.2 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Virginia’s 5th district during Goode’s time representing it (1997 to 2009). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
One set of district lines. VA-5 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Goode’s term so far (2005 to 2008) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
110th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 20 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 20 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 0 | None listed |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 110th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.