2000Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2000 election for Virginia's 5th District
U.S. House · Virginia
Virgil Goode (Ind) won with 67.4% of the vote, defeating John W. Boyd Jr. (D) by 36.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Virgil GoodeIndependent · winner
67.4%143,312
John W. Boyd Jr.Democrat
30.7%65,387
Joseph S. SpenceIndependent
1.9%3,936
212,705 votes
Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:25 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2000
Races before and after
Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:25 AM ET
Money in this race
Each line compares the two campaigns on one scale.
John W. Boyd Jr.No Republican
$59.8K
Raised by the campaign
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$38.5K
Spent by the campaign
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$19.5K
Cash on hand
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Other candidates' campaigns: Virgil Goode $642.7K.
Campaign money: FEC, through Oct 18, 2000.
Source: FEC campaign filingsUpdated Dec 31, 2000