"Fifth District Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr., I-Rocky Mount, endorsed Texas Gov. George W. Bush for president on Monday, eight days before Virginia's Feb. 29 GOP primary" (The Daily Progress, February 22, 2000).

"Goode urged Virginians to support Bush in the primary as a 'unity candidate, the candidate who will listen to our needs and concerns, the candidate who will be the next president of the United States" (The Daily Progress, February 22, 2000).