Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) will officially step down as chair of the House Freedom Caucus by the end of this week, a member and source familiar told The Hill, putting a bookend on the Virginia Republican’s tenure in the top job.
The sources said the Freedom Caucus board hopes to have a name for the next chair by Friday. His tenure was supposed to run through December 2025.
The timeline for Good’s departure — and his impending successor — became public after the hardline conservative group huddled behind closed doors on Monday for its weekly meeting, the first since before lawmakers broke for August recess.
The news comes after the Freedom Caucus chair lost his primary to Republican John McGuire in July, then fell short in the race’s recount in August, putting an end to his tenure in Congress.
Good told The Hill earlier on Monday that he informed colleagues he was submitting his resignation as chair of the Freedom Caucus after a recount confirmed his loss.
“Upon my recount being completed on August 2, I had told the board that I was submitting my resignation as chair, effective when the board decided to act upon it,” Good said.