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(/ɡuːd/ born October 17 1946) is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1997 to 2009 first as a Democrat; in 2000 he switched to the Republican Party. He lost his seat in the 2008 election to Democrat Tom Perriello.