The son of Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., announced in a tweet he had given the maximum allowable donation to a Democrat who is running for his father's congressional seat.
Rep. Goodlatte, the Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said in Nov. 2017 he would not seek re-election.
Bobby Goodlatte is an angel investor in 30-plus startups and a former product designer at Facebook, his Twitter profile says.
Jennifer Lewis, 26, a mental health professional and prominent opponent of the Atlantic Coast pipeline, is running against Republican Ben Cline in the November midterm election for Goodlatte's position, The Hill reported.
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