Dave Brat is a economics professor and a political novice with little money who just beat House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in Virginia’s Republican primary.
The win is a stunning upset and earth-shaking victory for the tea party backed candidate.
Cantor is the second-most powerful member of the U.S. House and was seen by some as a possible successor to the House speaker.
His loss to Dave Brat, a political novice with little money marks a huge victory for the tea party movement, which supported Cantor just a few years ago. source
Brat teaches at Randolph-Macon College, a small liberal arts school north of Richmond. He raised just more than $200,000 for his campaign, according to the most recent campaign finance reports.
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