Brat Defeats Cantor

By Michael Warren

Published June 11, 2014 1:19am ET

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Brat Defeats Cantor — On Tuesday, Eric Cantor, the Republican congressman from Virginia, became the first sitting House majority leader to lose a primary for reelection. The victor, political newcomer and college professor David Brat, won nearly 56 percent of the vote to win the GOP nomination for the Republican-heavy district around Richmond’s northern suburbs and stretching toward Washington. […]

On Tuesday, Eric Cantor, the Republican congressman from Virginia, became the first sitting House majority leader to lose a primary for reelection. The victor, political newcomer and college professor David Brat, won nearly 56 percent of the vote to win the GOP nomination for the Republican-heavy district around Richmond’s northern suburbs and stretching toward Washington.

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