Eric Cantor’s loss is a shot at K Street’s heart

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Rep. Eric Cantor was Wall Street’s man in the GOP. Cantor was “one of the few remaining House Republicans who understood the complicated and nuanced issues facing the financial services community,” a Wall Streeter told Politico in a piece on this topic.

In general, the GOP’s K Street wing ought to worry, as Dave Brat beat Cantor by tying him to Wall Street and Big Business, Conn Carroll explains:

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