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Tea Party groups that offered Dave Brat zero support sure are thrilled he defeated Eric Cantor

By Becket Adams
Published June 11, 2014 6:51pm ET
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Tea Party groups that offered Dave Brat zero support sure are thrilled he defeated Eric Cantor
Dave Brat, right, is congratulated by Johnny Wetlaufer after Brat defeated House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the Republican primary, Tuesday, June 10, 2014, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, P. Kevin Morley) | P. Kevin Morley

A Tea Party candidate soundly defeated House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., on Tuesday, sending shockwaves through the Republican establishment and the Democratic Party.

And Dave Brat, the 52-year-old chairman of the Randolph-Macon College Department of Economics and Business in Ashland, Va., staged the huge upset without any help from major Tea Party organizations.

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