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[[File:Brat.JPG|thumb|250px|right|David Brat]]

'''David Brat''' (b. July 27, 1964) is the Republican Congressman for Virginia's 7th District. Brat shocked the nation with his historic defeat of House Majority Leader [[Eric Cantor]] in the June 2014 [[Republican]] primary after being outspent 40 to 1. Prior to politics, he was a Director of Economics at Randolph–Macon College. <ref>[http://faculty.rmc.edu/dbrat/ David A. Brat, Department of Economics and Business]</ref> His campaign message was simple, run on the Republican party platform that Cantor had ignored. In the [[2014 Midterm Elections]], Brat defeated his fellow faculty member Democrat Jack Trammell.

'''David Brat''' (b. July 27, 1964) is the Republican Congressman for Virginia's 7th District. Brat shocked the nation with his historic defeat of House Majority Leader [[Eric Cantor]] in the June 2014 [[Republican]] primary after being outspent 40 to 1. Prior to politics, he was a Director of Economics at Randolph–Macon College. <ref>[http://faculty.rmc.edu/dbrat/ David A. Brat, Department of Economics and Business]</ref> His campaign message was simple, run on the Republican party platform that Cantor had ignored. In the [[2014 Midterm Elections]], Brat defeated his fellow faculty member Democrat Jack Trammell.

In 2016, Brat faced a primary challenge from Mike Wade, Henrico County Sheriff, but Wade withdrew before the primary.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.richmond.com/news/article_2e4a0e24-81ce-5825-87c2-f6f2676ee29b.html|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|tilte=Henrico Sheriff Wade files to run for Congress in 7th; will challenge Rep. Brat}date=January 5, 2016|accesddate=May 12, 2016}}</ref>

In 2016, Brat faced a primary challenge from Mike Wade, Henrico County Sheriff, but Wade withdrew before the primary.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.richmond.com/news/article_2e4a0e24-81ce-5825-87c2-f6f2676ee29b.html|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|title=Henrico Sheriff Wade files to run for Congress in 7th; will challenge Rep. Brat|date=January 5, 2016|accesddate=May 12, 2016}}</ref>

<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/article_98057e4c-a07c-5346-b61f-6b5cefda2da9.html|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|title=Henrico Sheriff Wade to run for Congress in redrawn 4th District|date=March 2, 2016|accessdate=May 12, 2016}}</ref>

<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/article_98057e4c-a07c-5346-b61f-6b5cefda2da9.html|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|title=Henrico Sheriff Wade to run for Congress in redrawn 4th District|date=March 2, 2016|accessdate=May 12, 2016}}</ref>