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{{Officeholder
|name=Dave Brat
'''David Brat''' (born 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.
|image=Brat.JPG
|party=Republican
|spouse=Laura Sonderman Brat
|religion=[[Christianity]]
|offices=
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Virginia
|district=7th
|terms=November 12, 2014-present
|preceded=[[Eric Cantor]]
|former=n
|succeeded=
}}
}}
'''David Alan "Dave" Brat''' (born 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|title=Henrico Sheriff Wade files to run for Congress in 7th; will challenge Rep. Brat|date=January 5, 2016|accessdate=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|accessdate=May 12, 2016}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://brat.house.gov/ Official House website]
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001290 Profile] at the ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Republicans]]