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'''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.

'''David Alan "Dave" Brat''' (born July 27, 1964) is a strong [[conservative]] who served as 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>

Brat was defeated in the 2018 general election, a bad year for House Republicans overall.<ref>Binder, John (November 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/06/conservative-dave-brat-defeated-by-democrat-abigail-spanberger/ Conservative Dave Brat Defeated by Democrat Abigail Spanberger]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 8, 2018.</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>

David Brat's upset victory over Eric Cantor led to the creation of the verb ''[[Cantorize]]''.

David Brat's upset victory over Eric Cantor led to the creation of the verb ''[[Cantorize]]''.

David Brat is married with two children and is a professed [[Christian]].

David Brat is married with two children and is a professed [[Christian]].

==References==

==References==

==External links==

==External links==

* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001290 Profile] at the ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''

* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001290 Profile] at the ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''

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