Tea Party Claims Huge Scalp as Cantor Crashes in Primary
Tuesday, 10 Jun 2014 08:09 PM By Cathy Burke In the most stunning upset of the midterm election season, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was crushed in the Virginia Republican primary Tuesday by little-known tea party-backed challenger Dave Brat. With 90.2 percent of the vote counted, Brat had 55.4 percent to Cantor's 44.6 percent. "I know there's a lot of long faces here tonight," Cantor told shocked supporters in a Richmond hotel ballroom, The Washington Post reported. "It's disappointing, sure. But I believe in this country. I believe there's opportunity around the next corner for all of us." Urgent: Do You Approve Or Disapprove of President Obama's Job Performance? Vote Now in Urgent Poll