Watch Dave Brat’s Victory Speech After Defeating Eric Cantor

How David Brat won (Politico)

Eric Cantor had several million dollars, seasoned political consultants and a poll-tested message.

Dave Brat had two paid staffers who ran his campaign on a flip phone.

That contrast is a microcosm of the difference in sophistication between Cantor’s campaign, and the insurgent challenge of Dave Brat, a relatively unknown economics professor from Randolph Macon College. And it illustrates just how shocking it is that Brat was able to topple the majority leader after 13 years representing Virginia’s conservative Seventh District in Washington.