In a stunning tea-party smackdown against the establishment GOP Tuesday evening, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., lost his bid for the Republican Party nomination against tea-party backed candidate David Brat by more than 11 percentage points.
Cantor outspent his challenger by a margin of 25 to 1. The House majority leader dropped $5 million on his campaign, or $166 per vote, against Brat’s $200,000, or $5.70 per vote.
Republican incumbents Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Cantor had been favored candidates in their states, and both faced strong tea-party opposition....