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This R&D provides resources on Eric Cantor’s defeat in his House primary race in Virginia. Cantor, the Republican House Majority Leader, who represents Virginia’s Seventh Congressional District, was defeated by Tea Party-backed candidate Dave Brat in Tuesday’s primary. Cantor is the only Jewish Republican in the House, and he becomes the first House majority leader to lose their seat since 1899. Cantor’s defeat has been blamed on his alleged willingness to work with President Barack Obama on an immigration reform package. His defeat likely means that there will be no immigration agreement reached before the November midterms, and Cantor said yesterday that he will step down from his leadership role.
How and Why Eric Cantor Lost: http://t.co/RAwSbrvOnd via @nathanlgonzales
— Roll Call (@rollcall) June 11, 2014
More on Cantor’s decision to step down as majority leader, effective at the end of next month: http://t.co/WhTczpG2LU
— Rebecca Sinderbrand (@sinderbrand) June 11, 2014
Democratic spoilers probably didn’t cost Eric Cantor his seat in Congress http://t.co/C0hz0dJF8e pic.twitter.com/1BqsqXT1ln
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 11, 2014