Dave Brat

Scroll all the way down for our initial assessment of the race between incumbent Chairman Linwood Cobb and challenger Fred Gruber.

Perhaps things are starting to turn for Dave Brat. He just got a boost to his campaign with his first big endorsement with only 8 weeks left until the Republican Primary.

The problem here is really an issue of transparency, which only makes the conflict of interest questions more pertinent. Now Shaun Kenney is the Executive Director of the Republican Party of Virginia, which elevates the conflict of interest questions from beyond merely blogging into the realm of actual GOP governance and operations.

Last Thursday the Democrats announced that they were cancelling their Democrat Convention (yes, you heard that right! Democrats also hold conventions. It is a common nomination method for political parties) because no Democrat filed to run against Cantor in the 7th Congressional District.

Eric Cantor continues to lose support among key national leaders – Mark Levin, Brent Bozell, and even his Republican colleagues in the House of Representatives!

The Bull Elephant has just been made aware of a new SuperPAC that was formed this month, VA Vision Action PAC, that will start running ads against Eric Cantor. They state that they are “RINO hunters” who want to hold Republican politicians accountable who fail…

GOP House Leader, Eric Cantor, was facing two conservative primary challengers this June before the announcement today from Pete Greenwald that he is pulling out of the race. Pete Greenwald was the first to announce his candidacy against Eric Cantor. Greenwald served 25 years in…