Dave Brat

As I reported last week, a special election was called to fill Eric Cantor’s seat for the remainder of his term, since Cantor announced that he would leave office early rather than finish out the last few months of his term. The special election will be…

As most already know, Eric Cantor announced that he was going to resign from office in mid August rather than serving out his congressional term until January. This announcement has triggered a special election in the 7th district that is scheduled for the same day…

The Dave Brat campaign has just released fundraising figures for the period ending June 30, 2014. Two stunning numbers emerge. First, Brat’s campaign has been raising money at a clip of $10,000 per day. That’s really healthy, especially for a non-incumbent. What’s more impressive is…

Although perhaps a bit slow to get off the ground after their surprise triumph in last month’s 7th District GOP primary, the Dave Brat campaign has announced appointment of the senior leaders who will run the campaign through November. Headlining the new move is Tim…

Last week we rebutted claims that Democrats elected Dave Brat when in fact the strongest anti-Cantor vote came out of the most Republican of precincts. The same was true in Mississippi yesterday, but there was one big difference. Republicans were motivated to come out and…

Most observers (including me) were shocked not only that Dave Brat actually defeated Eric Cantor last Tuesday, but that he did so by such a wide margin. All we had heard of polls suggested that, at best, Brat was down by 12 points, with 9%…

The Bull Elephant’s own Jamie Radtke appeared on MSNBC last night to discuss Tuesday’s historic grassroots wave that unseated House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. Advance to 1:05 to see Jamie tell the real story of what happened Tuesday. Jamie Radtke Appearance on MSNBC Commenting on…