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The democrats name is jack trammel. nominated for the spot on the november ballot by virginia democrats. mr. brat is an economics professor. the author of a 2012 book on slavery in the old confederacy. and he is not a politician. but, very unexpectedly, virginians in the seventh district are going to have a choice between the sociology professor and economics professor, both from the same school, both who they are likely to never have heard of ever. ever before tonight. joining us is a reporter ...

Beat cantor, the tea party, anti-immigration activist who powered brats underfunded campaign. now here are the latest numbers. report brat won by ten points. 56% to about 44%. 10, 12 points there. cantor, the first sitting majority leader in american history to lose his party primary. also one of the more conservative incumbents to lose a tea party challenge, within 96% lifetime rating for the american conservative union. what makes the upset consequential for the obama agenda, is cantors record...

Majority leader after being outspent 5-1 here. what extent has mr. brat been embraced by tea party factions or larger republican interest groups, or conservative interest groups in virginia. has he been kind of a stand-alone guy, running a stand-alone campaign or part of a larger movement that has embraced him against the republican establishment. >> he has been embraced by the tea party movement. whats interesting about this is -- up until today, every publicly available poll suggested dave bra...

Was telling people at home. this is what dave brat called on the doorstep of cantors home office in virginia. youll see this was a true shoestring operation by brat. youll see that in part by the way they have to flip the camera around midstream so it will come out okay when they post it on youtube. >> eric cantors promise of citizenship for illegal immigrants has opened the floodgates on our border. he has repeatedly over and over again promised citizenship for those who enter our country illeg...

College fighting it out in the general? >> brat is certainly the favorite because its a 57% republican district, but it is amusing this small college is going to have its own congressman. and all i can say is im glad im not there because the faculty wars are bad enough when you dont have two faculty members running against each other. >> thank you so much for being with us tonight. i really appreciate it. >> just an absolute political stunner tonight. one of the biggest upsets in modern history....

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Now here are the latest numbers. report brat won by ten points. 56% to about 44%. 10, 12 points there. cantor, the first sitting majority leader in american history to lose his party primary. also one of the more conservative incumbents to lose a tea party challenge, within 96% lifetime rating for the american conservative union. what makes the upset consequential for the obama agenda, is cantors record. he positioned himself to the right of speaker john boehner. that didnt help him win tonigh...

Majority leader. hes done his job trying to wrangle different factions of the party. deciding who is allowed to vote yes or no when it is difficult for those members. how did he do in terms of managing factions in congress. is that a thing that people need outs on? is that something that hurt him with this insurgency at home? >> it certainly made it easy for mr. brat to say this guy is the establishment. look what hes doing. hes a wheeler-dealer. and that was eric cantors job, and he did a bette...