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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Eric Cantor succumbs to tea party challenger Tuesday  —  In a stunning upset propelled by tea party activists, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) was defeated in Tuesday's congressional primary, with insurgent David Brat delivering an unpredicted and devastating loss to the second …
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
CANTOR LOSES  —  RICHMOND, Va. — It wasn't enough that Eric Cantor spent $1 million in the weeks leading up to the election, when his conservative foe hardly had $100,000 in his campaign coffers.  —  It didn't matter that the House majority leader, 51, branded Dave Brat a liberal hack …
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Who Is David Brat?  Meet the Economics Professor Who Defeated Eric Cantor  —  College professor David Brat knocked off House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R., Va.) Tuesday in the biggest congressional upset in years.  —  Mr. Brat ran an underfunded campaign based in part on Mr. Cantor's supposed support …
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Why Eric Cantor Lost  —  The death of the tea party has been greatly exaggerated.  House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost his primary tonight to David Brat, a man who was significantly outspent.  Cantor spent $5 million to Brat's $122,000.00.  —  The media will play up Cantor's loss by claiming it was about immigration.
New York Times:
Cantor's Loss a Bad Omen for Moderates  —  WASHINGTON — The House Republican leadership, so solid in its opposition to President Obama, was torn apart Tuesday by the defeat of its most influential conservative voice, Representative Eric Cantor, the House majority leader …
Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
The GOP's habit of eating its own  —  Eric Cantor's defeat in Virginia's GOP primary stunned the Washington political world.  —  But in historical terms, it should not have come as a shock.  House Republicans have been eating their young since the Eisenhower era, and the race has been always to the right.
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
David Brat's Writings: Hitler's Rise ‘Could All Happen Again’  —  David Brat, the Virginia Republican who shocked House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R., Va.) Tuesday, wrote in 2011 that Hitler's rise “could all happen again, quite easily.”  —  Mr. Brat's remarks, in a 2011 issue of Interpretation …
Discussion: Vox, Gawker and Taegan Goddard's …
Alan Suderman / Associated Press:
House Majority Leader Cantor Defeated in Primary  —  House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost in his Republican primary election Tuesday to a little-known economics professor, a stunning upset for the GOP's No. 2 in the House and a major victory for the tea party.
Politico:
The GOP leadership scramble  —  House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's stunning loss to his tea party challenger on Tuesday will create the biggest disruption for GOP lawmakers since the departure of Tom DeLay eight years ago, and throws open the question of who will be the next Speaker after John Boehner leaves.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Eric Cantor's Primary Loss Is a Political Earthquake.  And It's Awful.  —  How did the No. 2 man in the House lose a primary?  Chalk it up to immigration and the Tea Party.  It's one of the most shocking losses in U.S. electoral history—and it's bad for America.
Dave Brat for Congress:
About Dave  —  Dave Brat presents a major problem for liberals who try to continue increased government spending by discrediting conservatives and claiming the budget is “too complicated” for conservatives to understand.  —  For years in Virginia, everyone from the media to Governors have come …
Jim Newell / Salon:
Drudge's new fixation: Eric Cantor and the right's frenzied paranoia  —  Eric Cantor should beat his primary challenger tonight, but the anti-immigration crowd has already made its point  —  As a hobby, scanning the Drudge Report for signals of what rabbit hole the conservative brain has gone …
CNN:
Cantor ‘earthquake’ rattles Capitol Hill
Discussion: WTVR-TV
Shane Goldmacher / NationalJournal.com:
Eric Cantor's Pollster Tries to Explain Why His Survey Showed Cantor Up 34 Points
Jonathan Chait Follow / New York Magazine:
Eric Cantor's Shocking, Richly Deserved Primary Defeat
Katherine Miller / BuzzFeed:
Ted Cruz's Staff Seems Pretty Excited That Eric Cantor Lost
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Caitlin Dickson / The Daily Beast:
This Church Is Reviving the Sanctuary Movement to Shelter Undocumented Immigrants From Deportation
Discussion: Yahoo! News
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Eric Cantor loss kills immigration reform
Discussion: Hot Air
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Cantor Campaign: Internal Poll Showed 34-Point Lead Over Tea Partier
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Eric Cantor defeated — amnesty suspected
Discussion: Doug Ross
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Eric Cantor Loses To Tea Party Primary Challenger
Discussion: Business Insider, Hit & Run and CNN
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Cantor out in Tea Party shocker
Discussion: Politico and Scared Monkeys
Fox News:
Cantor upset in Virginia GOP primary by Tea Party backed challenger
Eric Ostermeier / Smart Politics:
Eric Cantor 1st House Majority Leader to Lose Renomination Bid in History
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
For Sen. Lindsey Graham, 50 percent is the only number that matters today
Discussion: The Agonist
Associated Press:   House Majority Leader Cantor defeated in primary
Ben Giles / Arizona Capitol Times:
Legal challenge alleges Cesar Chavez misled voters, should be tossed off ballot  —  Cesar Chavez, formerly GOP candidate Scott Fistler, is making a blatant attempt to confuse and mislead voters in Arizona's 7th Congressional District and should be tossed off the Democratic primary ballot …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Suit over ‘Cesar Chavez’ name change
Campbell Brown / NY Daily News:
A historic victory for America's kids  —  In praise of California's landmark Vergara ruling  —  The case began with courageous students, because they had to endure the nightmare: grossly incompetent teachers, mainly in poor and minority schools, protected by state laws.
Discussion: Betsy's Page
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Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
Judge Rejects Teacher Tenure for California
Washington Post:
One way to end violence against women?  Married dads.  —  The data show that #yesallwomen would be safer with fewer boyfriends around their kids.  —  The dramatic social media response to the UC-Santa Barbara shooting, captured by the hashtag #YesAllWomen, underlined an important and unpleasant truth …
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Smaller Majority of Americans View Hillary Clinton Favorably  —  At 54%, her favorability has slipped since February  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hillary Clinton's favorability rating has dropped slightly, although a majority of Americans continue to view her in a positive light.
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
The Hill:
Fight ‘superbugs’ by developing targeted weapons  —  Marine Lance Corporal Johnathan Gadsden survived a roadside bomb exploding under his Humvee in Iraq.  He survived airlifts to military hospitals in Baghdad and Germany, and to the National Naval Hospital in Maryland, where he was treated for his injuries.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama, not Hagel, responsible for Bergdahl, says White House  —  President Obama was responsible for the decision to swap five Taliban militants for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the White House said Tuesday.  —  The White House sought to deflect charges from congressional Republicans …
 
 
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