Defeat of Cantor in Virginia gives tea party a new lease on life
Election 2014,Eric Cantor,Elections
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The stunning defeat of Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor by a tea-party upstart shatters in one dramatic stroke the conviction of the GOP establishment that it was finally gaining the upper hand against the party's conservative rebels.
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