Tuesday’s primary for the Republican nomination in the 7th Congressional District will bring to a close a battle between House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and challenger Dave Brat, an economist from Henrico County. They have clashed over the airwaves and in fliers blanketing the district that stretches from suburban Richmond to Culpeper.
Dave Brat drew some star power Tuesday night in the final week of his bid to beat House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the 7th Congressional District’s Republican primary. Laura Ingraham, a conservative radio talk show host, author and political commentator, attended a Brat rally at a country club in Cantor’s Glen Allen neighborhood in Henrico County.
The national immigration debate landed on House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s home turf Wednesday as advocates on the right and the left hammered him during events at the state Capitol. Increasingly, the 7th District Republican has become a focus of the immigration debate nationally. Reform advocates see him as an “obstacle” to progress while his district primary opponent accuses Cantor of supporting amnesty.