What is Dave Brat?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Dave Brat |image = Dave Brat official congressional photo.jpg |state = [[Virginia]] |district = {{ushr|VA|7|7th}} |term_start = November 12, 2014 |term_end = January 3, 2019 |predecessor = [[Eric Cantor]] |successor = [[Abigail Spanberger]] |birth_name = David Alan Brat |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|7|27}} |birth_place = [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse = {{marriage|Laura Sonderman|1996}} |children = 2 |education = [[Hope College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Princeton Theological Seminary|Princeton Theological<br>Seminary]] ([[Master of Divinity|MDiv]])<br>[[American University]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]) }} '''David Alan Brat''' (born July 27, 1964) is an American politician and businessman. He is a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. He was the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for [[Virginia's 7th congressional district]] from 2014 to 2019. Brat became known when he beat [[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|House Majority Leader]] [[Eric Cantor]] in the district's 2014 Republican primary.<ref name=DallasNews20140610>{{cite news |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/national-politics/20140610-house-majority-leader-eric-cantor-loses-gop-primary-to-tea-party-challenger.ece |title=House Majority Leader Eric Cantor loses GOP primary to tea-party challenger |work=Dallas Morning News |agency=Associated Press |date=June 10, 2014 |access-date=June 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140612135012/http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/national-politics/20140610-house-majority-leader-eric-cantor-loses-gop-primary-to-tea-party-challenger.ece |archive-date=June 12, 2014 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Brat's primary victory over Cantor made him the first primary challenger to beat a sitting House Majority Leader.<ref>{