Tea Party icon Dave Brat goes down in Virginia

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Rep. Dave Brat (R) has lost his re-election bid to Democratic challenger Abigail Spanberger in Virginia's 7th Congressional District, NBC News and Bloomberg project. With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Spanberger led Brat 50.1 percent to 48.7 percent, per The New York Times.

Brat famously upset then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in 2014's GOP primary with a far-right bid and had retained his seat since. This time around, polls showed a tight race for Brat against former CIA officer Spanberger.

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Kathryn Krawczyk
Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.