Slingshot: The Defeat of Eric Cantor

by Lauren Cohen Bell, Ronald Keith Gaddie, David Elliot Meyer

Book Overview

Incumbents don′t lose. So how did nationally prominent House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lose a primary battle to college professor David Brat, an unknown political rookie? In Slingshot: The Defeat of Eric Cantor, authors Lauren Cohen Bell, David Elliot Meyer and Ronald Keith Gaddie take advantage of exceptional behind-the-scenes access to the Brat campaign to explain the challenger's victory. They examine the essential need...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1506311962
• ISBN13: 9781506311968
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: CQ Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"