Dave Brat

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Dave Brat (2015)

David Alan "Dave" Brat (born July 27, 1964 in Detroit , Michigan ) is an American economist and politician ( Republican Party ) who is close to the Tea Party movement . From 2014 to January 2019, he represented Virginia's 7th Congressional Constituency in the United States House of Representatives .

Life

In 1986 he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Hope College in Holland , Michigan. From 1986 to 1987 he was a consultant with Arthur Andersen in Detroit and Chicago . In 1989 he became a research assistant for the Inter-Faith Action for Economic Justice in Washington, DC In 1990 David Brat received a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary . From 1990 to 1994 he was a teaching assistant at the business faculty of the American University in Washington DC. From 1992 to 1995 he was also research assistant to Professor Walter Park at the American University. From 1991 to 1993 he was a research assistant at the Agency for International Development . From 1994 to 1995 he worked as an advisor to the World Bank on education and social policy. In 1996 he became Professor of Economics at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland . 1999 to 2001 he was also a professor at the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond . From 2005 to 2012 he was Professor at Randolph-Macon College, head of the Ethics Minor Program and from 2009 the BB&T Ethics Program . From 2005 he was head of the Department of Economics and Business .

politics

Canvassing for Dave Brat in the Primaries

In the internal party primaries on June 10, 2014 to determine the candidates for the US House of Representatives before the main election in November , Brat surprisingly prevailed against Eric Cantor with 36,110 votes with a low turnout of 12.9 percent , despite his significantly larger campaign budget received only 28,898 votes. In the election campaign, Brat had voiced the accusation that Cantor was not conservative enough because he wanted to approve President Obama's planned immigration reform. Cantor then resigned his position as Republican majority leader in the House of Representatives, and later also his mandate. This made a by-election for the remaining legislative period necessary, which Brat won on election day , November 4, 2014, against the Democrat Jack Trammell as well as the regular election held at the same time for the session from January 3, 2015. In the 2016 election he was approved; his mandate in the 115th Congress ran until January 3, 2019. In the 2018 elections , he lost his mandate to the Democrat Abigail Spanberger , who prevailed with 50% to 48% against Brat.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ansgar Graw: Tea Party Shock for US Republicans. In: Welt Online , June 11, 2014.
  2. ↑ Sebastian Fischer: US primaries: Tea Party overthrows Republican star. In: Spiegel Online , June 11, 2014.
  3. ^ Dave Brat takes office as Eric I. Cantor's replacement in 7th District. In: The Daily Progress , November 12, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Brat, Dave
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brat, David Alan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American economist and politician (Republican Party)
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit , Michigan