In 2014, GOP House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost his primary to Dave Brat, a radical libertarian economics professor who had never held political office. Brat went on to win the seat and served two terms in Congress as a member of the Freedom Caucus before losing to liberal Democrat Abigail Spanberger in 2018, after his constituency was significantly altered by redistricting. After a decade plus of political upsets, Brat’s victory isn’t well-remembered.