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Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Cantor's Loss is a Loss for Immigration Reform

One of the biggest primary upsets in Congressional history occurred yesterday in Virginia. House majority leader Eric Cantor lost his district to a Tea Party candidate. Nobody expected it. It’s a big shakeup for Republicans, and it could be a death knell for an issue near and dear to many Californians: immigration reform.

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KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • Jun 11, 2014 • 1 min read

One of the biggest primary upsets in Congressional history occurred yesterday in Virginia. House majority leader Eric Cantor lost his district to a Tea Party candidate. Nobody expected it. It’s a big shakeup for Republicans, and it could be a death knell for an issue near and dear to many Californians: immigration reform.

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    Barbara Bogaev

    radio journalist

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    Andrew Walsh

    Too Beautiful to Live

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    Managing Producer, Greater LA

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    Producer, 'The Document'

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    writer for the New York Times Magazine, author of “Weapons of Mass Delusion: When the Republican Party Lost Its Mind”

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