--- description: That's a lot of steak title: Eric Cantor Spent More on Steakhouses Than Dave Brat Spent Total image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Cantor Spent More on Steakhouses Than The Guy Who Beat Him Spent on His Whole Campaign by [Joan E. Greve and Jack Linshi](/author/joan-greve/) ## Joan E. Greve and Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 11, 2014 4:10 PM CUT by [Joan E. Greve and Jack Linshi](/author/joan-greve/) ## Joan E. Greve and Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 11, 2014 4:10 PM CUT House Majority Leader Eric Cantor [lost his Republican primary Tuesday](http://time.com/2854761/eric-cantor-dave-brat-virginia/ "undefined") despite outspending his opponent Dave Brat’s entire campaign on steakhouses alone. Cantor’s campaign spent over $168,000 on steakhouses for where it held fundraisers, according to the [Center for Responsive Politics](http://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.php?id=VA07&cycle=2014 "undefined"), while Brat’s campaign spent just $122,700 total. Cantor, whose unexpected loss shocked Washington, spent over $5 million during the campaign—meaning the 28,898 votes Cantor won Tuesday cost him $173.94 apiece. The 36,110 votes Brat received to secure his 11-point victory cost him only $3.40 each.  Source: Center for Responsive Politics ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2857694/eric-cantor-dave-brat-spending/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2857694/eric-cantor-dave-brat-spending/"},"headline":"Cantor Spent More on Steakhouses Than The Guy Who Beat Him Spent on His Whole Campaign","datePublished":"2014-06-11T16:10:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:08:17.406Z","description":"That's a lot of steak","url":"https://time.com/2857694/eric-cantor-dave-brat-spending/","keywords":["2014 Election","Eric Cantor"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joan E. Greve and Jack Linshi"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2857694/eric-cantor-dave-brat-spending/","name":"Cantor Spent More on Steakhouses Than The Guy Who Beat Him Spent on His Whole Campaign"}}]}] ```