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US House Majority Leader, Republican from Virginia Eric Cantor, holds a news conference during which he announced his resignation effective July 31, on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, USA, June 11, 2014. Michael Reynolds—EPA  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Jun 15, 2014 3:54 PM UTC House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said he has [“no regrets”](http://washingtonexaminer.com/eric-cantor-i-dont-have-any-regrets/article/2549748) after his surprise loss in a congressional Republican primary last Tuesday. “We don’t always know right here and now why,” he said during a Sunday appearance on _CNN_‘s State of the Union. “And I think the perspective of time will actually indicate \[how\] something that may have seemed really bad at the time can turn out to be really good.” Cantor said he didn’t think there was one issue that led to his unexpected defeat by little-known [Dave Brat](http://time.com/2854861/david-brat-eye-candy-rate-my-professors/), and he declined to say how internal polls that had him up 34 points ahead of the vote could have been so wrong. “To me, you know, the problems that people are facing in this country are a lot greater than any kind of setback – political setback, personal setbacks I’ve got,” he said. During another Sunday appearance on ABC’s _This Week_, Cantor said that although he was considering all his options and wouldn’t rule out running for office again, there was one job he wasn’t interested in. “I don’t think that I want to be a lobbyist, but I do want to play a role in the public debate,” he said, [Politico reports](http://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-live/2014/06/cantor-i-dont-think-that-i-want-to-be-a-lobbyist-190418.html). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2878248/eric-cantor-no-regrets-loss-lobbyist/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2878248/eric-cantor-no-regrets-loss-lobbyist/"},"headline":"Eric Cantor Has 'No Regrets' After Stunning Loss","datePublished":"2014-06-15T15:54:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:25:25.051Z","description":"The soon-to-be-former House Majority Leader says he's weighing his options, but rules out becoming a lobbyist","url":"https://time.com/2878248/eric-cantor-no-regrets-loss-lobbyist/","keywords":["Congress","Republican Party","GOP","Eric Cantor"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13980b898545589d/698697b0e53aba2a974d32bd/time-pol-cantor-140615.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13980b898545589d/698697b0e53aba2a974d32bd/time-pol-cantor-140615.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US House Majority Leader Eric Cantor announces his resignation","caption":"US House Majority Leader Eric Cantor announces his resignation","creditText":"Michael Reynolds—EPA","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2878248/eric-cantor-no-regrets-loss-lobbyist/","name":"Eric Cantor Has 'No Regrets' After Stunning Loss"}}]}] ```