# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dave-brat
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:28:29.235Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dave-brat"
name: "Dave Brat"
slug: "dave-brat"
description: "David Alan Brat is an American politician and academic who served as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 7th congressional district from 2014 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was first elected in 2014 after successfully primarying House majority leader Eric Cantor despite being significantly outspent. Brat served two terms before he narrowly lost re-election in 2018 to Democrat Abigail Spanberger."
tagline: "American economist and professor at Randolph–Macon College"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dave_Brat_official_congressional_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1964-07-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.46671333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "RepDaveBrat"
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/RepDaveBrat"
    handle:    "RepDaveBrat"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://davebrat.com"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "داڤ برات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dave Brat"
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    title: "Dave Brat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dave Brat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dave Brat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dave Brat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "데이브 브랫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dave Brat"
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    title: "Dave Brat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump