Top Cantor Aide Resigns

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Updated Apr. 21, 2017 5:19PM ET / Published Mar. 03, 2012 1:05PM ET

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Brad Dayspring, a top aide to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, resigned abruptly on Friday, Politico reports. Cantor's chief of staff said Dayspring "resigned to pursue other opportunities," adding that he was a "valued employee and did an outstanding job defining and defending our Republican majority. Dayspring led Cantor's communications operation and recently had been promoted to deputy chief of staff, serving as a top strategist to Cantor and helping him with speeches and public appearances. Beyond what Cantor's chief of staff said in a statement, it wasn't entirely clear why Dayspring quit so abruptly.

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