In a big upset this weekend, he beat a tea partier in a special election for a House seat in a conservative Louisiana district.

McAllister, a businessman, ran on a conservative platform, both socially and fiscally, but campaigned as pragmatic and compromising person—an anti-establishment candidate to the left of the tea party. He beat out Republican state Sen. Neil Riser, who had the support of a handful of prominent Republicans including House Majority leader Eric Cantor and the tea party. He ran on a far-right, uncompromising platform."

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