Editing Eric Cantor (section)

==Early life, education, and career==
Cantor, the second of three children, was born in [[Richmond, Virginia]], the son of Mary Lee (née Hudes), a schoolteacher, and Eddie Cantor, who owned a real estate firm. His family emigrated from Russia, [[Romania]], and [[Latvia]] in the late 1800s and early 1900s.<ref name=telb>{{cite journal |last=Hoffman |first=Allison |title=The Gentleman From Virginia |journal=[[Tablet (magazine)|Tablet]] |date=February 8, 2011 |url=http://www.tabletmag.com/news-and-politics/58200/the-gentleman-from-virginia/ |access-date=August 1, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Ebattle/reps/cantor.htm |title=Ancestry of Eric Cantor |website=ancestry.com |access-date=August 10, 2014}}</ref> His father was the state treasurer for [[Ronald Reagan]]'s 1980 presidential campaign.<ref name="Jewish groups">{{cite news |title=Jewish groups have mixed feelings on Cantor |first=Lauren |last=Markoe |date=December 23, 2010 |agency=Religion News Service |work=The Houston Chronicle}}</ref> Cantor was raised in [[Conservative Judaism]].<ref name=telb/>

He graduated from the [[Collegiate School (Richmond, Virginia)|Collegiate School]], a co-ed private school in Richmond, in 1981. He enrolled at [[George Washington University]] (GW) in 1981; as a [[freshman]] he worked as an [[intern]] for House Republican [[Tom Bliley]] of Virginia, and was Bliley's driver in the 1982 campaign.<ref>[[Fred Barnes (journalist)|Barnes, Fred]]. [https://archive.today/20130209030545/http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/148dgwbg.asp "Virginia's Eric Cantor has risen fast-and the sky's the limit"]. ''[[The Weekly Standard]]'', October 1, 2007. Retrieved August 3, 2008. "As a freshman at George Washington University in 1981, Cantor worked as an intern for House Republican [[Tom Bliley]] of Virginia and was Bliley's driver in the 1982 campaign.</ref> Cantor was a member of [[Phi Sigma Kappa]] fraternity while at GW and received his Bachelor of Arts in 1985.<ref name= Bacalis2002>{{cite news
 |first=Lauren 
 |last=Bacalis 
 |title=Students campaign for GW alumnus 
 |url=http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2002/10/07/News/Students.Campaign.For.Gw.Alumnus-290797.shtml 
 |work=[[GW Hatchet]] 
 |location= Washington, DC
 |date=October 7, 2002 
 |access-date=December 14, 2008 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201040944/http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2002/10/07/News/Students.Campaign.For.Gw.Alumnus-290797.shtml 
 |archive-date=December 1, 2008 
 |quote=Ten College Republicans, four Phi Sigma Kappa members and two pro-Israel students traveled to Richmond, Va. early Saturday morning to campaign for Cantor. 
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</ref> He earned a [[Juris Doctor]] degree from [[William & Mary Law School]] in 1988, and received a Master of Science in Real Estate Development from [[Columbia University]] in 1989.<ref name= Barone2008>{{cite book |last=Barone |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Barone (pundit) |author2=Richard E. Cohen |author2-link=Richard E. Cohen |title=[[The Almanac of American Politics]] |year=2008 |publisher=[[National Journal Group]] and Atlantic Media Company |location=Washington, DC |isbn=978-0-89234-117-7 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/almanacofamerica00mich_0/page/1681 1681–1683] }}</ref>

Cantor worked in his family's real estate business before being elected to Congress.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollcall.com/2014/06/10/eric-cantor-a-brief-biography-2/|title=Eric Cantor: A Brief Biography|date=June 11, 2014|website=Roll Call}}</ref>