"Following the results of this self-imposed referendum by the leading proponents of the issue"
I hardly think this is what the Utah election was. If anything the sides, concerning illegal immigration, were more clearly defined in the Billbray election. This would mitigate against the totally unworkable Pence amnesty lite proposal.
"I hardly think this is what the Utah election was."
Of course not. buchanan, Tancredo and his PAC just felt like getting involved in a Congressional election in another state, and spending weeks touting it being about immigration, on a whim...they weren't invested in the results.