Could you elaborate?
The Republican Primary was a three-way race between Bryant, Corker, and Van Hilleary. The Conservative vote was split between Bryant and Van Hilleary, allowing Corker to win.
A lot of us think Bryant would have made a much better candidate in the General Election than Corker.
Bryant was a true conservative running for the seat. Van Hilleary joined the race, giving two fairly conservative choices. Either would likely have been fine, but Bryant seemed to be out ahead. Corker, a RINO, entered the race and spent tons of his own money to pull ahead and win. If Van Hilleary had dropped out and left only one conservative, Bryant would have won hands down.
Aside from the fact that the majority of the votes that were for VH would have gone to Bryant, many of the votes for Corker were because they believed his line that he had the best chance against Ford. (Bryant did better in polls against Ford.) And we have open primaries, since it was close, some Democrats crossed over to vote for someone they thought Ford could beat.