Without any serious opposition.
Tough immigration policy didn't cost the GOP its majority, but the fact that the second-most vocal anti-immigration crusader lost in a very Republican district is still significant. Also significant is the fact that RINO Brian Bilbray (CA) is the only Tancredo-endorsed candidate to win a primary all year, and even he had a really close race against a liberal in a very Republican district.
The real lesson is not that Tancredo-ism gets you beat -- it's that it ain't gonna save the GOP. Graf never had much of a chance, but if you can't make immigration an issue in that district, it's a sign that it's just not that important to most people.
But now the Dem congress will pass comprehensive amnesty, and Republicans can pretend to be outraged. So it's a moot point.
Every immigration control proposition in that state passed. Is that a moot point? And you're wrong. Ask any congressman, they ALL said when they were home the #1issue was immigration. The dems won becaue they LIED and told their constituents that they wanted to stop illegal immigration because they knew that's what the public wants.
Graf didn't have much of a chance when the RNC worked against him!