I'm sorry that you lost but I have a number of questions. What type of reception did you receive when you spoke of the problem - are people concerned or are they easily cowed by the politically correct? Were your opponents financed by those who benefit from illegal immigration? Was there a media blackout on the issues that you raised?
The reception was almost universally positive. I was frankly surprised at how well received my message was. The problem was five of the six other candidates spent over a million dollars on TV ads in the last few weeks and it turned into just another beauty contest. I ran as a Republican but the party treated me throughout like a turd in the punch bowl. The major newspapers in Nashville and Memphis ignored me as did the TV stations until the last week. Ironically, on election day, the ABC affiliate sent a reporter and camera out to do a story about the "truck driver who quit his job to run for congress." The story was aired a couple of hours before the polls closed and I had voters show up because of it.
Many voters said they'd vote for me but did not. Some of that was probably a last-minute switch to another candidate. Some were Democrats who could not cross vote. (Closed primary). Some apparently just didn't show up (ie. "my vote doesn't count").