house. i m running because washington, d.c., is absolutely broken from head to toe. reporter: brad said cantor, who was elected to congress back in 2000, just wasn t conservative enough. we could have done better if we had people with principle up there who aren t giving special breaks and t.a.r.p. bailouts and special tax credits to billionaires instead of taking care of us. reporter: cantor has been considered a part of the house gop leadership friendly to the tea party. often that made him a thorn in john boehner s side. but this primary focused heavily on immigration and cantor was under fire. brad slammed him for being in favor of amnesty for illegal immigrants. cantor fought back, taking a hard right turn on the recent weeks, but it seems it didn t work. this richmond, virginia, area man won t tip the ballot, but
i m running because washington, d.c., is absolutely broken from head to toe. reporter: brad said cantor, who was elected to congress back in 2000, just wasn t conservative enough. we could have done better if we had people with principle up there who aren t giving special breaks and t.a.r.p. bailouts and special tax credits to billionaires instead of taking care of us. reporter: cantor has been considered a part of the house gop leadership friendly to the tea party. often that made him a thorn in john boehner s side. but this primary focused heavily on immigration and cantor was under fire. brad slammed him for being in favor of amnesty for illegal immigrants. cantor fought back, taking a hard right turn on the recent weeks, but it seems it didn t work. this richmond, virginia, area man won t tip the ballot, but it s a big win for the tea party and major blow to the republican