Rep. Liz Cheney lost her GOP primary in Wyoming on Tuesday, falling to a Donald Trump-endorsed challenger after becoming a vocal Republican dissident against the former president following the Capitol insurrection.
Cheney, who was seeking a fourth term, was defeated by Harriet Hageman, an attorney and former Cheney supporter who Trump selected last year as his chosen candidate to oppose her. Cheney's vote to impeach Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection, her vocal defense of that vote and her leadership role on the House committee investigating the attacks and Trump's actions made her Trump's top political target in the midterms.
She made her opposition to Trump, whom she has repeatedly described as a threat to democracy, a core part of her political identity — and it consigned her to double-digit defeat in heavily pro-Trump Wyoming.
Of the 10 House Republicans who voted last year to impeach Trump, four have now lost primaries. Another four chose to retire instead of seeking reelection, and two — Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) and David Valadao (R-Calif.) — advanced to the general election from all-party primaries. See here for more overage and here for complete results.
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