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David Smith Washington bureau chief

Liz Cheney looks set to lose Congress seat to Trump-backed rival

Liz Cheney at a January 6 panel hearing on 21 July.
Liz Cheney at a January 6 panel hearing on 21 July. Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/AP

Widely praised for her defence of democracy during the January 6 committee hearings, Liz Cheney looked set to lose her seat in Congress on Tuesday to a rival backed by Donald Trump.

Opinion polls showed Cheney trailing far behind the conservative lawyer Harriet Hageman – who has echoed Trump’s false claims of widespread voter fraud – in a Republican primary election to decide Wyoming’s lone member in the House of Representatives.

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