As expected, Rep. Liz Cheney was defeated tonight in the Republican primary for Wyoming's sole U.S. House seat, by a considerable margin. Despite solid conservative credentials and name recognition as the daughter of a former vice president, Cheney was opposed by a solid majority of her party due to her criticism of former President Donald Trump. Attorney Harriet Hageman will be the party's nominee in November—and given the state's partisan lean, she'll almost certainly win.
After Trump's quixotic attempts to retain power after losing in 2020, Cheney lambasted the former president for propagating lies about the election. For her efforts, she became a pariah in her party, stripped from her position as chair of the House Republican Conference. Trump endorsed her primary opponent nearly a year ago before Hageman had even announced her candidacy.
