After taking on Trump, Liz Cheney lost the primary

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Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyoming Republican) lost Tuesday’s primary against Harriet Hageman. This marks the end of an era in which a political dynasty has shaped GOP politics over twenty-five years.

The result revealed that Ms. Cheney was a daughter of ex-Vice President Dick Cheney and had lost touch her fellow Republicans who were closer to former President Donald Trump and less concerned in holding him accountable for the stolen election claims and the inciting attack on the U.S. Jan. 6. Capitol.

Ms. Hageman was a former Cheney supporter who had been a member of the Republican National Committee and was greatly backed by Donald Trump. She was named the winner just after the polls close.

More than any other race in this election cycle’s primary races, the contest to the at-large seat for deep-red Wyoming was about Mr. Trump’s growing influence over the GOP, and his contempt for Republicans who would cross him.

Political analysts believe that Mr. Trump’s endorsement last fall of Ms. Hageman almost sealed the fate for Ms. Cheney.

Despite losing in 2020,, Mr. Trump is still a powerful political figure in Wyoming. He won the state by more 40 votes against President Biden and more 50 votes against Hillary Clinton in 2016..

Ms. Cheney was however unintimidated, and she emerged as the most vocally antiTrump Republican on Capitol Hill.

She was one of the ten House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump because he incited the Jan. 6 riot. She also served as vice-chairperson to the Democrat-picked committee that investigated the causes and consequences.

From this perch, Ms. Cheney claimed that Mr. Trump’s insistent but unsubstantiated claims of election theft led to the attack.

She also claimed that he had a torturous relationship with truth which has had a devastating effect on both the Republican Party as well as the nation writ large.

Voters sided however with Mr. Trump.

Next year, only two pro-impeachment House Republicans are expected to return to Congress. Four 10 legislators chose to retire, while six others went 2-4 in Republican primaries.

The two survivors are Reps. Dan Newhouse from Washington and David Valadao, who were both able to run in an all-party primary. While Mr. Newhouse is strongly favored, Mr. Valadao remains locked in an intense race.

Tuesday’s primaries were first to take place in the aftermath of the FBI raid on Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club house in Palm Beach.

Trump’s influence was being evaluated Tuesday in Alaska. Sen. Lisa Murkowski ran against 19 candidates including Trump-endorsed Kelly Tshibaka.

Polls close there at midnight EST.

Former Gov.

Former governor. Sarah Palin received Mr. Trump’s approval in the special congressional elections to succeed Don Young in Alaska’s U.S. House seat. In the race, Nick Begich III of Republican and Mary Peltola were also present.

The three same candidates ran concurrently for the House seat, which will be filled by a two-year term that begins next year.
Alaska’s first elections will be held under its new ranked-choice system.

Ms. Murkowski and Ms. Tshibaka are the Senate candidates. The primary is nonpartisan, where all four of the highest vote-getters regardless of their party affiliation will be able to advance to the Nov. general election.

In the special election to fill Mr. Young’s term in office, candidates who receive more 50% votes than the first-choice vote will be declared the winner.

Alternatively, the candidate receiving the least votes is removed and the votes are shifted to the next option on every voter’s ballot.

The ranked-choice procedure continues until the candidate wins a majority.

The winner of this special election will continue Mr. Young’s term which expires in January.