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Liz Cheney Loses Re-Election Bid in Pro-Trump Backlash

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Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterRep. Liz Cheney, who has become one of former President Donald J. Trump’s fiercest critics in the Republican Party, lost her bid for re-election in Wyoming on Tuesday.The outcome confirmed that loyalty to Trump — and to his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen — remains an essential litmus test in Republican politics.

Cheney angered her constituents, first by voting to impeach Trump over the Jan. 6 insurrection, then by serving as vice chair of the House select committee investigating the attack on the Capitol.Cheney lost to Harriet Hageman, a Trump-endorsed candidate who recently said the the 2020 election was “rigged.”The Associated Press called the race at 8:21 p.m.

local time, with Hageman emerging ahead of Cheney. BREAKING: Harriet Hageman wins Republican nomination for U.S. House in Wyoming's at-large Congressional District, beating incumbent Liz Cheney. #APRaceCall at 8:21 p.m.

MDT. https://t.co/2nlgpji7ac— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) August 17, 2022In a Tuesday evening speech to her supporters, Cheney shared that she had called Hageman to concede.“Two years ago I won this primary with 73% of the vote,” she said. “I could easily have done so again.

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