Cheney v. Trump: House race raising, spending at record clip
Hailed as the marquee event of the 2022 midterm elections, the campaign of incumbent U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) versus a field of challengers is already on track to be by far the most expensive in state history.
Cheney’s opponents are headed by Donald Trump’s hand-picked proxy, Cheyenne lawyer Harriet Hageman. The former president views Cheney as enemy No. 1. She is one of the few Republicans who defied him by voting for his impeachment and denouncing the violent attack on the Capitol that she says he provoked.
By endeavoring to oust her, Trump is sending a message to others who might be inclined to follow her lead in trying to hasten the arrival of a party without the former president at its head.
Despite being stripped of her House leadership role and being slapped with a censure from her own state party, Cheney has not backed down an inch.
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Cheyenne attorney Harriet Hageman. (Rhianna Gelhart/ Wyoming Tribune Eagle/Wyoming News Exchange)