Re: Liz Cheney is the final pro-impeachment Republican facing a Trump-backed primary challenger as Wyoming voters decide her political fate next week

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In six days, Wyoming will determine the fate of its sole member
of Congress, Rep. Liz Cheney, in the nation's most high-profile
House primary of the year.

Cheney's reelection has seized the spotlight ever since former
President Donald Trump promised to exact revenge on the 10
members of his party who voted to impeach him over the January
6, 2021, Capitol siege. Then-the highest-ranking Republican of
the bunch, Cheney became Trump's No 1. Target.

The 56-year-old congresswoman has faced an uphill battle to hold
on to her seat in a state that Trump won in 2020 by the largest
margin nationwide. He's put his political machinery behind
Harriet Hageman, a natural resources attorney and former
Republican National Committeewoman, to defeat Cheney, a three-
term lawmaker and daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney.
The race has largely represented a battle between the GOP's
traditional conservatives and its MAGA faction, testing the
party's future.

"It's been a really, really interesting time here in Wyoming.
Passions are running high. People are feeling really strongly,"
Susan Stubson, a Cheney supporter and precinct committeewoman
for the state's Natrona County Republican Party, told Insider.

Cheney is the final pro-impeachment House Republican who aims to
fend off a Trump-backed challenger. The incumbents have had
mixed success: three have lost their primaries and two have won.
The remaining four are retiring.

"It is very clear that to be an impeachment Republican right now
has made it almost impossible to get reelected, and that's just
such an indictment of the Republican Party today," Gunner Ramer,
political director of the anti-Trump coalition Republican
Accountability Project, told Insider.

Polls show Hageman with a commanding double-digit lead over
Cheney. A former never-Trumper, Hageman has now rallied behind
him and amplified his false claims about the 2020 election. The
59-year-old lawyer has campaigned for months across the western
state, underscoring her Wyoming roots and blasting Cheney as out-
of-touch with her constituents. Hageman's campaign has amassed a
stunning $4 million for her candidacy, though it's been dwarfed
by Cheney's $13 million fundraising total.

"The people of Wyoming are fed up with Liz Cheney and want a
member of Congress who actually does her job and represents the
people who hired her," Tim Murtaugh, a spokesperson for the
Hageman campaign, told Insider in a statement. "Cheney should be
standing up to the Biden administration, but instead she's
consumed with furthering her own personal war with President
Trump and plotting her own national political future. But this
race isn't about Cheney — it should be about the people of
Wyoming. That's why Harriet Hageman will be the next
congresswoman from Wyoming."

Cheney's supporters are skeptical she's lagging that far behind
Hageman.

"I think it's extremely close and no one has a crystal ball but
there's a very large group of supporters that just aren't as
outspoken as those who are voting against her," Landon Brown, a
Republican state lawmaker and Cheney ally, told Insider.

Cheney has spent much of the summer focused on the House select
committee's investigation into the Capitol attack. As the
panel's vice chair, she's helped lay out the case against Trump
during eight public hearings held in June and July, all the
while campaign season has been in full swing in Wyoming.

Most Americans believe Trump is at least partially responsible
for the January 6 attack, but the new evidence presented by the
committee has done little to sway the public's thinking beyond
that, according to several recent polls. Republicans,
particularly, have been less likely to change their minds about
the former president. Trump's favorability rating has largely
been unchanged since the 2020 election, a Monmouth University
poll released Tuesday found.

"The committee hearings have been fairly convincing. It just
really solidifies my support for Representative Cheney," Joe
McGinley, state committeeman of Wyoming's Natrona County
Republican Party, told Insider. "Here in our state, I think the
sides have formed."

Cheney has acknowledged the threat she's up against. Her
campaign has reached out to Democratic voters to boost her
chances in the Republican primary. Though statistically, those
crossover votes in a deep red state likely won't be enough to
cross the finish line.

"Wholesale reliance on the Democrats in Wyoming is not gonna get
her there, nor, I think, does the Cheney campaign have any
expectations that that's going to happen," Stubson said.
Cheney's campaign declined to comment for this story.

Early voting has been underway since July 1. The state's most
populous county, home to the capital city Cheyenne, has seen
significant turnout with almost 8,000 votes cast as of Monday,
Laramie County clerk Debra Lee told Insider. That makes up 17%
of the county's registered voters – a "big number" compared to
recent elections, Lee said.

In the state's second-most populated county, Natrona, over 4,000
ballots have been received as of Tuesday.

"I'm not gonna call it a record, but it's higher than normal,"
Natrona County clerk Tracy Good told Insider.

The state has been awash with campaign posters and billboards
throughout the summer, reminding voters of the highly
anticipated election. For Wyomingites who have closely followed
the race, next Tuesday can't come fast enough.

"I can't wait for all the signs to be gone. They're all over
town now," McGinley said.

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