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Liliana Salgado and Nathan Lane
Jackson — U.S. Congressman Liz Cheney, a staunch Republican critic of Donald Trump who played a key role in the January 6 congressional inquiry attack on the Capitol, which was defeated by a major Trump-backed challenger in Wyoming on Tuesday.
But another Republican congressman who defied the former president, Senator Lisa Markowski, cleared a hurdle in Alaska. She was scheduled to run against pro-Trump challenger Kelly Tshibaka in the Nov. 8 congressional election.
Defeat of Cheney by Trump-backed Harriet Hageman expels Republicans who supported his impeachment after mob of his supporters storm Capitol building It marks a significant victory in the former president's campaign to do last year.
In admitting to racing, Cheney said he would not "go along with President Trump's lies about the 2020 election" to win the primary. would have been necessary to unravel the democratic system of the United States and enable his ongoing efforts to attack the foundations of our republic, a path I could not and would not take.
According to election monitoring firm Edison Research, 99% of the expected votes will be counted in Wyoming, with Hageman winning 66.3% of the vote for the Republican Party. followed by Cheney with 28.9%.
Results in Alaska were less clear.
According to Edison, 72% of the expected votes were tallied, with Murkowski leading slightly with 42.7% of the vote, followed by Tshibaka with 41.4% and Democrat Patricia Chesbro with her 6.2%. rice field. The state's nonpartisan primary format excludes all but the top four voters.
He Murkowski, a moderate, is one of the Senate's most independent speakers. , has held the seat since 2003.
Edison also predicted that there would be no clear-cut winner in Alaska. In a three-way contest to complete the term of Rep. Don Young, who died in March.
That race will pit former governor and his 2008 vice-presidential candidate, Trump-backed Sarah Palin, against fellow Republican Nick Begich III and Democrat Mary Pertra. The winner will be announced on his August 31st.
Both Wyoming and Alaska are definitely Republicans, so the outcome will affect whether President Joe Biden's Democrats lose a very thin majority in Congress. is unlikely to give Republicans are expected to retake the House and possibly gain control of the Senate.
Banning Trump Critics
Cheney's ouster is the latest sign of Trump's enduring influence over the Republican Party.
Trump, who has hinted at running for president in 2024, has made ending Cheney's congressional career a priority among 10 House Republicans who will support impeachment in 2021. I made it
Cheney, the daughter of former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney, used her position on the committee investigating the circumstances surrounding the January 6th congressional riots to take action that day. It continued to draw attention to Trump's actions and his false claims that he won the 2020 election.
is expected to dissolve the investigation on January 6 if it gains control of the company. The new parliamentary representative will win his seat in January.
Hageman, a natural resources attorney who has embraced Mr. Trump's election lies, criticized Mr. said to show.
"She remains focused on President Trump and her obsession with the people of Wyoming. Wyoming voters sent a very big message tonight," Hageman said on Fox. told on the news.
House of Representatives Cheney voted to impeach Trump on charges of inciting a Capitol riot, and Senate Markowski voted to convict him of that charge. Mr. was eventually acquitted.
Of his 10 Republicans who supported impeachment, only Dan Newhouse in Washington could run for Congress after the November election.
(Reporting by Liliana Salgado of Jackson, Wyoming and Nathan Lane of Wilton, Connecticut; Additional reporting by Kanishka Singh, Eric Beach, Moira Warburton, Andy Sullivan, Scott Malone, Alistair Bell, edited by John Stonestreet)