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Liliana Salgado and Nathan Lane
Jackson — U.S. Congressman Liz Cheney, a staunch Republican critic of Donald Trump, 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 who defied Trump, Senator Lisa Markowski, cleared a hurdle in Alaska.
Cheney's defeat by Harriet Hageman marks an important victory in the former president's campaign to expel Republicans who supported his impeachment after a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol building. last year.
In admitting the race, Cheney said he would not "go along with President Trump's lies about the 2020 election" to win the primary.
"It would have been necessary to unravel our democratic system and enable his ongoing efforts to attack the foundations of our republic. It was a path that I did not and would not take," she told supporters.
Predicted he would face Kelly Tshibaka. The company predicted Democrat Patricia Chesbro would also move forward with a nonpartisan format that leaves out all but the top four voters.
Another race in Alaska looked like it wouldn't be resolved anytime soon. Edison, who died in March, predicted that no candidate would emerge as the clear winner in her three-way contest to complete Rep. Young's term.
Sarah Palin, a former governor and his 2008 vice-presidential candidate with Trump's endorsement, will face fellow Republican Nick Begich III and Democrat Mary Pertra in the race. The winner will be announced on his August 31st.
Both Wyoming and Alaska are firmly Republican, and the outcome is unlikely to affect whether President Joe Biden's Democrats lose a very thin majority in Congress. Low. Republicans are expected to retake the House and possibly gain control of the Senate.
Cheney's ouster is the latest sign of Trump's unwavering influence over the Republican Party.
Trump, who has hinted at running for president in 2024, has made ending Cheney's congressional career a top priority among 10 House Republicans who will support impeachment in 2021.
Cheney, the daughter of former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney, used her position on the committee on January 6 to overthrow the Capitol riot. It continues to draw attention to Trump's actions and his false claims that he won the 2020 election.
Republican leaders won control of the House of Representatives in November. The case is expected to dissolve the investigation on January 6th. The new parliamentary representative will win his seat in January.
Hageman, a natural resources attorney who has embraced Trump's election lies, criticized Cheney's concession speech, saying she had little interest in the problems facing her country. said it showed no.
"She's still focused on the obsession with President Trump and the people of Wyoming. Wyoming voters sent a very big message tonight," Hageman told Fox News. Told.
(Reporting by Liliana Salgado of Jackson, Wyoming and Nathan Lane of Wilton, Connecticut; additional reporting by Eric Beach and Moira Warburton; Andy Sullivan, Scott Malone, Alistair Bell, John・Edited by Stonestreet)
