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3 takeaways from the Wyoming primary

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Alaska, voters were casting their ballots in another constituency that the former president was eyeing. A second round is likely against Trump-backed Kelly Chibaka.

Meanwhile, former Gov. Sarah Palin is attempting a political comeback in a special election for the state's only House seat. .

Alaskans close out vote Three takeaways from Tuesday's campaign in Wyoming :

Trump seeks to purge rivals within the party Conclusion

Trump and his allies have spent the spring and summer turning the Republican primary into a bitter battle in which loyalty to the former president is a central element. rice field.

He lost several high-profile battles, including in Georgia, where Governor Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Ravensperger held off a pro-Trump challenger.

But most of the free seat elections were won by the Trump candidate. And on Tuesday in Wyoming,on the day thatHaigman entered the race against Cheney, Trump declared his biggest win ever,. 29} Cheney is the eighth of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump to leave the House after the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021. Four chose not to seek re-election, plus he lost four Republican primaries.

Cheney chose to fight Trump

Heading into Tuesday's primary, Cheney said he was going to win.

But her strategy was to try to persuade Republican voters to betray him in states the former president won by 43 percentage points in 2020. , suggesting that she made another choice. downswing.

She enraged Republicans by urging Democrats and independent voters in Wyoming to change their party registrations and vote in Tuesday's Republican primary.

Chaney, who was surrounded by Capitol police during the campaign, chose a smaller, closed-door event rather than a rally. She denounced Trump in a TV interview.

Her campaign closing message was aTV adthat featured her father and former Vice President Dick Cheney, lying to Trump supporters and saying, "The last time tried to steal the elections of the president, calling him a "coward." use violence.

Her election night event took place on the Jackson Hole ranch with the sun setting over the Grand Tetons in the background, while a television set was available for supporters to see the tallied results of the race. there was no screen. lose.

She may have reminded her supporters that Trump did what she did in her primary election two years ago, winning her with 73% of the vote. said.

"That was the path I couldn't and wouldn't take," Cheney said. and I was well aware of the potential political consequences of following my duties.”

Taking advantage of the high-profile House primary spotlight Mr. Cheney's decision to beat Mr. Trump by force has never been triumphant in Wyoming. But it endeared her to some of her anti-Trump donors and positioned her as the Republican Party's toughest critic of Trump.

What's next for Cheney?

This three-term congresswoman has not disclosed what her next political move will be. This includes whether she will run for president in 2024 as Trump's foil.

But she used her speech to foretell that the fight against Trump would continue, but did not explain exactly what that meant.

"I have been saying since January 6th that I will do whatever it takes to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office again. to fight against," she said.

"I'm a conservative Republican...but I love my country more. I'm begging you to join me tonight. When I leave here, Republicans, Democrats, let us resolve to stand together against those who seek to destroy our republic, and against the independents."

As she left the stage, the speaker of the event Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down" rang out from