1. CHENEY VS. TRUMP.
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NICHOLS, JOHN
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UNITED States presidential election, 2020 , *GUBERNATORIAL elections , *PRIMARIES , *REPUBLICANS , *UNITED States Capitol Insurrection, 2021 - Abstract
The Cheneys then moved to Washington, where Dick Cheney joined the Nixon and Ford administrations and became a consummate D.C. insider. Last November, the Wyoming Republican Party voted to no longer recognize Cheney as a member of the GOP, and when I visited the state party headquarters in Cheyenne in late June, I found no mention of her but plenty of Hageman paraphernalia. Democratic and Republican election observers explained the calculus: If the anti-Cheney vote were to split among Hageman and other Trump-aligned primary contenders, and if pro-Cheney Republicans and crossover Democrats backed the incumbent, Cheney might just squeak through. In another state and another race, Hageman might well have been dismissed by Trump: She once supported Cheney, and she opposed the billionaire's bid in 2016. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2022