Hageman, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump in her primary race against Liz Cheney, won the Republican nomination on Tuesday.
, held firm to her stance on the 2020 presidential election in her primary victory speech, promoting Trump's claims of a"rigged" election to the crowd in Cheyenne.
Republican congressional candidate Harriet Hageman meets guests at a rally at the Teton County Fair & Rodeo Grounds on June 14, 2022, in Jackson, Wyoming. Hageman defeated Representative Liz Cheney in Tuesday's primary.The GOP primary had largely been seen as a referendum on Cheney, who many Wyoming voters have argued failed to represent them when she broke with the House GOP to vote in favor of Trump's impeachment in January 2021.
At the same time, Trump has made it his mission to ensure that the congresswoman would not see a fourth term, quickly jumping into the race to endorse Hageman, despite her previous criticisms of the former president during his 2016 campaign.
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