U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney continued to lead all of her GOP primary challengers in fundraising for Wyoming’s lone U.S. House seat for the first quarter of 2022, but trailed her former political ally Harriet Hageman in raising money in Wyoming.
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By Jim Angell, Cowboy State Daily
U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney continued to lead all of her GOP primary challengers in fundraising for Wyoming’s lone U.S. House seat for the first quarter of 2022, but trailed her former political ally Harriet Hageman in raising money in Wyoming.
Reports filed with the Federal Election Commission on Friday showed that Cheney raised $2.9 million in the quarter, which ended March 31, to bring her total donations for her re-election campaign to $10.1 million.
So far during her campaign for a fourth term, almost 6% of Cheney’s donations, about $604,000, have been contributed by California residents, making California Cheney’s biggest donor of the campaign.
Wyoming came in eighth in Cheney’s list of donor states at $202,360, behind California, Texas, Florida, New York, Virginia, Connecticut and Washington, D.C.
Most of Hageman’s $2 million in contributions, which includes $1.3 million raised in the first quarter of 2022, came from Wyoming donors, according to FEC figures.
Hageman’s report showed that of her donations so far in her campaign, she has received $363,430 from Wyoming contributors.
The situation is similar with state Sen. Anthony Bouchard, who has raised $649,840 in his bid to unseat Cheney, $55,081 from Wyoming residents.
Most of the donations for Denton Knapp’s campaign, $5,900, have come from California, his reports showed, followed by Wyoming at $4,850.
The FEC reports also show that most of Cheney’s contributions, about $2.74 million, came from donors giving $2,000 or more, while most of Hageman’s, $694,198, came from donations of $200 or less. Most of Bouchard’s contributions, $461,115, also came from donations of $200 or less.
So far this year, Cheney has also spent more than her opponents, spending about $882,869 to bring her total expenses for her campaign to $3.5 million.
Hageman spent $639,589 in the first quarter of the year to bring her total spending for the campaign to $1 million, while Bouchard spent $10,544 in the first three months of the year to bring his total disbursements to $599,904.
The Republican primary to select the GOP candidate for Wyoming’s House seat will be Aug. 16. So far, no Democrats have registered to run, although one member of the Constitution Party, Marissa Joy Selvig has registered.
Other Republicans seeking the party’s nomination include Bryan Eugene Keller and Robyn Marie Belinskey.
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Mark Steingass
April 19, 2022 at 9:55 am
Liz Cheney is emotionally a strong person…she will survive regardless of any vote count…nerves of steel like her dad
Charles Cole
April 19, 2022 at 10:02 am
As they say in the realm of politics, “Always follow the money.” If we do that in this election, it’s clear which candidate is being supported by whom. Your choice, Wyoming: want a candidate supported primarily by Wyoming donors? Vote Hageman. Want one being financed by outside interests (most frighteningly, from California and Washington DC)? Then Cheney’s your choice. It really is that simple.
michael Mclaughlin
April 19, 2022 at 12:07 pm
Liz is a swamp child, and isn’t Wyoming. She helicoptered into this state to run, and was denied a fishing license for gosh sake! Out of state money, out of state interest! She needs to go back home to Virginia.
mike duncan
April 19, 2022 at 10:43 am
this speaks volumes… Cali and Va love Liz. Wyo has a choice just like Alaska and Murkowski… dump the RINOS. Is Cheney what you want representing u Wyo? UR better than that!!!!
Harriett Oleson
April 19, 2022 at 11:30 am
Charlie REGARLESS of what state it comes from.. it is called “Dark Money”. Wyoming Promise has been working for years for Wyoming, to be part of the constitutional convention to create an amendment that the source of ALL campaign PAC money has to be disclosed. Wyoming Promise has met VERY STIFF resistance from members of the Wyoming legislature {some of them local} to ratifying that amendment, like 20 states already have. Makes one wonder why doesn’t it… What is your position on the amendment that would overturn Citizen United, Charley????? Shouldn’t ANY campaign money source be public information????
mike duncan
April 19, 2022 at 1:12 pm
oh Harriett..the way liberals want to CANCEL people that dont agree with them i wouldn’want my information disclosed either.. u know sometimes names, addresses and employers get made public and the screaming snowflakes show up in protest…does make one wonder about the openness and inclusiveness of the DEM/liberal/socialist party doesnt it?
Harriet Oleson
April 19, 2022 at 2:16 pm
Mike you might want to do a little research. It will surprise you what states red and blue have already ratified this proposed amendment. Might take a little deeper thought on your part instead of snowflake, liberals, e t c. Seems like you wood want to know where Super PAC money came from and who these candidates are beholden to.