Cheney sets fundraising records, as challengers surge

U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney outraised all of her challengers combined by more than $1.2 million from April through June, campaign finance records show, giving her a dominant financial advantage roughly one year ahead of the 2022 Republican primaries.

Despite losing her position atop the House Republican Caucus earlier this year, Cheney managed a career-best fundraising quarter this spring, amassing $1.8 million on top of an already record-breaking $1.3 million haul in quarter one. Cheney now enters the second half of the year with a war chest totaling more than $2.8 million, a number double what she reported at the start of Q1 and nearly five times the total cash on-hand of all her opponents combined ($584,000).

Though her chief opponents in the primary race — Cheyenne attorney Darin Smith, Wyoming State Sen. Anthony Bouchard, and Wyoming State Rep. Chuck Gray — sought to capitalize early on backlash toward Cheney’s vote to impeach former President Donald Trump, the trio reported consistent fundraising in Q2, indicating sustained enthusiasm from the Republican base to remove Cheney from office.

“People across Wyoming, and across America, are fed up with Liz Cheney’s sanctimonious attitude towards the people of our state,” Bouchard said in a statement Thursday morning. “And every time she spits on us, I raise more money and my network gets even bigger.”

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