Republican who kicked Liz Cheney out of Congress seeks higher office in reddest state

Wyoming Republicans chose Rep.

Harriet Hageman, R-Wy., on Tuesday as their nominee for U.S.

Senate in the race to succeed retiring Republican Sen.

Cynthia Lummis.

Lummis, elected to the Senate in 2020 after serving four terms in the U.S.

House , announced she would not seek a second term, opening the seat in one of the nation’s most reliably Republican states.

Hageman emerged from a five-way Republican primary featuring former Kirby Mayor Sam Mead, Jill Edwards, John Holtz and former environmental services business owner Jimmy Skovgard.

2026 MIDTERMS: PRIMARIES, KEY RACES AND ELECTION RESULTS Hageman, in the country's most red state based on registered voter percentage, entered the race as the best-known and best-funded candidate in the field.

She is seeking a promotion to the upper chamber.

President Donald Trump endorsed Hageman after also backing her successful 2022 campaign to unseat former Rep.

Liz Cheney in Wyoming ’s Republican House primary.

Now serving her second term as Wyoming’s lone U.S.

House member, Hageman rose to national prominence with her victory over Cheney.

Cheney became Trump's biggest target in 2022 after she served as one of the only two Republicans on the House Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riots alongside fellow GOP Rep.