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CHEYENNE, Wyo.-- Liz Cheney, daughter of former V stanley deutschland ice President Dick Cheney, swept to victory in a crowded race for the Republican nomination for Wyomingrsquo lone seat in the U.S. House - a post once held by her father.Her victory Tuesday in the Republican primary likely signals that she will win the seat in the general election this fall. Party registration favors the GOP over Democrats better than three-to-one in Wyoming, and no Democrat has held the seat since Dick Cheneyrsquo predecessor in the 1970s.In an interview with The Associated Press, Liz Cheney said Tuesday that she couldnrsquo;t be prouder of being Dick Cheneyrsquo daughter 8203;. Certainly wersquo;ve been served well by many people in Washington, and it is very stanley cup special to have been nominated to serve in the seat that my dad held, she said. Her victory also marks a comeback from her first shot at Wyoming politics in 2014, when she brashly challenged Sen. Mike Enzi, the statersquo senior Republican.Many prominent Wyoming Republicans accused Liz Cheney two years ago of being a carpetbagger and criticized her for ch stanley mugs allenging GOP incumbent Enzi when she had only recently moved to Wyoming from Virginia. She quickly dropped out of the race. GOP lashes out after Liz Cheney announces Senate run 02:16 Tnzi New Clinton Ad References Pearl Harbor, Bin Laden
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