{"id":1447136,"date":"2022-04-20T07:48:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T11:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1447136"},"modified":"2022-04-20T07:49:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T11:49:04","slug":"liz-cheney-rakes-in-more-money-from-northern-virginia-than-from-her-home-state-wyoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liz-cheney-rakes-in-more-money-from-northern-virginia-than-from-her-home-state-wyoming\/","title":{"rendered":"Liz Cheney Rakes In More Money From Northern Virginia Than From Her Home State, Wyoming"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fliz-cheney-rakes-in-more-money-from-northern-virginia-than-from-her-home-state-wyoming%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1447136&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Liz-Cheney.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney celebrated a major fundraising haul last week when this year\u2019s first-quarter filing eclipsed $10 million raised for the endangered lawmaker in a competitive primary. After Cheney raised more than $2.3 million this year alone, her campaign war chest with $6.8 million in cash on hand four months before the GOP contest headlined the swamp-focused Politico\u2019s Playbook. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn previous cycles, it was common for Cheney to raise a few hundred thousand dollars in a quarter, mostly from Wyoming residents,\u201d the Playbook authors wrote on Monday last week, adding, \u201cwith the national attention her race has received, money has poured in from across the country.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The newsletter linked to an analysis of Cheney\u2019s campaign finances from OpenSecrets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/news\/2022\/03\/donors-from-outside-of-wyoming-make-up-the-majority-of-rep-liz-cheneys-record-breaking-fundraising-during-the-2022-election-cycle\/\">published<\/a> before 2022\u2019s first-quarter filing on April 15. Money from California and Texas now make up the bulk of the Wyoming lawmaker\u2019s funding. <\/p>\n<p>Cheney\u2019s re-election bid is also being financed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/12\/14\/lincoln-project-donors-are-bankrolling-liz-cheney\/\">same<\/a> Democrat donors who bankrolled the Lincoln Project. Her first-quarter filing for this year showed little difference, with Cheney raking more from her \u201cconstituents\u201d in northern Virginia, where she spends <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/02\/03\/when-was-the-last-time-liz-cheney-set-foot-in-her-own-state\/\">much<\/a> of her time, than the constituents who first sent her to Washington in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Federalist analysis of Cheney\u2019s campaign finances to date based on public records from the Federal Election Commission (FEC), less than 10 percent of the dollars Cheney raised came from Wyoming residents. Only about 2 percent of Cheney\u2019s total contributors were from her home state. <\/p>\n<p>In contrast, donors in Northern Virginia with <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/26\/mitt-romney-to-fundraise-for-liz-cheney-at-vaccine-mandated-event\/\">fundraisers featuring<\/a> Utah Sen. Mitt Romney sent more than $880,000 to the campaign, a full six figures higher than the $780,000 raised among Wyomingites. Cheney raised more than $760,000 from California and more than $720,000 from Texas.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers come at little surprise as Cheney, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefdrlst.wpengine.com\/2021\/07\/30\/new-wyoming-poll-shows-more-trouble-for-liz-cheney\/\">deeply unpopula<\/a>r in Wyoming, where the GOP <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/11\/16\/wyoming-gop-no-longer-recognizes-liz-cheney-as-a-republican\/\">no longer recognizes<\/a> her a Republican, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/09\/liz-cheney-snubs-voters-to-mingle-with-reporters-instead-calling-constituents-crazies\/\">snubbed<\/a> constituents to mingle with reporters on a February visit. Instead, Cheney called the Wyoming voters she ignored \u201ccrazies\u201d in an interview with The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>Cash will remain a primary advantage for the at-large lawmaker defending her seat for a fourth term in the lower chamber. Her Donald Trump-endorsed primary challenger, attorney Harriet Hageman, relies on grassroots support to propel an opposition campaign with national implications. FEC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/candidate\/H2WY00166\/\">records<\/a> show Hageman has raised just more than $2 million in the campaign, with little more than $1 million left in cash on hand. <\/p>\n<p>According to Politico, more than $200,000 came from a single fundraiser held with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy after the GOP leader <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/17\/exclusive-gop-leader-kevin-mccarthy-endorses-top-cheney-opponent-harriet-hageman-in-wyoming\/\">endorsed<\/a> Hageman in February. Hageman had just $300,000 left in the bank prior to McCarthy\u2019s endorsement, which opened the opportunity to build resources able compete with Cheney\u2019s war chest. More than 100 House Republicans joined McCarthy to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/03\/23\/republicans-fundraiser-liz-cheney-challenger-00019758\">fundraise<\/a> for Hageman last month.<\/p>\n<p>Cheney\u2019s home unpopularity has only deepened as she continues to lead the weaponized Jan. 6 Committee in pursuit of a long-running feud with former President Trump, who carried Wyoming by a wider margin than any other state in the country. The Select Committee, which Cheney serves as vice-chair, has <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/10\/j6-committee-seeks-to-criminalize-republican-fundraising\/\">undermined democratic norms<\/a> and even <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/12\/liz-cheney-is-using-the-jan-6-committee-to-persecute-an-activist-running-a-super-pac-to-unseat-her\/\">targeted operatives<\/a> working to unseat her in Wyoming with no connection to any events in or around the capital on January 6th. <\/p>\n<p>Cheney has failed to garner more 30 percent support among likely primary voters out of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefdrlst.wpengine.com\/2021\/07\/30\/new-wyoming-poll-shows-more-trouble-for-liz-cheney\/\">three surveys<\/a> conducted since the 2020 election. The incumbent congresswoman captured <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Wyoming,_2016\">40 percent<\/a> in a crowded primary for her first nomination in 2016.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney celebrated a major fundraising haul last week when this year\u2019s first-quarter filing eclipsed $10 million raised for the endangered lawmaker in a competitive primary. 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