国会女议员利兹·切尼在中期选举的前三个月筹集了近300万美元的竞选捐款选举今年，她继续打破筹款纪录，试图在特朗普支持的挑战者面前捍卫自己的席位。
这位第三任怀俄明州共和党人4月初手头有680万美元现金，而她的对手哈里特·哈格曼(Harriet Hageman)在8月16日怀俄明州共和党初选前的最后四个月里，她的竞选资金超过100万美元。
虽然深红色的怀俄明州传统上比人口更多的战场州获得的竞选捐款少得多，但切尼对前总统的无情批评唐纳德·特朗普指责他对1月6日美国国会大厦的暴力事件负责的声明，已经将该州唯一的美国众议院席位的竞争变成了2022年中期选举中最受关注的竞争之一。
切尼在去年被解职前担任共和党众议院会议主席，她连续五个季度打破了个人筹款记录，在整个2000年筹集了1000多万美元选举她的竞选团队在一份声明中说。
切尼对特朗普的批评使她与美国众议院和怀俄明州共和党的许多同事疏远，并使她成为今年面临连任的最危险的共和党在职者之一。但他们也扩大了她的知名度，允许她建立一个全国性的筹款网络。
鉴于她投票弹劾他以及她在1月6日众议院特别委员会的立场，切尼的席位是特朗普2022年的首要目标之一。哈格曼得到了川普、众议院少数党领袖凯文·麦卡锡和众议院共和党会议主席埃利斯·斯特凡尼克(Elise Stefanik)的支持。
她的竞选团队在周一的新闻发布会上说，夏安族律师哈格曼在2022年的前三个月筹集了130万美元。虽然她的收获与切尼相比相形见绌，但这大约是她在2021年最后三个月筹集的三倍，对于怀俄明州的候选人来说，这是一个相对较大的数额。
政党通常不会针对现任成员开展竞选活动。但共和党全国委员会在2月份谴责了切尼，这实际上为他们支持哈格曼的挑战打开了大门。
联邦选举委员会定于周五公布2022年第一季度的竞选财务报告，其中将详细说明竞选支出和每个候选人的捐款来源。
其他参加竞选的共和党人包括州参议员安东尼·布沙尔和退役陆军上校丹顿·纳普。没有民主党人宣布计划挑战切尼，她的候选人资格可能受益于民主党交叉选民，谁在怀俄明州可以改变他们的聚会从现在起到八月初选那天。
Cheney again breaks fundraising record in Wyoming House race
Congresswoman Liz Cheney raised almost $3 million in campaign contributions over the first three months of the midtermelectionyear, continuing her record-breaking fundraising streak as she attempts to defend her seat against a Trump-backed challenger.
The third-term Wyoming Republican began April with $6.8 million cash on-hand, while her opponent Harriet Hageman began the final four-month stretch leading up to Wyoming's Aug. 16 Republican primary with more than $1 million in her campaign coffers.
Though deep-red Wyoming traditionally draws significantly less in campaign contributions than more populous battleground states, Cheney's unrelenting criticism of former PresidentDonald Trumpand statements blaming him for the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 have transformed the race for the state's lone U.S. House seat into one of the most closely watched contests of the 2022 midterms.
Cheney, who chaired the Republican House Conference before being ousted from her post last year, has broken her personal fundraising records in five consecutive quarters and has raised more than $10 million throughout theelectioncycle, her campaign said in a statement.
Cheney's criticisms of Trump have alienated her from many of her colleagues in the U.S. House and the Wyoming Republican Party and made her among the most endangered Republican incumbents facing reelection this year. But they've also expanded her profile and allowed her to build a nationwide fundraising network.
Given her vote to impeach him and her position on the Jan. 6 House Select Committee, Cheney’s seat is among Trump’s top 2022 targets. Hageman has received endorsements from Trump, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Elise Stefanik, Cheney’s replacement as House Republican Conference Chair.
Hageman, a Cheyenne attorney, raised $1.3 million over the first three months of 2022, her campaign said in a news release Monday. Though her haul pales in comparison to Cheney's, it is roughly triple what she raised in the final three months of 2021 and a comparatively large sum for a Wyoming candidate.
Political parties typically do not campaign against their incumbent members. But the Republican National Committee censured Cheney in February, effectively opening the door for them to throw their support behind Hageman's challenge.
The Federal Election Commission is scheduled to publish campaign finance reports for the first quarter of 2022 on Friday, which will detail campaign spending and the sources of each candidates' contributions.
Other Republicans running include state Sen. Anthony Bouchard and retired Army Col. Denton Knapp. No Democrat has announced plans to challenge Cheney, and her candidacy could benefit from Democratic crossover voters, who in Wyoming can change theirpartyaffiliation from now until the day of the August primary.
