WYOMING: Liz Cheney Wins GOP US House Primary

Blech. CNN reports:

Liz Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, won the Republican primary for Wyoming’s only House seat Tuesday, meaning one of the most famous names in Republican politics will likely return to Washington.

Cheney, a former State department official who was a commonly heard pundit along with her father on conservative airwaves, bested seven rivals for the open House seat vacated by Rep. Cynthia Lummis, a Republican. The primary win in reliably red Wyoming means that the Cheney family name is expected to return to Congress.

Dick Cheney held Wyoming’s House seat from 1979 until 1989, when he resigned to become secretary of defense. Liz Cheney pledged in statement after her win to “defend our constitutional rights and our way of life.”