Rep. Harriet Hageman Closes Wyoming Senate Race, Seeks Second Term
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Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) is one step closer to becoming Wyoming’s next senator after handily winning Tuesday’s Republican primary. Hageman, who was endorsed by President Donald Trump in the race, won with 63 percent of the vote.
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New York TimesHarriet Hageman, Backed by Trump, Wins Wyoming’s Republican Senate Primary Ms. Hageman, who unseated Representative Liz Cheney in 2022, is a heavy favorite to replace Senator Cynthia Lummis in the deep-red state.
NBC NewsRep. Harriet Hageman has won the Republican primary for Wyoming’s open Senate seat, NBC News projects, advancing to the general election in the deep-red state.
Fox NewsThe Republican primary was triggered by Rep. Harriet Hageman’s decision to give up Wyoming’s lone House seat and run for the U.S. Senate. Hageman, who was first elected to Congress in 2022 after defeating former Rep. Liz Cheney in a nationally watched Republican primary, is seeking the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Cynthia Lummis.
New York PostWyoming Republicans chose Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wy., on Tuesday as their nominee for US Senate in the race to succeed retiring Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis.
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Lummis, elected to the Senate in 2020 after serving four terms in the US House, announced she would not seek a second term, opening the seat in one of the nation’s most reliably Republican states.
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Fox NewsLummis, 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.
NBC NewsThe Wyoming Senate seat is open this year after Sen. Cynthia Lummis, a Republican, announced in December that she would not seek re-election. Lummis, 71, said at the time that she did “not have six more years in me.”
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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.
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Fox NewsHageman 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.
NBC NewsHageman emerged from a primary field that included former Kirby Mayor Sam Mead, who partially self-funded his campaign. His uncle, Matt Mead, was governor from 2011 to 2019.
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The reshuffling has produced an unusual number of open races in Wyoming, with the governorship, Senate seat and House seat all open in the same election cycle for the first time in more than three decades.
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New York PostThe Senate contest is part of an unusually large turnover in Wyoming’s political leadership.
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“I know Harriet well, and she is a TOTAL WINNER!” Trump wrote in his post endorsing her in this year’s election. “Harriet has ALWAYS delivered for Wyoming, and will continue to do so in the United States Senate.”
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Breitbart“I know Harriet well, and she is a TOTAL WINNER! Harriet has ALWAYS delivered for Wyoming, and will continue to do so in the United States Senate,” Trump wrote on Truth Social in December 2025.
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01 New York Post 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.
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02 Fox News 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.
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03 NBC News Cheney conceded her 2022 primary race at an event at the Mead family ranch, according to Wyoming Public Media, and Mead said he was “proud of her for standing up for the truth.”
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