Liz Cheney Drops Bid For U.S. Senate Seat

According to CNN, Liz Cheney is pulling out of the Republican Senate primary in Wyoming. Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, reportedly made her decision over the weekend.

According to CNN, Liz Cheney is pulling out of the Republican Senate primary in Wyoming. Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, reportedly made her decision over the weekend.

Yesterday, we discussed the feud that's currently brewing within the family of former Vice President/bad egg (that actually looks like an egg) Dick Cheney now that his daughters Liz and Mary have both gone public with their opposing opinions on marriage equality. Liz Cheney, who is running for U.S. Senate, recently…
Liz Cheney — daughter of Dick and current U.S. senate candidate — has recently lost the support of her own sister Mary after publicly denouncing Mary's gay lifestyle on Fox News Sunday. In a desperate bid to win over Wyoming's Tea Party and far right voters, Liz Cheney (who, as of this month, is trailing 52-points…
Liz Cheney has released her first campaign ad as she runs for Senate in Wyoming, a state she's trying to convince the public she has deep roots in. That's proved difficult, given that she moved back in the fall of 2012 from Virginia and has faced criticism that she should have run for office in the state she was…
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