Fans of Liz Cheney might want to look away, as the shreds of Liz's political "legacy" are about to be swept into the dustbin of history. The rest of us, however, can read on for the announcement just made by Republican Rep. Harriet Hageman (WY-AL), the woman whose brutal electoral beatdown of Cheney sent the now-former-congresswoman into political irrelevance.
As expected by many political prognosticators, Hageman – who currently serves as Wyoming's sole at-large representative in the U.S. House – has thrown her hat into the ring to replace retiring Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY). Lummis made her surprise retirement announcement last week, and attention quickly turned to Hageman, who had previously been mulling a run for governor.
Lummis's retirement seemed to change the political calculus for Hageman, who on Monday teased that an announcement of some kind was forthcoming. Would it be governor or senator?
Soon. 🤠🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/HHOpotrEA9
— Harriet Hageman (@HagemanforWY) December 22, 2025
Hageman quickly answered that question: she's running for Senate. In a sweet video featuring her 102-year-old mother, the congresswoman talked of what had been achieved in the last one-hundred years and the challenges that need to be met going into the next one hundred.
Our Faith, Our Family, Our Community, and Our Country.
— Harriet Hageman (@HagemanforWY) December 23, 2025
That's what we care about, that's what we FIGHT for. pic.twitter.com/ii88iYNz1y
The congresswoman didn't shy away from touting her work with the Trump administration – Trump won Wyoming in 2024 with a whopping 71.6 percent of the vote – saying, "President Trump’s America First movement made it popular to say you want to Make America Great Again, and he continues to deliver on that promise. It would be a great honor to keep advancing the America First agenda in the Senate, as it has been in the House."
Hear that? That's the sound Liz Cheney's teeth both grinding and gnashing.
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Hageman's quick entry into the race may cut off any of her fellow Republicans from mounting a primary challenge against her; Mark Gordon, the current Republican governor of Wyoming who's term-limited from running again in 2026, is a big potential threat, but has yet to make his intentions clear.
The big loser here is Liz Cheney, who held Wyoming's at-large congressional seat from 2017 to 2023 after trading in on her famous father's name and legacy, and proceeded to disgrace both of them with her raging case of Trump Derangement Syndrome. In declaring Wyoming as Trump and America First country, Harriet Hageman – who handed Liz a stunning defeat in the 2022 Republican primary – has essentially deposited the tatters of the Liz Cheney political "legacy" where it belongs: on the trash heap of history.
Hageman did have kind words for Sen. Lummis, however, saying in her announcement, "Cynthia Lummis leaves a legacy of over four decades of principled, conservative leadership, and Wyoming and America are better for it. I thank her for her distinguished and admirable service, and pledge to also bring honor to the office she held, should the people of Wyoming make the decision to elect me to the United States Senate."
Take that, Liz. Maybe give your pal Kamala a call.
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