Following Rep. Liz Cheney’s primary loss in Wyoming Tuesday, just two of the 10 House Republicans who backed Donald Trump’s 2021 impeachment will be on the ballot in November: Reps. David Valadao of California and Dan Newhouse of Washington state.
They are joined by the only Republican who voted to convict Trump in his Senate impeachment trial and is up for reelection in 2022, as Sen. Lisa Murkowski advanced to the general election in Alaska Tuesday.
How were these three Republican impeachment supporters able to beat the odds and overcome the wrath of the Trump base? The answer may lie in the unique primary systems
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