Liz Cheney raises big money both inside and outside Wyoming

Laura Hancock For The Gazette
Updated 11 hrs ago

CASPER, Wyo. — Congressional hopeful Liz Cheney has raised nearly $760,0000 in campaign contributions from almost 430 people — collecting roughly 10 times more than her closest competitor in the race for Wyoming's lone seat in the U.S. House.

Cheney received more than $500,000 from people who live outside of Wyoming and raised more than $200,000 from people inside Wyoming, according to a campaign finance report. She topped all of her competitors in both categories. ... The daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney also gave her campaign nearly $27,000.

Liz Cheney's dominant fundraising highlights her national stature and the broad network of support she enjoys among Republicans, especially for a candidate living in the country's least populated state, and one who's never held office. But it also provides ammunition to critics who've questioned her Wyoming ties.

Many of Cheney’s supporters are well-known in Republican circles. ... She’s received $5,400 each from former President George Bush and his wife, Laura Bush — the maximum allowed under FEC limits. Her parents, Dick and Lynne Cheney, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, former Bush deputy chief of staff and senior adviser Karl Rove also donated money.