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Can Liz Cheney be a write-in candidate in November? nt (Original Post)
Samrob
Aug 2022
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No Democrat's going to win that seat but D. voters might like to help choose Cheney over Hageman.
Gidney N Cloyd
Aug 2022
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Ocelot II
(130,537 posts)1. Probably, but write-in candidates don't win elections.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)3. Especially Cheney, who's polling dreadfully in the...
R primary where Rs are pretty much guaranteed to win the election. Ds barely bother to show up.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)9. No Democrat's going to win that seat but D. voters might like to help choose Cheney over Hageman.
question everything
(52,134 posts)4. Murkowski did. But I don't think she faced such hostility
Jersey Devil
(10,833 posts)7. Lisa Murkowski won as a write in (nt)
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Ocelot II
(130,537 posts)8. That's true but she didn't have serious opposition. Cheney does.
FM123
(10,372 posts)2. I think so.
I know Lisa Murkowski won her seat in Alaska as a write in candidate when GOP picked someone else as their candidate....
mopinko
(73,726 posts)6. yeah, and everyone in wyoming knows how to spell cheney.
i wouldnt be surprised if she ran and won.
Gore1FL
(22,951 posts)5. I would try to run third Party if I were going to try something like that.
Write-In is a pretty direct ticket to a loss.