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{{Short description|American politician (born 1962)}}
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| name = Harriet Hageman
| name = Harriet Hageman
| party = [[GOP|Republican]]
| image = Official-harriet-hageman-wy00.jpg
| image = [[File:Harriet Hageman.png|x250px]]
| caption = Official portrait, 2023
| birth_name = Harriet M. Hageman
| state = [[Wyoming]]
| parents = [[James Hageman]]
| district = {{ushr|WY|AL|at-large}}
| birth_date = October 5, 1962
| term_start = January 3, 2023
| birth_place = [[Fort Laramie, Wyoming]]
| term_end =
| alma_mater = [[University of Wyoming]]
| predecessor = [[Liz Cheney]]
| successor =
| birth_name = Harriet Maxine Hageman
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|10|18}}
| birth_place = [[Fort Laramie, Wyoming]], U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse = John Sundahl
| relatives = [[James Hageman]] (father)
| education = [[University of Wyoming]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]])
| website = {{URL|hageman.house.gov|House website}}
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'''Harriet Maxine Hageman''' (born October 18, 1962) is an American politician and attorney serving as the [[U.S. House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for [[Wyoming's at-large congressional district]] since 2023. She is a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]].


A Wyoming native, Hageman holds degrees from the [[University of Wyoming]] and has spent her career as a trial attorney. She unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination for governor of Wyoming in [[2018 Wyoming gubernatorial election|2018]] and later served as a member of the [[Republican National Committee]]. With the endorsement of former president [[Donald Trump]], Hageman later defeated incumbent representative [[Liz Cheney]], a Trump critic and vice chair of the [[United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack|House January 6 Committee]], by a landslide in the [[2022 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming#Republican primary|2022 Republican primary election]], garnering over twice as many votes as Cheney while spending less than a quarter of Cheney's campaign expenditures.
'''Harriet Hageman''' (born October 5, 1962) is an American attorney and politician. A [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], she is running in the [[2022 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming]], primarying incumbent representative [[Liz Cheney]]. Previously, she was a delegate to the [[2016 Republican National Convention]] and was a candidate in the [[2018 Wyoming gubernatorial election]].

Hageman was sworn into Congress on January 3, 2023. She is running unopposed for re-election in [[2024 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming|2024]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Woodward |first=Chris |date=January 6, 2024 |title=Representative Harriet Hageman running for second term in Congress |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/representative-harriet-hageman-running-for-second-term-in-congress |access-date=2024-01-06 |work=The Washington Examiner}}</ref>


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Harriet Maxine Hageman was born on a ranch outside of [[Fort Laramie, Wyoming]], near the [[Nebraska]] border, on October 18, 1962.<ref>{{cite web |title=Home {{!}} Harriet Hageman for Wyoming |url=https://www.hagemanforwyoming.com/home |access-date=17 August 2022 |website=Harriet Hageman |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Seddiq |first=Omar |date=July 10, 2022 |title=This Trump-Backed Candidate Is Vying to Defeat Liz Cheney in a Heated Republican Primary for Wyoming's Sole Congressional Seat |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/meet-the-pro-trump-candidate-challenging-liz-cheney-in-wyoming-2022-6 |accessdate=July 10, 2022 |work=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref> Her father, [[James Hageman]], served as a longtime member of the [[Wyoming House of Representatives]] until his death in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hansen |first=Sandra |title=Hageman family preserving ranch life |url=https://starherald.com/agriculture/hageman-family-preserving-ranch-life/article_e9aedeb0-1f78-5d58-a401-06db95300d89.html |access-date=2021-09-15|date=March 10, 2019 |website=[[Star-Herald]] |language=en}}</ref> She is a fourth-generation Wyomingite; her great-grandfather{{Who|date=July 2023}} moved to the then-[[Wyoming Territory]] from [[Texas]] in 1878.<ref name=Introduction>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ8rvx5F23o|title=An Introduction to Harriet Hageman|publisher=Hageman for Wyoming|date=March 25, 2018}}</ref>
Hageman was born in [[Fort Laramie, Wyoming]] and grew up on a small ranch outside the town. She earned two degrees from the [[University of Wyoming]]. Her father, [[James Hageman]], served as a member of the [[Wyoming House of Representatives]] from 1982-2006.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Harriet Hageman -|url=https://awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/directory/harriet-hageman/|access-date=2021-11-28|website=Archives of Women's Political Communication|language=en}}</ref>


After graduating from Fort Laramie High School, Hageman earned a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[business administration]] from the [[University of Wyoming]] and a [[Juris Doctor]] from the [[University of Wyoming College of Law]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hansen |first=Sandra |title=Hageman looking to serve Wyoming people |url=https://pcrecordtimes.com/article/hageman-looking-to-serve-wyoming-people |date=January 23, 2018 |access-date=2021-09-15 |website=Platte County Record-Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Harriet Hageman - |url=https://awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/directory/harriet-hageman/ |access-date=2021-09-14 |website=Archives of Women's Political Communication |language=en}}</ref>
== Career ==
Hageman's first job was working for judge [[James E. Barrett]]. She became an attorney, eventually opening her own firm.<ref name=":0" /> She served as a Wyoming national Republican committeewoman.<ref>{{Cite web|last=CNN|first=Alex Rogers|title=Cheney's pro-Trump opponent runs on undermining 2020 results|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/16/politics/harriet-hageman-liz-cheney-challenger/index.html|access-date=2021-11-28|website=CNN}}</ref>


== Legal career ==
On January 16, 2018, at the [[Cheyenne Depot Museum]], Hageman announced her intent to run in the [[2018 Wyoming gubernatorial election]]. The ''[[Wyoming Tribune Eagle]]'' characterized her as a more [[Conservatism|conservative]] candidate than the current governor at the time, [[Matt Mead]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Eagle|first=Joel Funk, Wyoming Tribune|title=Hageman announces Republican campaign for Wyoming governor|url=https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/hageman-announces-republican-campaign-for-wyoming-governor/article_a1300ae8-fb51-11e7-8991-537d3587c7ce.html|access-date=2021-11-28|website=Wyoming Tribune Eagle|language=en}}</ref> She lost the primary election to [[Mark Gordon (politician)|Mark Gordon]], earning 21.3% of the vote and carrying [[Campbell County, Wyoming|Campbell]], [[Converse County, Wyoming|Converse]], [[Goshen County, Wyoming|Goshen]], [[Niobrara County, Wyoming|Niobrara]], and [[Platte County, Wyoming|Platte]] counties.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wyoming primary election results 2018: Governor, Senate and House races|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/election-results/wyoming/2018-primary-results/|access-date=2021-11-28|website=Washington Post|language=en}}</ref>
Hageman served as a [[law clerk]] for Judge [[James E. Barrett]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit]]. She has since worked as a trial attorney. In 1997, Hageman represented Wyoming in ''Nebraska v. Wyoming,'' a dispute over management of the [[North Platte River]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ring |first=Ray |date=2009-11-06 |title=The Wicked Witch of the West |url=https://www.hcn.org/articles/wicked-witch-of-the-west |access-date=2022-02-23 |website=www.hcn.org |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name=NYTPlotter>{{Cite news |last=Epstein |first=Reid J. |date=2021-09-27 |title=How an Anti-Trump Plotter in 2016 Became His Champion Against Liz Cheney |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/us/politics/harriet-hageman-liz-cheney-trump.html |access-date=2022-02-23 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In the case, she advocated against the [[United States Forest Service]]'s [[roadless rule]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Turner |first=Tom |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PG3aRFgQ3Z0C&dq=Harriet+Hageman&pg=PA16 |title=Roadless Rules: The Struggle for the Last Wild Forests |date=2010-04-14 |publisher=Island Press |isbn=978-1-59726-797-7 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cama |first=Timothy |date=2022-01-19 |title=Meet the anti-conservation Republican vying to unseat Cheney |url=https://www.eenews.net/articles/meet-the-anti-conservation-republican-vying-to-unseat-cheney/ |access-date=2022-02-23 |website=E&E News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gabriel |first=Trip |author-link=Trip Gabriel |date=2022-08-16 |title=Lawyer Who Defeated Cheney Spent Career Fighting Environmental Rules |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/16/us/politics/harriet-hageman-trump-cheney.html |access-date=2022-08-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In the [[2016 Republican Party presidential primaries]], Hageman supported [[U.S. Senator]] [[Ted Cruz]] and criticized [[Donald Trump]].<ref name=CNN>{{Cite news |author1=Andrew Kaczynski|author2=Em Steck |title=Harriet Hageman once rebuked Trump and endorsed Liz Cheney. She's now challenging her with his support |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/30/politics/kfile-harriet-hageman-endorsed-cheney-2016/index.html |access-date=2022-02-24 |publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref>


Hageman was a candidate in the [[2018 Wyoming gubernatorial election]], placing third after investment manager [[Foster Friess]] and the eventual winner, [[Wyoming State Treasurer|state Treasurer]] [[Mark Gordon (politician)|Mark Gordon]]. Hageman was the [[Republican National Committee]]woman for Wyoming in 2020 and 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Potential Cheney challenger steps down from RNC post |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/07/liz-cheney-potential-challenger-harriet-hageman-rnc-510315 |access-date=2021-09-15 |website=POLITICO |date=7 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
She supported [[Ted Cruz]] in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election.<ref>https://www.google.com/books/edition/Idols_of_Modernity/mw7BTgDqxZkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq="howard+kelly"+vaudeville&pg=PA248&printsec=frontcover</ref>


== U.S. House of Representatives ==
In September 2021, Hageman entered the [[2022 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming]]. She received an endorsement from [[Donald Trump]], after incumbent representative [[Liz Cheney]] consistently spoke out against Trump, and voted to impeach him.<ref>{{Cite web|last=November 9|first=Matthew Kassel|last2=2021|date=2021-11-09|title=Backed by Trump, Harriet Hageman looks to unseat Liz Cheney|url=https://jewishinsider.com/2021/11/harriet-hageman-liz-cheney-wyoming-congressional-seat/|access-date=2021-11-28|website=Jewish Insider|language=en-US}}</ref> She was noted for receiving this endorsement despite pitting herself against Trump in the [[2016 Republican Party presidential primaries|2016 Republican primaries]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Epstein|first=Reid J.|date=2021-09-27|title=How an Anti-Trump Plotter in 2016 Became His Champion Against Liz Cheney|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/us/politics/harriet-hageman-liz-cheney-trump.html|access-date=2021-11-28|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
[[File:Harriet Hageman (52588541790).jpg|thumb|Hageman at AmericaFest in 2022.]]

=== Elections ===

==== 2022 ====
{{Main|2022 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming}}
On September 9, 2021, Hageman announced her candidacy for [[Wyoming's at-large congressional district]], challenging three-term incumbent [[Liz Cheney]] for the Republican nomination in the [[2022 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming|2022 election]]. In her campaign announcement, Hageman claimed that Cheney no longer represented the people of Wyoming due to her opposition to Trump's [[Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|efforts to overturn the 2020 election]]. Noting that Trump had carried Wyoming by landslide majorities in both of his campaigns, Hageman said that by opposing Trump, Cheney "betrayed Wyoming, she betrayed this country, and she betrayed me".<ref>{{cite news |last=Archie |first=Ayana |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/2022-live-primary-election-race-results/2022/08/17/1117820139/harriet-hageman-liz-cheney-wyoming-house |title=Who is Harriet Hageman, the woman who beat Liz Cheney in the Wyoming House race? |work=[[NPR]] |date=2022-08-17 |accessdate=2022-08-17 }}</ref><ref name=Campaign>{{cite web|url=https://www.hagemanforwyoming.com/post/conservative-republican-harriet-hageman-to-announce-challenge|title=Conservative Republican Harriet Hageman to announce challenge to Rep. Liz Cheney|author=Hageman for Wyoming|date=September 9, 2021}}</ref> She formally launched her campaign at a Cheyenne hotel later that day, saying that Wyoming needed someone in Congress "who represents Wyoming's conservative values" and had "Wyoming's best interests at heart". She also claimed that Cheney's drive to "destroy President Trump" made her ineffective in Washington. Two other primary challengers dropped out and endorsed Hageman.<ref name=announcement>{{cite web|url=https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/trump-endorses-hageman-as-she-announces-run-against-cheney/article_c202cd96-57a5-591d-b2b3-00d4c766d2b4.html|title=Trump endorses Hageman as she announces run against Cheney|author1=Hannah Black|publisher=[[Wyoming Tribune-Eagle]]|date=September 9, 2021}}</ref> She was quickly endorsed by Trump, who had personally interviewed several prospective primary challengers to Cheney.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/politics-government/2021-09-10/hageman-is-trumps-pick-to-face-cheney|title= Harriet Hageman Is Trump's Pick To Face Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney|author1=Bob Beck|publisher=[[Wyoming Public Radio]]|date=September 9, 2021}}</ref>

Hageman and Cheney had been close political allies for several years. Hageman was an adviser to Cheney's brief 2014 Senate campaign,<ref name=LATimes>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-08-16/rep-liz-cheney-concedes-wyoming-gop-primary-to-trump-backed-challenger|title=Rep. Liz Cheney loses Wyoming GOP primary to Trump-backed challenger|author1=Arit John|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=August 16, 2022}}</ref> and introduced Cheney at a rally during Cheney's first congressional bid in 2016.<ref name=CNN/> According to Hageman, the relationship cooled when Cheney criticized Trump for not acting on claims that Russia put [[Russian bounty program|bounties]] on American troops in Afghanistan and chilled even further when Cheney called for Trump to acknowledge that he had lost the 2020 election.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schmitt |first1=Eric |last2=Goldman |first2=Adam |last3=Fandos |first3=Nicholas |title=Spies and Commandos Warned Months Ago of Russian Bounties on U.S. Troops |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/28/us/politics/russian-bounties-warnings-trump.html |url-access=subscription|access-date=29 September 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 29, 2020}}</ref><ref name=announcement/> Hageman claimed that when Cheney called her to say that any claims about irregularities in the 2020 election were untrue, "that was probably the end of our relationship". She added that had she known that Cheney would have voted to impeach Trump, she "never would have answered [Cheney's] first phone call" in 2016.<ref name=announcement/> Hageman later claimed that Cheney and others had deceived her into opposing Trump but dismissed her previous opposition to Trump as "ancient history".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-27 |title=Hageman Says She Was Fooled Into Opposing Trump In 2016 |url=https://cowboystatedaily.com/2021/09/27/hageman-says-she-was-fooled-into-opposing-trump-in-2016/ |access-date=2022-02-24 |website=Cowboy State Daily |language=en-US}}</ref> In a statement to ''[[The New York Times]],'' she called Trump "the greatest president of my lifetime."<ref name=NYTPlotter/>

Besides Trump, Hageman was endorsed by many other prominent Republicans, including House Minority Leader [[Kevin McCarthy]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldmacher |first=Shane |date=2021-09-09 |title=Trump endorses a Cheney challenger, aiming to unseat a chief detractor. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/09/us/politics/trump-liz-cheney-harriet-hageman.html |access-date=2021-09-14 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Trump endorses Wyoming lawyer to unseat Liz Cheney in biggest test of his ability to purge his critics from the party |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-cheney-hageman-primary/2021/09/08/8723142e-069c-11ec-8c3f-3526f81b233b_story.html |access-date=2021-09-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Beavers |first=Olivia |title=McCarthy picks his path on Cheney: Try to boot her from Congress |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/17/mccarthy-cheney-boot-from-congress-00009972 |access-date=2022-02-23 |website=POLITICO |date=17 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> She also received campaign support from several [[Trump administration]] staffers, including [[Bill Stepien]], [[Justin R. Clark]], and [[Tim Murtaugh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trump aides flock to Cheney challenger's campaign |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/10/trump-aides-cheney-challenger-511083 |access-date=2021-09-14 |website=POLITICO |date=10 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref> In January 2022, it was reported that Hageman's campaign had raised $1 million, to Cheney's $4.5 million.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steinhauser |first=Paul |date=2022-01-30 |title=Trump-backed Cheney primary challenger Hageman hauls in $1 million since launching congressional bid |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-backed-cheney-primary-challenger-hageman-hauls-in-1-million-since-launching-congressional-bid |access-date=2022-02-24 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref>

Hageman raced out to a large lead in opinion polling. A [[University of Wyoming]] poll taken a week before the election showed Hageman with a 29-point lead over Cheney.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/hageman-leads-cheney-by-29-points-days-before-primary-uw-poll-finds/article_533b72bc-1994-11ed-a034-471f9c7724fa.html|title=Hageman leads Cheney by 29 points days before primary, UW poll finds|author1=Victoria Eavis|publisher=[[Casper Star-Tribune]]|date=August 11, 2022}}</ref> She defeated Cheney in the Republican primary in a landslide,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Seddiq |first1=Oma |date=August 16, 2022 |title=Liz Cheney's loss in Wyoming is Trump's biggest primary victory as he tries to purge the Republican Party of his critics |work=[[Business Insider]] |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/liz-cheney-ousted-delivering-trump-his-biggest-primary-victory-2022-8 |access-date=August 16, 2022}}</ref> winning 66.3% of the vote to Cheney's 28.9%. Hageman carried all but two counties in the state, Cheney's home county of [[Teton County, Wyoming|Teton County]], and [[Albany County, Wyoming|Albany County]], home to the [[University of Wyoming]].

In the general election, Hageman faced Democratic nominee and Native American activist Lynnette Grey Bull, who was Cheney's opponent in 2020. Hageman was overwhelmingly favored.<ref name=LATimes/> Republicans had a nearly 7-to-1 advantage in registration over Democrats,<ref>{{cite web |author1=Secretary of State of Wyoming |author1-link=Secretary of State of Wyoming |title=December 2021 Statewide Summary of Wyoming Voter Registration |url=https://sos.wyo.gov/Elections/Docs/VRStats/2021/21DecVR_stats.pdf |access-date=17 August 2022 |date=1 December 2021}}</ref> and Trump won the state in 2020 with 70% of the vote, his strongest state-level performance in the nation.

As expected, Hageman won the 2022 election handily, defeating Grey Bull, 67% to 24%. Upon taking office in 2023, she became the fourth consecutive Republican woman to represent Wyoming in the House. [[Barbara Cubin]] won the seat in 1994 and handed it to [[Cynthia Lummis]] in 2008, who handed it to Cheney in 2016.

=== Tenure ===
In the contested [[January 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election|2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election]], though many of Hageman's colleagues in the [[Freedom Caucus]] refused to support [[Kevin McCarthy]], Hageman backed him on every ballot.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/01/03/hageman-backs-mccarthy-in-high-drama-house-speaker-stalemate-4th-vote-wednesday/|title=Hageman Backs McCarthy In High Drama House Speaker Stalemate; 4th Vote Wednesday|author1= Leo Wolfson|publisher=Cowboy StateDaily|date=January 3, 2023}}</ref>

=== Committee assignments ===

* [[United States House Committee on the Judiciary|Committee on the Judiciary]]
**[[United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust|Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust]]
**[[United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government|Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government]]
**[[United States House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government|Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government]]
* [[United States House Committee on Natural Resources|Committee on Natural Resources]]
**[[United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs|Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs]] (Chair)
**[[United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries|Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries]]

Source:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wrrnetwork.com/hageman-received-her-house-committee-assignments-today/|title=Hageman received her House Committee Assignments today - WyoToday.com|date=January 18, 2023}}</ref>

=== Caucus memberships ===
*[[Congressional Western Caucus]]
*[[Freedom Caucus]]
*[[Republican Study Committee]]

==Political positions==
Hageman calls herself an unyielding [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]]. During her gubernatorial campaign, she claimed that government was too pervasive in American lives, to the point that it was replacing "community, the organizations you belong to, and family support."<ref name=Introduction/> Along similar lines, during her congressional campaign, she highlighted her past work in "defending our great state against the excess of government".<ref name=Campaign/> She argued that as part of her plan to "protect Wyoming", her priorities would be "energy independence, regulatory reform, restor[ing] power to the states, protection of our southern border and enforcement of our immigration laws." She added that while in Congress, she would "focus on what is in the best interest of the United States, and, specifically, what is in the best interest of Wyoming."<ref name=announcement/> She believes the framers of the Constitution intended for "the Legislative Branch—and only the Legislative Branch" to make law.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://hageman.house.gov/about|title=About|author1=Congresswoman Harriet Hageman|publisher=[[United States House of Representatives]]|date=2023-01-06}}</ref>

Hageman is a vocal supporter of the [[fossil fuel]] industry, saying at an August 2022 campaign event that coal is an "affordable, clean, acceptable resource that we all should be using".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/17/who-is-harriet-hageman-liz-cheney-wyoming-trump |title=Harriet Hageman: who is the Republican who beat Liz Cheney? |author=Richard Luscombe |work=The Guardian |date=17 August 2022 |access-date=30 August 2022}}</ref>

===Syria===
In 2023, Hageman was among 47 Republicans to vote in favor of H. Congressional Resolution 21, which directed President [[Joe Biden]] to remove U.S. troops from [[Syria]] within 180 days.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/118-2023/h136 | title=H.Con.Res. 21: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of … -- House Vote #136 -- Mar 8, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2023-03-08/house-votes-down-bill-directing-removal-of-troops-from-syria |title=House Votes Down Bill Directing Removal of Troops From Syria |date=March 8, 2023 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

===Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023===
Hageman was among the 71 Republicans who voted against final passage of the [[Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023]] in the House.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4029522-republicans-and-democrats-who-bucked-party-leaders-by-voting-no/|title=Republicans and Democrats who bucked party leaders by voting no|first=Jared|last=Gans|date=May 31, 2023|access-date=June 6, 2023|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Hageman is married to [[Cheyenne, Wyoming|Cheyenne]]-based [[malpractice]] attorney John Sundahl.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/harriet-hageman-trump-backed-candidate-running-liz-cheney/story?id=88410864 |title=Who is Harriet Hageman, the Trump-backed candidate running against Liz Cheney? |last=Murray |first=Isabella |publisher=[[ABC News]] |date=August 16, 2022 |access-date=August 16, 2022}}</ref> She is [[Protestantism in the United States|Protestant]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Faith on the Hill: The religious composition of the 118th Congress |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/ |website=Pew Research Center |access-date=6 March 2023}}</ref>


== Electoral history ==
== Electoral history ==
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Mark Gordon|votes=38,951|percentage=33.0}}
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Harriet Hageman
Official portrait, 2023
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wyoming's at-large district
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
Preceded byLiz Cheney
Personal details
Born
Harriet Maxine Hageman

(1962-10-18) October 18, 1962 (age 61)
Fort Laramie, Wyoming, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseJohn Sundahl
RelativesJames Hageman (father)
EducationUniversity of Wyoming (BS, JD)
WebsiteHouse website
Harriet Hageman's voice
Harriet Hageman speaks in favor of removing the
Grizzly Bear from the Endangered & Threatened Wildlife List

Recorded March 23, 2023

Harriet Maxine Hageman (born October 18, 1962) is an American politician and attorney serving as the

U.S. representative for Wyoming's at-large congressional district since 2023. She is a member of the Republican Party
.

A Wyoming native, Hageman holds degrees from the University of Wyoming and has spent her career as a trial attorney. She unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination for governor of Wyoming in 2018 and later served as a member of the Republican National Committee. With the endorsement of former president Donald Trump, Hageman later defeated incumbent representative Liz Cheney, a Trump critic and vice chair of the House January 6 Committee, by a landslide in the 2022 Republican primary election, garnering over twice as many votes as Cheney while spending less than a quarter of Cheney's campaign expenditures.

Hageman was sworn into Congress on January 3, 2023. She is running unopposed for re-election in 2024.[1]

Early life and education

Harriet Maxine Hageman was born on a ranch outside of Fort Laramie, Wyoming, near the Nebraska border, on October 18, 1962.[2][3] Her father, James Hageman, served as a longtime member of the Wyoming House of Representatives until his death in 2006.[4] She is a fourth-generation Wyomingite; her great-grandfather[who?] moved to the then-Wyoming Territory from Texas in 1878.[5]

After graduating from Fort Laramie High School, Hageman earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the University of Wyoming and a Juris Doctor from the University of Wyoming College of Law.[6][7]

Legal career

Hageman served as a

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and criticized Donald Trump.[13]

Hageman was a candidate in the

Mark Gordon. Hageman was the Republican National Committeewoman for Wyoming in 2020 and 2021.[14]

U.S. House of Representatives

Hageman at AmericaFest in 2022.

Elections

2022

Main article: 2022 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming

On September 9, 2021, Hageman announced her candidacy for Wyoming's at-large congressional district, challenging three-term incumbent Liz Cheney for the Republican nomination in the 2022 election. In her campaign announcement, Hageman claimed that Cheney no longer represented the people of Wyoming due to her opposition to Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Noting that Trump had carried Wyoming by landslide majorities in both of his campaigns, Hageman said that by opposing Trump, Cheney "betrayed Wyoming, she betrayed this country, and she betrayed me".[15][16] She formally launched her campaign at a Cheyenne hotel later that day, saying that Wyoming needed someone in Congress "who represents Wyoming's conservative values" and had "Wyoming's best interests at heart". She also claimed that Cheney's drive to "destroy President Trump" made her ineffective in Washington. Two other primary challengers dropped out and endorsed Hageman.[17] She was quickly endorsed by Trump, who had personally interviewed several prospective primary challengers to Cheney.[18]

Hageman and Cheney had been close political allies for several years. Hageman was an adviser to Cheney's brief 2014 Senate campaign,[19] and introduced Cheney at a rally during Cheney's first congressional bid in 2016.[13] According to Hageman, the relationship cooled when Cheney criticized Trump for not acting on claims that Russia put bounties on American troops in Afghanistan and chilled even further when Cheney called for Trump to acknowledge that he had lost the 2020 election.[20][17] Hageman claimed that when Cheney called her to say that any claims about irregularities in the 2020 election were untrue, "that was probably the end of our relationship". She added that had she known that Cheney would have voted to impeach Trump, she "never would have answered [Cheney's] first phone call" in 2016.[17] Hageman later claimed that Cheney and others had deceived her into opposing Trump but dismissed her previous opposition to Trump as "ancient history".[21] In a statement to The New York Times, she called Trump "the greatest president of my lifetime."[9]

Besides Trump, Hageman was endorsed by many other prominent Republicans, including House Minority Leader

Trump administration staffers, including Bill Stepien, Justin R. Clark, and Tim Murtaugh.[25] In January 2022, it was reported that Hageman's campaign had raised $1 million, to Cheney's $4.5 million.[26]

Hageman raced out to a large lead in opinion polling. A University of Wyoming poll taken a week before the election showed Hageman with a 29-point lead over Cheney.[27] She defeated Cheney in the Republican primary in a landslide,[28] winning 66.3% of the vote to Cheney's 28.9%. Hageman carried all but two counties in the state, Cheney's home county of Teton County, and Albany County, home to the University of Wyoming.

In the general election, Hageman faced Democratic nominee and Native American activist Lynnette Grey Bull, who was Cheney's opponent in 2020. Hageman was overwhelmingly favored.[19] Republicans had a nearly 7-to-1 advantage in registration over Democrats,[29] and Trump won the state in 2020 with 70% of the vote, his strongest state-level performance in the nation.

As expected, Hageman won the 2022 election handily, defeating Grey Bull, 67% to 24%. Upon taking office in 2023, she became the fourth consecutive Republican woman to represent Wyoming in the House. Barbara Cubin won the seat in 1994 and handed it to Cynthia Lummis in 2008, who handed it to Cheney in 2016.

Tenure

In the contested 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, though many of Hageman's colleagues in the Freedom Caucus refused to support Kevin McCarthy, Hageman backed him on every ballot.[30]

Committee assignments

Source:[31]

Caucus memberships

Political positions

Hageman calls herself an unyielding conservative. During her gubernatorial campaign, she claimed that government was too pervasive in American lives, to the point that it was replacing "community, the organizations you belong to, and family support."[5] Along similar lines, during her congressional campaign, she highlighted her past work in "defending our great state against the excess of government".[16] She argued that as part of her plan to "protect Wyoming", her priorities would be "energy independence, regulatory reform, restor[ing] power to the states, protection of our southern border and enforcement of our immigration laws." She added that while in Congress, she would "focus on what is in the best interest of the United States, and, specifically, what is in the best interest of Wyoming."[17] She believes the framers of the Constitution intended for "the Legislative Branch—and only the Legislative Branch" to make law.[32]

Hageman is a vocal supporter of the fossil fuel industry, saying at an August 2022 campaign event that coal is an "affordable, clean, acceptable resource that we all should be using".[33]

Syria

In 2023, Hageman was among 47 Republicans to vote in favor of H. Congressional Resolution 21, which directed President Joe Biden to remove U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days.[34][35]

Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023

Hageman was among the 71 Republicans who voted against final passage of the

Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.[36]

Personal life

Hageman is married to Cheyenne-based malpractice attorney John Sundahl.[37] She is Protestant.[38]

Electoral history

2018 Wyoming gubernatorial election - Republican primary[39]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Gordon 38,951 33.0
Republican Foster Friess 29,842 25.3
Republican Harriet Hageman 25,052 21.2
Republican Sam Galeotos 14,554 12.3
Republican Taylor Haynes 6,511 5.5
Republican Bill Dahlin 1,763 1.5
n/a
 Under votes 1,269 1.1
Republican Write-ins 113 0.0
n/a
 Over votes 46 0.0
Total votes 118,101 100.0
2022 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming - Republican primary [40]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Harriet Hageman 113,025 66.3
Republican Liz Cheney (incumbent) 49,316 28.9
Republican Anthony Bouchard 4,505 2.6
Republican Denton Knapp 2,258 1.3
Republican Robyn Belinskey 1,305 0.8
Total votes 170,409 100.0
2022 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming - General election [41]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Harriet Hageman 132,206 66.7
Democratic
Lynnette Grey Bull
 47,250 23.8
Libertarian Richard Brubaker 5,420 2.7
n/a
 Write-Ins 4,521 2.3
Constitution
Marissa Selvig
 4,505 2.3
n/a
 Under votes 3,660 1.8
n/a
 Over votes 636 0.3
Total votes 198,198 100.0

References

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  2. ^ "Home | Harriet Hageman for Wyoming". Harriet Hageman. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  3. ^ Seddiq, Omar (July 10, 2022). "This Trump-Backed Candidate Is Vying to Defeat Liz Cheney in a Heated Republican Primary for Wyoming's Sole Congressional Seat". Business Insider. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  4. ^ Hansen, Sandra (March 10, 2019). "Hageman family preserving ranch life". Star-Herald. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  5. ^ a b "An Introduction to Harriet Hageman". Hageman for Wyoming. March 25, 2018.
  6. ^ Hansen, Sandra (January 23, 2018). "Hageman looking to serve Wyoming people". Platte County Record-Times. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  7. ^ "Harriet Hageman -". Archives of Women's Political Communication. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  8. ^ Ring, Ray (2009-11-06). "The Wicked Witch of the West". www.hcn.org. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
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  20. ^ Schmitt, Eric; Goldman, Adam; Fandos, Nicholas (July 29, 2020). "Spies and Commandos Warned Months Ago of Russian Bounties on U.S. Troops". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
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