Over 50 House Republicans attended a fundraiser tonight in downtown DC for Harriet Hageman, Rep. Liz Cheney’s challenger in Wyoming.

Leader McCarthy was billed as the special guest of the event, though members said he only spoke to introduce Hageman and did not bring up Cheney. Attendees echoed that Cheney’s name was not brought up much during the event.

“Look, there’s a lot of candidates that spend a lot of time badmouthing the other candidate. There was none of that, she was selling herself,” said Rep. Mike Bost of Illinois outside the event.

In JD Vance's opening statement at #OHSen GOP event, asks other candidates "to not comment on my wife this evening, I don’t want a Will Smith incident." 1st Q is what proof candidates have had for claiming 2020 election was stolen

Mike Gibbons says 5M more ballots were cast than registered voters, is fact-checked by moderator, who is then booed by some in the crowd.

Our preview of the #VAGov & #NJGov races this year, how the current and former occupants of the White House are impacting the race, and how they could serve as barometers heading into the 2022.

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cbsnews.com/news/new-jerse… On what Dems could take away:

"If a Biden-like message offered by McAuliffe doesn't succeed in purple VA... [Dems] around the country will wonder if it makes more sense to chart a more independent course," said Stephen Farnsworth, a polisci professor at Univ. of Mary Washington.