landslide to a trump-backed election denier. i m brianna keilar with john berman this morning. cheney was defeated last night by more than a two to one margin, the surest sign yet that donald trump still has a stranglehold on the soul of the republican party. for now cheney will continue to serve as vice chair of the january 6th committee and whatever the future holds she vows to do everything in her power to keep the former president from ever returning to office. two years ago i won this primary with 73% of the vote. i could easily have done the same again. the path was clear. but it would have required that i go along with president trump s lie about the 2020 election. that was a path i could not and would not take. it is not clear what cheney plans to do once she leaves congress. the woman who defeated her harriet hageman, had this to say in her victory speech. wyoming has drawn a line in the sand that if we put you in power you will be accountable to us, you will a
the story this morning is in wyoming, and that s where jeff zeleny is joining us now with the latest. jeff? reporter: good morning. we re getting more details of what the next steps for congresswoman liz cheney will be. overnight, her campaign team filed paper work with the federal election committee changing her campaign to a leadership pac that allows her to donate to other candidates, it allows her to travel around the country, sending a message. but the name of the leadership pac, so interesting, the great task. and she used those three words last night here in wyoming. the great and original champion of our party, abraham lincoln, was defeated in elections for the senate and the house before he won the most important election of all. lincoln ultimately prevailed, he saved our union, and he defined our obligation as americans for all of history. speaking at gettysburg, of the great task remaining before us, . reporter: so that is the name of the new leadership group
democratic system, and attack the foundations of our republic. that was a path i could not and would not take. so if she is going to continue this fight, the question is how, where and in what office does she plan to do it? she was asked about this on nbc moments ago. are you thinking about running for president? that s a decision that i m going to make in the coming months. i m not going to make any announcements here this morning, but it is something that i m thinking about and i ll make a decision in the coming months. in alaska, incumbent republican senator lisa murkowski, who voted to convict trump during his second impeachment trial, advanced to the general election along with trump-backed candidate kelly tshibaka and democrat vanessa chesbro.