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In January 2021, Bouchard announced that he would challenge incumbent U.S. Representative Liz Cheney in the 2022 Republican primary. [17] Cheney, who had been serving in Congress since 2017, was criticized by fellow Republicans, including Bouchard, for her vote in favor of impeaching President Trump because of his actions leading up to the January 6 United States Capitol attack. [18] Bouchard accused Cheney of being "out of touch," and added that Wyoming needed a Representative who would "stand up to Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats." [19] In March 2021, Bouchard voted in favor of a bill, endorsed by Donald Trump Jr., that would have required candidates to win a majority of votes in primary elections to avoid a runoff election; the bill, which would have undermined Cheney's reelection campaign, failed on a 15–14 vote. [20] Bouchard has stated that he has raised over $500,000 in his campaign against Cheney. [21] He finished third in the primary. [22]

Personal life

In May 2021, Bouchard claimed he was pre-empting a media exposé by telling his supporters on a Facebook Live video that, when he was a teenager, he impregnated a girl who was "a little younger than me" in Florida "more than 40 years ago." [23] He later told the Casper Star-Tribune that he was 18 years old and the girl was 14 when she became pregnant. [23] Bouchard said they married when he was 19 and the girl was 15, and the girl eventually gave birth to their son. He said the couple divorced after three years of marriage; she died by suicide in 1990 at age 20. [24]

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Anthony Bouchard
Member of the Wyoming Senate
from the 6th district
Assumed office
January 10, 2017
Members of the Wyoming Senate
67th Legislature (2023)
President
Ogden Driskill (R)
Vice President
Dave Kinskey (R)
Majority Leader
Larry Hicks (R)
Minority Leader
Chris Rothfuss (D)
  1. ▌ Ogden Driskill (R)
  2. ▌ Brian Boner (R)
  3. ▌ Cheri Steinmetz (R)
  4. ▌ Tara Nethercott (R)
  5. ▌ Lynn Hutchings (R)
  6. ▌ Anthony Bouchard (R)
  7. ▌ Stephan Pappas (R)
  8. ▌ Affie Ellis (R)
  9. ▌ Chris Rothfuss (D)
  10. ▌ Dan Furphy (R)
  11. ▌ Larry Hicks (R)
  12. ▌ John Kolb (R)
  13. ▌ Stacy Jones (R)
  14. ▌ Fred Baldwin (R)
  15. ▌ Wendy Schuler (R)
  16. ▌ Dan Dockstader (R)
  17. ▌ Mike Gierau (D)
  18. ▌ Tim French (R)
  19. ▌ Dan Laursen (R)
  20. ▌ Ed Cooper (R)
  21. ▌ Bo Biteman (R)
  22. ▌ Dave Kinskey (R)
  23. ▌ Eric Barlow (R)
  24. ▌ Troy McKeown (R)
  25. ▌ Cale Case (R)
  26. ▌ Tim Salazar (R)
  27. ▌ Bill Landen (R)
  28. ▌ Jim Anderson (R)
  29. ▌ Bob Ide (R)
  30. ▌ Charles Scott (R)
  31. ▌ Evie Brennan (R)
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