in the november 6 general election, cheney was re-elected as wyoming's sole member of the house of representatives. she won 127,951 votes, defeating democrat greg hunter (59,898 votes), libertarian richard brubaker (6,918) and constitution party candidate daniel clyde cummings (6,069). cheney won 21 of 23 counties, losing albany and teton counties to greg hunter. on november 14, cheney was elected by the republican membership as the chair of the house republican conference for the 116th congress. in this post, she is the third-ranking republican in the chamber, behind minority leader kevin mccarthy and minority whip steve scalise. she is also the highest-ranking republican woman in congress.