There’s clearly little love lost between Republican Congressional candidates Leland Christensen and Liz Cheney.

Leading up to Tuesday’s election, the two candidates have traded numerous barbs in forums, interviews and on social media — including a recent Facebook post in which Christensen suggested residents are as likely to spot Bigfoot in Wyoming as they are to see Cheney.

At a Wednesday night candidate forum in Cody, Cheney kicked off a series of back-and-forths with Christensen by saying the state senator has a Legislative record of compromising conservative values; Christensen countered that Cheney’s record at the U.S. Department of State had been to give millions of federal dollars to Syria and Iran.

In her next chance to speak — in response to a question about how she’d stay in touch with Wyoming voters — Cheney complained about “false negative attacks” from Christensen.

“I don’t believe the people of Wyoming buy that, and I think the people of Wyoming deserve better,” she said. “As Wyoming’s representative, I will stay focused like a laser beam on the issues that matter to us.”

Cheney said that if elected, she’d stay in touch by being in and all over Wyoming constantly.

For his part, Christensen said that in staying in touch with Wyoming, “I think it’s important to know where your first home is. My first home’s in Wyoming.

“I didn't buy a second home in Wilson, Wyoming, and move back here, after spending my adult life out of this state, just to run for office,” he said.

(Cheney says she has Wyoming roots going back four generations.)

Christensen further criticized Cheney for “going after” U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., in a 2014 campaign that she ultimately abandoned. Christensen asked Cheney to co-sign a “Professional Politician’s Pledge” he had typed up and signed. It read: “I pledge not to simply cut and run for another job in two years, nor will I run against another member of the Wyoming delegation.”

“I intend to be a member of the Wyoming delegation, Leland, so I appreciate you signing that pledge,” Cheney responded. “Thank you very much.”

During the forum, Christensen said his biggest legislative mistake was voting for Senate File 104 — a 2013 law that stripped nearly all of the power from the elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction and gave it to a governor-appointed director of education. The bill was later struck down by the Wyoming Supreme Court for being unconstitutional.

“What I learned is you need to do your homework, and you need to be strong, and you need to make sure you’re following your convictions,” Christensen said.

Cheney jumped on Christensen’s admitted mistake in her closing statement.

“Somebody who can't be counted on to defend our rights at the state level certainly shouldn't get a promotion to go and have us count on him to defend our rights at the national level,” she said.

The two candidates generally ignored the criticism sent their way by the other three candidates in attendance: Darin Smith, Paul Paad and Jason Senteney.