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U.S. House candidates Liz Cheney and Ryan Greene criticized each other’s careers at a debate Thursday night, with each saying the other was lucky to have parents who helped open doors in their professional lives.

Throughout the nearly hourlong debate at Casper College, Cheney and Greene continuously referred to the other as “my opponent.” While Libertarian Lawrence Struempf and the Constitution Party’s Daniel Cummings both tried to establish themselves as viable third-party alternatives to the major party candidates in the race for Wyoming’s only U.S. House seat, the zingers between Cheney and Greene elicited the most audience reaction.

“Now not everybody in our state has the job security of being able to work in their parents’ company their whole career like my opponent,” said Cheney, a Republican, in a criticism of Greene, a Democrat who runs operations and is a welder for the family energy company in Rock Springs.

The remark drew boos from some of the roughly 130 people attending the debate, which was sponsored by the college, WyomingPBS and the Casper Star-Tribune.

As Cheney continued to speak, Greene spoke over her, saying, “Not everybody was handed a job at the State Department because their dad was vice president.”