One observer of the present Senate race in Louisiana famous that Sen. Invoice Cassidy might lose his reelection bid.
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Sen. Invoice Cassidy misplaced Saturday’s Louisiana’s Republican main in response to a race name by the Related Press.
Cassidy, who served two phrases within the Senate, was one among seven Republican senators who voted to convict President Trump after the January sixth rebellion on the Capitol. That vote put him at odds with Trump and his MAGA coalition, in the end main Trump to push Rep. Julia Letlow to run in opposition to Cassidy.
Cassidy’s bid for a 3rd time period was considered as a check of Trump’s grip on the celebration–and of what voters need from their representatives in Washington. The first pitted Cassidy, a veteran lawmaker, former doctor and chair of the highly effective Senate well being committee, in opposition to Letlow, a political newcomer and a millennial MAGA loyalist.
An in depth view of a hat that reads, Run Julia Run, is seen at a marketing campaign occasion for Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA) on Could 6, 2026 in Franklinton, Louisiana.
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A former school administrator, Letlow gained a particular election in 2021 for the Home seat her late husband, Luke, was set to imagine earlier than he died from COVID in 2020.
In Congress, Letlow sponsored a invoice to gather oral histories from through the pandemic and has targeted on training and kids. She launched the “Dad and mom Invoice of Rights Act,” which might permit mother and father to evaluation classroom supplies like library books and require colleges to inform mother and father if their baby requests totally different pronouns, locker rooms or sports activities groups.
She additionally serves on the highly effective appropriations committee and has embraced Trump’s agenda.
Letlow, who got here first in Saturday’s main, will face Louisiana state Treasurer John Fleming within the runoff on June 27. Cassidy got here in third.
The election result’s a victory for President Trump who has put Republican loyalty to the check on the poll up to now this 12 months in Indiana state senate primaries and in Cassidy’s race.
One other main check of Trump’s affect is available in Kentucky’s main on Tuesday when Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, who has discovered himself at odds with the president, faces a challenger endorsed by Trump.
