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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow won Louisiana’s Republican nomination for U.S. Senate on Saturday, delivering another win for the president, who has sought to replace Republicans who cross him with hand-picked loyalists.
Letlow, who was endorsed by President Donald Trump, defeated state Treasurer John Fleming in a runoff after the two finished ahead of Sen. Bill Cassidy in the GOP primary May 16.
The president backed Letlow in an effort to oust Cassidy, who voted to convict Trump on impeachment charges in 2021.
Letlow, a former college administrator and ardent Trump supporter, has been in the House since 2021. Her husband, Luke Letlow, died from COVID-19 complications after being elected to Congress in 2020, and she won a special election to fill the seat.
Letlow would become Louisiana’s first female Republican senator if elected in the fall in the heavily Republican state. She has promised to work in lockstep with Trump to advance his agenda.
Letlow’s victory caps Trump’s primary efforts to unseat Republicans who have not been in lockstep with him. Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, Texas Sen. John Cornyn and five Indiana state senators all lost re...
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