{"id":2414068,"date":"2025-03-20T14:37:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T18:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-cassidy-escapes-another-primary-challenger-but-not-more-gop-shade\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T14:37:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T18:37:01","slug":"bill-cassidy-escapes-another-primary-challenger-but-not-more-gop-shade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-cassidy-escapes-another-primary-challenger-but-not-more-gop-shade\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Cassidy escapes another primary challenger but not more GOP shade"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbill-cassidy-escapes-another-primary-challenger-but-not-more-gop-shade%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2414068&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Bill Cassidy escapes primary challenge from&nbsp;Clay Higgins<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1770300\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/rep-clay-higgins\/feed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Clay Higgins\">Clay Higgins<\/a> (R-LA) has opted not to mount a primary challenge against Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bill-cassidy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Bill Cassidy\">Bill Cassidy<\/a> (R-LA) next year in what is already a crowded Republican field to take down an incumbent who once voted to convict President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> in an impeachment trial.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Current engagement in the House being incredibly significant, it may be ultimately more beneficial to the republic that I remain in service to the MAGA America First agenda as a senior Republican in the House of Representatives,&rdquo; Higgins said in a statement Thursday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3353803\/michael-whatley-commonsense-agenda-win-midterm-elections\/\">Michael Whatley hopeful &#8216;commonsense agenda&#8217; will win in midterm elections<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3353106\/effort-build-women-history-museum-national-mall-traction\/\">Effort to build women&rsquo;s history museum on National Mall gains traction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3351927\/ken-paxton-hints-primary-challenge-john-cornyn-texas\/\">Texas AG Ken Paxton hints at primary challenge against Cornyn<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Higgins, a member of the Freedom Caucus, insisted he would be &ldquo;virtually assured&rdquo; the nomination based on polling but suggested Cassidy was likely to still lose his primary.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are several American patriots of distinguished accomplishment who will vie for the United States Senate seat currently held by Dr. Bill Cassidy, whose service to our nation within the Senate seems to have soon reached conclusion,&rdquo; Higgins said.<\/p>\n<p>Cassidy&rsquo;s campaign did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The third-term senator&rsquo;s biggest threat remains Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming, a former congressman and a founding Freedom Caucus member running to the right of Cassidy with hopes of securing Trump&rsquo;s endorsement. Fleming has so far managed to coalesce much of the MAGA wing around his candidacy.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), left, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, waits during a hearing on Thursday, March 13, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington, and Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA), right, listens to witnesses at a hearing on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photos\/J. Scott Applewhite, Rod Lamkey, Jr.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Also challenging Cassidy are Randall Arrington, who last year unsuccessfully primaried House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA); Xan John, a business owner and 2020 Cassidy challenger; and nurse Chris Holder.<\/p>\n<p>Cassidy has drawn the ire of MAGA loyalists for his vote in 2021 to convict Trump over the U.S. Capitol attack and his concerns over the confirmation of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom Cassidy ultimately supported.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3224765\/senate-democrats-hope-midterms-2024-downballot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>SENATE DEMOCRATS SEE HOPE FOR MIDTERMS WITH 2024 DOWNBALLOT RESULTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Higgins cited his own roles on House committees, relationships with House Republican leaders and Trump, and a taxing transition to the Senate as reasons not to launch a campaign for the upper chamber.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would no doubt be forced to avert my focused attention from the battles I am currently engaged in, battles that require my very unique set of skills,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1770300\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1770300\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Cassidy escapes primary challenge from\u00a0Clay Higgins Rep. 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