{"id":2620174,"date":"2026-06-27T22:30:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T02:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backed-letlow-wins-louisiana-senate-runoff-to-replace-cassidy\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T22:33:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T02:33:02","slug":"trump-backed-letlow-wins-louisiana-senate-runoff-to-replace-cassidy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backed-letlow-wins-louisiana-senate-runoff-to-replace-cassidy\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-backed Letlow wins Louisiana Senate runoff to replace Cassidy"},"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\">18<\/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%2Ftrump-backed-letlow-wins-louisiana-senate-runoff-to-replace-cassidy%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=2620174&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>Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA) secured a victory in Louisiana\u2019s Republican Senate runoff, ending a highly contentious primary season. Backed by former President Donald trump, letlow defeated Bill cassidy\u2019s challenger, John fleming, with nearly 45% of the vote compared to Fleming\u2019s 28%. letlow, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-quizzes-nyc-mayoral-candidate-eric-adams-on-his-claim-that-rivals-teamed-up-against-him-because-hes-black\/\" title=\"CNN Quizzes NYC Mayoral Candidate Eric Adams On His Claim That Rivals Teamed Up Against Him Because He\u2019s Black\">previously led<\/a> the frist primary round, is expected to win the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-bidens-envoy-threatens-brazil-not-to-question-electronic-vote\/\" title=\"...ort: Biden\u2019s envoy threatens Brazil not to question electronic vote\">upcoming general election<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-carolina-to-become-latest-state-to-pass-heartbeat-bill\/\" title=\"South Carolina to Become Latest State to Pass Heartbeat Bill\">deep-red state<\/a> against Democratic candidates. The primary marked the end of Cassidy\u2019s bid for re-election, following his third-place finish in May. Cassidy\u2019s loss reflects the influence of Trump\u2019s endorsements, as his position on impeachment and other issues cost him support among Republican voters. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >race highlighted ongoing tensions<\/a> between Cassidy and Trump, including a heated exchange over Iran policy, which Cassidy has as sought to de-escalate. the election underscores shifting dynamics within the Republican Party and the impact of Trump\u2019s backing in primary elections.  <\/p>\n<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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4425255\/julia-letlow-trump-launches-senate-challenge-bill-cassidy\/\">Julia Letlow<\/a> (R-LA) won Saturday\u2019s Louisiana <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\">Senate<\/a> GOP runoff, concluding what has been one of the most contentious <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-elections\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-elections\">Republican primaries<\/a> of the cycle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump-backed Letlow was declared the winner by the <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/louisiana-senate-election-letlow-fleming-96d33228504ee6bde5c38b208fecfdc3\">Associated Press<\/a><\/em>  and led Louisiana Treasurer <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4424694\/bill-cassidy-challenger-trump-preferred-gop-senate-candidate\/\">John Fleming<\/a> with nearly 45% of the vote to his roughly 28%.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4627880\/paxton-wont-say-whether-james-talarico-going-to-hell\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Paxton won\u2019t say whether James Talarico is going to hell<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4627854\/paxton-need-look-more-in-vitro-fertilization\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Paxton says \u2018we need to look more into\u2019 in vitro fertilization<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4627842\/judge-dan-sullivan-appear-alaska-primary-ballot\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Judge rules Dan Sullivan can appear on Alaska primary ballot against Sen. Dan Sullivan<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The primary draws to an end the race to oust Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4571020\/cassidy-loses-reelection-campaign\/\">Bill Cassidy<\/a> (R-LA), who finished third in May.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Letlow, who also won the first-round primary last month by 16.5 points over Fleming and 20 points over Cassidy, is all but certain to win the November general election against the Democratic nominee in the deeply red state. Democrats Jamie Davis, a farmer, and Gary Crockett, an entrepreneur, also faced a primary runoff on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The third-term congresswoman launched her campaign in January with a preemptive endorsement from President Donald Trump, who snubbed Cassidy over accusations the second-term senator was insufficiently loyal for voting to convict him of impeachment for the 2021 Capitol riot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4573703\/bill-cassidy-no-regrets-after-primary-loss\/\">AN UNBURDENED BILL CASSIDY DOESN\u2019T REGRET TRUMP IMPEACHMENT VOTE AFTER PRIMARY LOSS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cassidy\u2019s defeat was one of several Republican incumbents this year who were on the losing end of Trump-endorsed challengers. His power in the Senate atop the chamber\u2019s health committee and bipartisan respect as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backed-letlow-takes-on-fleming-in-louisiana-senate-runoff\/\" title=\"... takes on Fleming in Louisiana ...ate runoff\">earnest lawmaker proved inadequate<\/a> to overcome his impeachment vote and Trump\u2019s influence among conservative Louisiana voters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cassidy and Trump exchanged harsh words over the Iran war in a tense <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4623552\/inside-trump-explosive-meeting-senate-republicans\/\">shouting match during a closed-door Senate GOP lunch<\/a> this week, a conflict the senator has sought to end by helping pass a war powers resolution. At one point, Cassidy called the president \u201cbrother\u201d and said the feedback he got from \u201cseveral senators\u201d following the spat was encouraging, but he ultimately lamented losing his temper.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Julia Letlow wins Louisiana GOP Senate runoff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2620175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-collage-265sujrgq-1782520897718-e1782521082715.jpg?1782506673&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[81843,81841,81844,81842,5507],"class_list":["post-2620174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-cassidy-replacement","tag-louisiana-senate","tag-political-election","tag-runoff-victory","tag-trump-backed"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-collage-265sujrgq-1782520897718-e1782521082715.jpg?1782506673&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2620174"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2620178,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620174\/revisions\/2620178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2620175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2620174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2620174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2620174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}