Sen. Bill Cassidy loses GOP primary in Louisiana as Trump-backed Letlow, Fleming make runoff
Letlow, backed by Trump and Gov. Jeff Landry, advances as Cassidy trails after spending on the race tops $36 million, according to AdImpact.
- Incumbent Senator Bill Cassidy was decisively eliminated in Louisiana's newly implemented closed Republican primary, finishing a distant third with only 24.4% of the vote.
- The defeat marks a direct political retribution for Cassidy's 2021 vote to convict Donald Trump during his second impeachment trial, making him the only sitting Republican senator targeted by the White House this season.
- The race will now proceed to a June 27 runoff election between Trump-endorsed Representative Julia Letlow and State Treasurer John Fleming, who captured the top two spots respectively.
- In his concession speech, Cassidy delivered a sharp critique of the President's character while noting that the state's newly altered partisan voting rules had caused widespread confusion among his supporters.
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President Trump Issues Statement After Sen. Bill Cassidy's Elimination In GOP Primary * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Danielle
President Trump said on Saturday that it’s “nice to see” Sen. Bill Cassidy’s career is over following his humiliating performance in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate in Louisiana. “Bill Cassidy, after falsely using his ‘relationship’ with me during his political career, and winning Elections because of it, voted to impeach me on preposterous charges that were fake then, and now, are criminally insane!” Trump said. “His disloyalty to the man who g…
Cassidy Loses Senate Primary in Louisiana, as Trump Vanquishes G.O.P. Foe
Senator Bill Cassidy, a two-term Republican who voted to convict President Trump in his 2021 impeachment trial, could not muster enough votes to continue to a runoff next month. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/us/politics/cassidy-louisiana-race-trump.html Author : Michael Gold Publish date : 2026-05-17 04:29:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
‘Disloyal disaster’: US senator pays the price for voting to convict Trump
US President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jnr succeeded in their efforts to defeat Senator Bill Cassidy in Louisiana’s Republican primary, a signal of the enduring strength of the president’s hold on his party despite an unpopular war and soaring fuel prices. Cassidy was one of seven Republican senators in 2021 who voted to convict Trump on the charge of inciting an insurrection on January 6 that year. He placed last in a …
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