Rep. Julia Letlow launches Louisiana Senate primary bid against Bill Cassidy

Letlow declares for U.S. Senate race

U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow entered the U.S. Senate race earlier this week after receiving an endorsement by President Donald Trump in a race challenging the incumbent Sen. Bill Cassidy.

Republicans prepare for crowded 5th District, Senate races

(The Center Square) − U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow's primary challenge against U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy set off a Republican scramble for the congressional seat she holds and widened the field

SADOW: Letlow enters Senate field in pole position

So, here we go. Republican Rep. Julia Letlow has entered the Senate race, and that entrance reverberates throughout Louisiana’s political environment putting her, for the moment, in the catbird seat. She can be quite competitive. One lingering question has been whether jumping in nearing the qualification deadline over a year after the first serious challenger […] The post SADOW: Letlow enters Senate field in pole position appeared first on The …

Letlow launches campaign against Cassidy for Senate seat - American Press

Fresh off an endorsement from President Donald Trump, Rep. Julia Letlow of Louisiana is launching a U.S. Senate bid against fellow Republican and second-term Sen. Bill Cassidy. Letlow announced her decision during a breakfast in Baton Rouge, according to three people with knowledge of the event who requested anonymity because they weren’t authorized to comment publicly. The development further complicates Cassidy’s difficult reelection path and …

US senators face mounting primary threats

Rep. Julia Letlow’s challenge to Sen. Bill Cassidy in Louisiana’s GOP primary has the map shaping up to be a little like 2010, when three sitting senators lost their primaries. This year, Cassidy is one of three senators facing major primary challengers. The group includes Sen. Ed Markey, who faces a challenge from Rep. Seth Moulton in Massachusetts’ Democratic primary, and Sen. John Cornyn, who is battling state Attorney General Ken Paxton and …

Analyst mocks GOP senator who now has Trump’s ‘knife firmly in his back’

President Donald Trump is coming to end the political career of a U.S. senator who has stuck his neck out for him, Joe Perticone wrote for The Bulwark on Tuesday — and it’s a sight to behold. “Republican elected officials, GOP operatives and staffers, military officers, and White House chiefs of staff seem to never learn that when they hand over their trust and loyalty to Trump, they can’t count on the president repaying it in kind,” wrote Perti…