Tag Archives: Julia Letlow

Julia Letlow captured the Republican nomination for Louisiana’s open U.S. Senate seat Saturday, defeating state Treasurer John Fleming and positioning herself as the overwhelming favorite to win November’s general election in the deeply Republican state. The Associated Press called the race just 45 minutes after polls closed. Letlow finished with …

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy was defeated Saturday in Louisiana’s Republican Senate primary, marking a major political victory for President Donald Trump and the state’s pro-Trump GOP establishment after years of backlash over Cassidy’s impeachment vote against Trump. Republican voters instead propelled Julia Letlow and John Fleming into a June 27 …