Sen. Bill Cassidy loses GOP primary in Louisiana as Trump-backed Letlow, Fleming make runoff
Letlow won 45% and Fleming 28% as Trump-backed voters rejected Cassidy’s bid for a third term, forcing a June 27 runoff.
- 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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