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

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 …

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 …

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…

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 Pertic…

Cassidy primary shows how Trump pits Republicans against each other as they face midterm reckoning

President Donald Trump is fighting a two-front war at the outset of this year’s midterm campaigns, working to prevent Democratic victories while also attempting to purge the Republican Party of the few remaining members who have defied him. Sen. Bill…

Another GOP lawmaker enters race with Trump's knife 'firmly in his back'

Bulwark Congressional reporter Joe Perticone reports that Republican elected officials, GOP operatives and staffers, military officers, and chiefs of staff “seem to never learn” that handing over their loyalty to Trump meaning nothing.“Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy is the latest to realize this only after the president’s knife has been embedded firmly in his back,” Perticone wrote.On Saturday, Trump followed his grudge and endorsed MAGA-aligned Lo…