Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.) and Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming ousted incumbent Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) in the Republican primary election in Louisiana on May 16.
Letlow won more than 44.8 percent of the vote, while Fleming received 28.3 percent and Cassidy received 24.8 percent, according to the results after 99 percent of the votes were tallied.
“Congratulations to Congresswoman Julia Letlow on a fantastic race, beating an Incumbent Senator by Record Setting Numbers,” President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social on the night of May 16.
Trump endorsed Letlow in January, before she launched her campaign, in a bid to dislodge Cassidy. He called the incumbent senator disloyal in a social media post on the morning of May 16 for running on a Trump platform and then voting to impeach the president….