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Louisiana GOP Senate Primary Tests Trump’s Sway as Letlow Challenges Cassidy

Saturday’s vote will gauge the president’s pull against an incumbent who backed his impeachment.

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow, and Louisiana State Treasurer John Fleming
FILE - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., right, President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services, talks with Committee Chairman Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., following his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)
John Fleming recites the pledge of allegiance at a luncheon in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Tuesday, May 12, 2026.
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., greets supporters at a campaign stop at Drago's Restaurant Tuesday, May 5, 2026, in Metairie, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Overview

  • Trump, who urged Republicans on Friday to back Rep. Julia Letlow, enters Saturday’s Louisiana GOP Senate primary seeking to unseat Sen. Bill Cassidy.
  • Letlow, Cassidy, and state Treasurer John Fleming are competing in a three-way race that polls indicate is unlikely to produce a majority, setting up a June 27 runoff for the top two finishers.
  • Cassidy is highlighting his anti-abortion work against the abortion pill mifepristone and has attacked Letlow over past diversity, equity, and inclusion support and disputed stock trades, while she says DEI was later misused and that a third party managed her portfolio.
  • Letlow missed 12 House roll-call votes since Tuesday while campaigning in Louisiana, according to attendance records reported this week.
  • Louisiana delayed its House primaries after a Supreme Court ruling on voting maps, and strategists warn the change could confuse some voters as the Senate race proceeds, even as Gov. Jeff Landry and Turning Point Action boost Letlow and Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America backs Cassidy.