Overview
- Rep. Julia Letlow and state Treasurer John Fleming are competing in the Republican runoff for U.S. Senate, with voters deciding the nomination Saturday.
- Letlow enters with President Trump’s repeated backing, endorsements from top state Republicans and heavy outside support, including about $4 million in super PAC ads since the May primary.
- Fleming is running as a hard-right alternative who opposes carbon-capture projects, has attacked Letlow over past DEI comments, and briefly shared an AI-generated video that was later deleted.
- Low turnout and parish-level voting patterns could make the race unpredictable, and roughly 82,000 Republican early ballots had already been cast before Election Day.
- Louisiana Democrats are holding their own runoff for the other Senate slot that is expected to be a long shot in November, and national strategists will watch the GOP result for clues about whether the president can reliably place loyalists in the Senate.