{"id":9924,"date":"2026-05-17T03:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T03:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9924"},"modified":"2026-05-17T03:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T03:32:15","slug":"la-republican-sen-bill-cassidy-fails-to-make-runoff-in-primary-as-trump-backed-challenger-tops-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9924","title":{"rendered":"La. Republican Sen. 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Bill Cassidy was denied a third term by Louisiana Republican primary voters Saturday, as he was projected to finish third behind Trump-endorsed Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.) and state Treasurer John Fleming.<\/p>\n<p>With 92 percent of the vote in, Letlow was leading with 44.8 percent and Fleming was in second with 28.4%, and were projected to be the winners by the Associated Press \u2014 while Cassidy brought up the rear with 24.7 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Letlow and Fleming will now advance to a June 27 runoff, with Letlow favored to secure the nomination on the strength of President Trump\u2019s endorsement, which he reiterated with a post on Truth Social Friday as he returned to Washington from a two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.<\/p>\n<p>After the election was called, Trump took a victory lap on social media. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBill Cassidy . . . voted to impeach me on preposterous charges that were fake then, and now, are criminally insane!\u201d he wrote on Truth Social. \u201cHis disloyalty to the man who got him elected is now a part of legend, and it\u2019s nice to see that his political career is OVER!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sen. Bill Cassidy, who sought a third term in the Senate, faced a brutal primary challenge. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Cassidy, 68, is one of seven Republican senators who voted to convict Trump of incitement of insurrection following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. With Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) facing a tough re-election fight this November, that number could be reduced to one \u2014 Lisa Murkowski of Alaska \u2014 when the 120th Congress convenes on Jan. 3, 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the impeachment vote, Cassidy also called on Trump to drop out\u00a0of the 2024 election in the wake of his indictment on charges of hoarding national security documents at Mar-a-Lago and has claimed the administration is not pro-life enough.<\/p>\n<p>Trump got his revenge by pre-emptively endorsing Letlow in January, before she even declared her candidacy, ensuring Cassidy would have to fight for the renomination.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump took one more kick at Cassidy shorty before the results were known, branding him \u201cdisloyal\u201d on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana is a disloyal disaster. His entire past campaign for the Senate was about \u2018TRUMP,\u2019 how he\u2019s with me all the way, and then, after winning, he turned around and voted to IMPEACH me for something that has now proven to be total \u201cbulls\u2014!\u201d Trump posted on Truth Social Saturday while the vote was going on.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), the most powerful Pelican Stater in Washington,<span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"> admitted Wednesday that the three-cornered fight left him in an \u201cawkward situation<\/span>,\u201d saying Letlow was \u201clike a sister to me\u201d and noting that Fleming had preceeded him in representing Louisiana\u2019s 4th Congressional District.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>President Trump threw his weight behind Rep. Julia Letlow before she even jumped into the primary race. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rep. Julia Letlow had been the frontrunner in the Louisian GOP Senate primary. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cassidy had spent months trying to bury the hatchet with Trump, even begrudgingly voting to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary despite clashing with the nominee over vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Cassidy and Fleming needled Letlow over her past career as a top official at the University of Louisiana-Monroe, during which she described herself as a \u201cstrong and progressive leader\u201d and backed diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Cassidy\u2019s defeat continues a strong month for Trump\u2019s endorsees after five Indiana Republican lawmakers who defied him over redistricting were beaten in their primaries.<\/p>\n<p>The next test of Trump\u2019s sway over the GOP is set for Tuesday, when libertarian Rep. 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