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Cassidy loses Louisiana Senate GOP primary as Trump-backed challenger advances to runoff
Key takeaways
- No candidate secured at least half of the vote to avoid a June 27 runoff.
- Trump has targeted Cassidy for years over the vote, repeatedly attacking the Louisiana senator on the campaign trail and encouraging Letlow to challenge him earlier this year.
- Kennedy Jr. and allies of his Make America Health Again (MAHA) movement.
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Bill Cassidy (R-La.) was projected to fail to advance to the runoff in Louisiana s GOP Senate primary Saturday, according to Decision Desk HQ, ending the incumbent senator s reelection bid after years of political fallout from his vote to convict President Trump following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.
Trump-endorsed Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.) and Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming (R) were projected to advance instead, a major victory for Trump as the president worked to oust one of the few remaining senators who broke with him after the Capitol attack.
No candidate secured at least half of the vote to avoid a June 27 runoff.
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