The 2026 Louisiana Senate race: Bill Cassidy's primary defeat

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What this arc covers

The 2026 Republican primary for Louisiana's U.S. Senate seat: Julia Letlow's Trump-backed challenge to Sen. Bill Cassidy, Cassidy's primary loss, and Letlow's runoff win over John Fleming.

Bill Cassidy

Earliest story we hold Jan 18, 2026 · 5 stories · 33 independent sources (counted once each) · 160 days

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Where it standsnewest first · each bar runs left to right by leaning

Jun 27– 28Trump-backed Julia Letlow takes victory in Louisiana GOP Senate primary runoff7 articles · 6 independent sources
3 left, 1 center, 2 right
Jun 27Trump-backed Letlow faces Fleming in Louisiana GOP Senate runoff5 articles · 5 independent sources
2 left, 1 center, 1 right
May 17Bill Cassidy loses Louisiana Republican primary to Fleming and Trump-backed Letlow5 articles · 5 independent sources
1 left, 3 center, 1 right

Who covered it, over timeindependent sources per week, by side

Jan 12Feb 16Mar 16Apr 20May 18Jun 22

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Every week as a table
Week ofLeftCenterRightArticles
Jan 12, 20261135
Jan 19, 20262259
May 11, 20265101045
Jun 22, 20264118

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

30% left · 33% center · 37% right of 33 independent sources among the outlets we track, across 5 stories.

Every storyoldest first

  1. January 2026

    Jan 18– 20With Trump’s backing, Rep. Julia Letlow launches a primary challenge against Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy15 articles · 11 independent sources
    2 left, 2 center, 6 right

  2. May 2026

    May 16– 17Sen. Bill Cassidy loses GOP primary in Louisiana, as two rivals advance to a runoff43 articles · 23 independent sources
    4 left, 8 center, 9 right
  3. May 17Bill Cassidy loses Louisiana Republican primary to Fleming and Trump-backed Letlow5 articles · 5 independent sources
    1 left, 3 center, 1 right

  4. June 2026

    Jun 27Trump-backed Letlow faces Fleming in Louisiana GOP Senate runoff5 articles · 5 independent sources
    2 left, 1 center, 1 right
  5. Jun 27– 28Trump-backed Julia Letlow takes victory in Louisiana GOP Senate primary runoff7 articles · 6 independent sources
    3 left, 1 center, 2 right