Senator Bill Cassidy, who voted to convict President Donald Trump in the Senate in February 2021, finished third out of four candidates in the Republican Senate Primary in the state of Louisiana on Saturday, 16 May.
The two-term incumbent Cassidy only got 24.8 per cent of the vote.
Congresswoman Julia Letlow, who has received President Trump’s endorsement, won 44.8 per cent of the vote, thus finishing in first place. She beat runner-up John Flemming by 16.5 points. However, she still failed to secure herself an overall majority; she will be facing off against Flemming in a run-off election for the GOP nomination in late June.
Cassidity was among the seven Republicans in the Senate who voted to convict President Trump on the charges of incitement of insurrection for his involvement in the 6 January 2021 Capitol riots. With all 50 people in the Democratic caucus also voting guilty, the President escaped conviction by ten votes.
Of the seven Republican Senators who voted for conviction, four have already left Congress: Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, Richard Burr of North Carolina, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, and—2012 Republican presidential nominee—Mitt Romney of Utah. With his primary loss, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana will also be leaving at the end of his term in January 2027.
Thus, only two of the seven remain in office: Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.
On the Democratic side, farmer and member of the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee Jamie Davis won by a commanding margin, 21.1 points, but still shy of the 50 per cent plus one vote to avoid a run-off contest. He will be going up against Gary Crockett there.
Turnout on the Republican side outnumbered that on the Democratic side, as expected in a GOP-stronghold Southern state. Around 402,000 people voted in the Republican primary, while around 345,000 people voted in the Democratic primary.
Thomas Massie Next on the ‘Trump Hit List’
Saturday’s primary result shows President Trump’s continued, immense influence on Republican voters in the United States. That is despite the fact that he is living through a turbulent political time again: the Iran conflict is still dragging on, the Strait of Hormuz is still closed, which keeps gasoline prices elevated in the country.
This is bad news for Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky.
The rogue GOP lawmaker has butted heads with President Trump multiple times since his return to the Presidency. Representative Massie was typically the lone holdout among the House GOP to vote against, or abstain from voting for, some of President Trump’s key policy agendas, such as the One Big Beautiful Bill in 2025.
Kentucky is holding its primaries tomorrow, Tuesday, 19 May. President Trump has been aggressively campaigning against Massie, who is running for reelection in the state’s fourth Congressional District. The President’s ‘horse’ in that fight is retired Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein.
Massie is certainly eager to hold on to his House seat, if campaign spending is anything to go by. He, combined with money from super PACs supporting him, has spent around $16 million on his reelection bid so far. With around $20 million used up by his opponent’s campaign, this has become the most expensive House primary race in American history.
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