Senator Bill Cassidy has been defeated in Louisiana’s Republican primary election and will not move forward to a runoff, ending his bid for reelection.
Cassidy stands among the small group of remaining Republican senators who supported President Trump’s impeachment following the January 6th attack on the Capitol. In this primary race, Trump threw his support behind Cassidy’s challenger, Representative Julia Letlow.
The primary defeat marks the end of Cassidy’s current Senate term, as he failed to secure enough votes to advance to the next round of voting in Louisiana’s electoral process.
