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Republican Sen. Cassidy, Who Supported Trump Impeachment, Loses Re-Election Bid

May 16 (Reuters) — Two-term Republican U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy lost his bid for re-election in Louisiana’s primary on Saturday, as Trump-backed challenger Julia Letlow and state Treasurer John Fleming advanced to a June runoff to choose the party’s nominee after a closely fought three-way battle.

Cassidy, a physician who first earned the president’s ire by voting for his conviction in Trump’s second Senate impeachment trial in 2021, was projected to finish in third place in a political victory for Trump’s retribution campaign that recently unseated several Republican senators in Indiana who defied his push for state congressional re-districting. 

He is the first elected U.S. senator to lose re-nomination since 2012.

Letlow, who won Trump’s Senate endorsement before she had even announced her candidacy, led Fleming 45.2% to 28.3% with 98% of votes counted, the Associated Press reported.

The two candidates will now face each other in a June 27 run-off election to determine which candidate will confront Democrat Jamie Davis, who was projected to win his party’s nomination, in the November general election.

The winner of the runoff is likely to fill the seat, according to independent analysts who rate Louisiana as solidly Republican.

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