7 Republicans voted to convict Trump. Most are no longer in office.
Cassidy finished third in his primary after Trump opposed him and will leave the Senate next year.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYCredibility rates Hartford Courant, which republished this story. The other scores rate the article itself.
The reporting is credited to The New York Times News Service Syndicate and the page says it originally appeared in The New York Times, an established newspaper with formal editorial standards. The article gives an identifiable byline source and includes specific, checkable career and election details.
- Source type — The article is attributed to The New York Times News Service Syndicate, a major news organization.
- Editorial standards — The reporting originates with an established newspaper with professional editorial standards.
- Author attribution — The page identifies the syndication source and states that the article originally appeared in The New York Times.
- Transparency — The article provides specific names, offices, election outcomes and dates that can be checked.
The article presents concrete election and career information in a clear, largely factual account. It offers little sourcing or direct response from the people discussed and limited context beyond the reported outcomes.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article is a concise retrospective focused on the senators’ election and career outcomes, rather than a debate over the impeachment vote. It gives little space to competing interpretations or direct perspectives from the people discussed.
- Source diversity — The story is primarily a factual roundup and includes few direct voices or competing perspectives.
- Counterarguments presented — The article does not substantially explore different views of the senators’ votes or Trump’s influence.
- Loaded language — The language is generally restrained, with no sustained evaluative descriptions.
The article uses straightforward language to report election outcomes and the senators’ subsequent careers. It presents no clear ideological framing.
- Language tone — The wording is mostly descriptive and avoids overtly partisan or emotionally loaded language.
- Framing — The account focuses on election and career outcomes rather than arguing for a political interpretation.
- Source selection — The article mainly gives factual background and attributed remarks, without relying on a clearly one-sided set of political advocates.
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This is The New York Times's own score, and this article is credited to The New York Times. The host score in the Source Check is Hartford Courant's.
Bill Cassidy lost his Republican primary after Donald Trump opposed him, and will leave the Senate next year. The article says that at most two of the seven Republican senators who voted to convict Trump in 2021 will remain in the Senate next year.
Cassidy finished third in the primary, behind Julia Letlow and John Fleming, both backed by Trump. The article describes Cassidy as the first of the seven Republicans who voted to convict Trump to lose in a primary; four others chose retirement, while Susan Collins is running for reelection and Lisa Murkowski won reelection in 2022.
The article also reviews the seven senators’ subsequent paths. It reports that Richard Burr, Patrick Toomey and Mitt Romney did not seek reelection, and that Ben Sasse left the Senate in 2023. It says the Senate acquitted Trump in the 2021 impeachment trial and describes the shrinking ranks of Republicans critical of him.
Community verdict
VOTING CLOSEDNo good or bad look here
This story reports what happened without casting Cassidy in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Cassidy’s record.
People in this story
SWIPE →Romney’s spokesperson
Former North Carolina senator who voted to convict Trump
Maine senator running for reelection
Former Utah senator who voted to convict Trump
President who opposed Cassidy and backed his primary rivals
Former Pennsylvania senator who voted to convict Trump
Alaska senator who won reelection in 2022
Former Nebraska senator and former University of Florida president
Louisiana representative who finished ahead of Cassidy in the primary
Louisiana state treasurer and former member of Congress who finished ahead of Cassidy
Part of a bigger story
50 OUTLETSOutlets agree that Bill Cassidy lost Louisiana’s Republican Senate primary and that Julia Letlow and John Fleming advanced to a runoff. Left-leaning outlets link the defeat to Cassidy’s breaks with Trump, with one article also relaying his campaign’s claim that changes to the primary process could restrict voting. Center outlets emphasize the result and Trump’s influence, while some also cover Cassidy’s concession or praise from Mitt Romney. Right-leaning outlets tie the loss to Cassidy’s impeachment vote and Trump’s intervention, and some frame it as a rebuke of Cassidy’s opposition to Trump.
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