Incumbent Senator Bill Cassidy Loses His Senate Seat in Primary - Places Third, Will Not Be in Runoff
Cassidy appears to have finished third in the primary and will not advance to the runoff.

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TAP FOR WHYThe Last Refuge is a partisan blog, and this brief report provides little visible sourcing or author transparency. The available text offers no reporting details that would independently substantiate the result.
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The article says incumbent Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy appears to have placed third in the primary and will not advance to the runoff. It names Julia Letlow and state Treasurer John Fleming as the runoff contenders.
The article reports that Bill Cassidy appears to have finished third in the Senate primary, which would leave him out of the runoff. It identifies Julia Letlow and state Treasurer John Fleming as the candidates who will compete in the runoff.
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.
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SWIPE →Incumbent senator reported to have placed third in the primary
Runoff candidate
Louisiana state treasurer and Senate candidate in the runoff
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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