Skip to main content
5 min read

Sen. Bill Cassidy loses Louisiana primary, and the Preakness Stakes winner is crowned: Weekend Rundown

Cassidy failed to advance in Louisiana’s Republican primary, ending his career in public office.

Sen. Bill Cassidy loses Louisiana primary, and the Preakness Stakes winner is crowned: Weekend Rundown
Image · Yahoo News

SOURCE CHECK

TAP FOR WHY
Host credibilityYahoo News76/100 HIGH
This article1 analysis · Oct 6, 2026

Credibility rates Yahoo News, which republished this story. The other scores rate the article itself.

Republished with credit

Republished from NBC News, with credit to the original publisher.

NBC News85/100 HIGH

221 stories · 85–86 · updated Oct 7, 2026

This is NBC News's own score, and this article is credited to NBC News. The host score in the Source Check is Yahoo News's.

Yahoo Newsvia NBC News
May 17, 2026
tl;dr

Bill Cassidy failed to advance in Louisiana’s Republican primary, with Trump-backed Julia Letlow and John Fleming projected to enter a runoff. The weekend roundup also reports Lindsey Graham’s call for more U.S. military action in Iran.

Community verdict

VOTING CLOSED
How does this story look for
Bill Cassidy R · LA · SEN
NOT RATEDCLOSED

No 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.

● INFORMATIONAL

People in this story

SWIPE →
Bill Cassidy
R · LA · SEN

Louisiana senator who lost the Republican primary

PRIMARY SUBJECT
Lindsey Graham
Former U.S. Senator (R-SC)

South Carolina senator calling for more U.S. military action in Iran

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President whose backing of Letlow is noted in the Louisiana Senate primary

Julia Letlow
R · LA-5

Louisiana representative and Republican Senate candidate projected to enter the runoff

Louisiana state treasurer and Republican Senate candidate projected to enter the runoff

ALSO MENTIONED  James Comey, Former FBI director facing a federal case

Part of a bigger story

7 OUTLETS
Bill Cassidy Finishes Third in Louisiana Primary

Bill Cassidy lost Louisiana’s Republican primary. Center outlets largely present the defeat as evidence of President Trump’s influence over Republicans, while one article highlights analysts’ view that the closed primary hurt Cassidy. Right-leaning outlets foreground Mitt Romney’s characterization of the defeat as a loss for the country and report differing Republican reactions.

Discussion · 0

What's your take?

Loading comments…