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Louisiana primary election results, winners: Can sitting Republican Senator Bill Cassidy win against Donald Trump-backed candidate Julia Letlow?

Bill Cassidy Louisiana primary election results: Republican Senator's vote in favor of convicting Donald Trump after his 2021 impeachment over the January 6 Capitol siege has shadowed Cassidy throughout his second Senate term.

The Economic Times

Cassidy loses GOP primary in Louisiana as Trump-backed Letlow, Fleming make runoff

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, who voted to convict Donald Trump at his 2021 impeachment trial, lost his bid for reelection Saturday after failing to make a primary runoff in Louisiana. Cassidy, a physician turned politician, was trailing in third place with about 25 percent of the vote when The Associated…

Roll Call

Trump rants about Republican enemy Bill Cassidy before Louisiana election loss: ‘Sleazebag, terrible guy, disloyal disaster’

Republican Senator Bill Cassidy voted to convict Trump during his 2021 impeachment trial

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What's on the Louisiana May 16 Ballot: Five Constitutional Amendments Remain as U.S. House Primaries Are Suspended

Louisiana voters will decide on five proposed constitutional amendments on May 16, 2026, while U.S. House primaries have been suspended and other races continue on the ballot.

International Business Times

Republican Louisiana senator in tough primary after Trump backs opponent

Bill Cassidy raised ire of US president for voting to impeach after January 6 – so Trump is backing Julia Letlow

The Guardian - US

At the Races: Bayou State brawl

Welcome to a special edition of At the Races! Throughout the 2026 primary season, watch for these updates from the CQ Roll Call campaign team on what you need to know for election day. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. By Mary Ellen McIntire…

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What to expect in Louisiana’s primaries and how it’s set to test Trump’s power

This election marks the latest instance of Trump seeking to exact retribution from perceived political adversaries

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Weekly Brew: May 15, 2026

On May 8, Steve Maviglio, a Democratic political consultant and strategist known for his work on California ballot measure campaigns, filed an initiative for the 2028 ballot proposing to repeal the state’s top-two primary system. California adopted the system when voters approved Proposition 14, 53.7% to 46.3% in June 2010.

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Supreme Court preserves access to mifepristone via telehealth – at least for now

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided that patients can continue to get mifepristone, one of the two drugs used for medication abortion, via telehealth and by mail. At least for now.

The Conversation

Supreme Court "Shadow Docket" Order Preserves Mifepristone Via Telemedicine--For Now

The Court stayed a lower court order that would have blocked FDA rules allowing the prescription of mifepristone to terminate pregnancies via telemedicine.

Reason

Louisiana Senate approves new map that would scrap majority-Black district

Louisiana is a step closer to a new congressional map after the state Senate approved a plan Thursday that would eliminate one of the state’s two majority-Black districts, both held by Democrats. The new map comes after the Supreme Court invalidated Louisiana’s current House map last month in a ruling…

Roll Call

What Do Bruen, Dobbs, and SFFA Have In Common?

The Supreme Court issued landmark rulings that were resisted by lower courts, and the Supreme Court refused to intervene.

Reason

Supreme court allows abortion pill mifepristone to continue to be available by mail

Louisiana had sued the FDA in a bid to curtail the regulatory agency’s rules on prescribing mifepristone remotely

The Guardian - US

Louisiana senate passes bill to eliminate one of two majority-Black congressional districts

If state’s house passes bill, redrawn map could could give state Republicans a 5-1 congressional majority

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Meta's $10 billion Louisiana data center is getting $3.3 billion in tax breaks—more than seven years of the state's entire police budget

States are awarding more than $5.6 billion annually to data center developers, and that’s a conservative estimate.

The Guardian - US

US southern states rush to redraw electoral maps to dilute Black voting power

Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee and more are pushing to eliminate Democratic districts after supreme court ruling

The Times of India

He started Dave’s Hot Chicken with $900: Years later, 19 employees became millionaires after a $1 billion deal

For decades, stories about billion-dollar company sales have usually followed the same pattern. Founders become wealthy, investors celebrate massive returns, and employees often receive little more than praise for their hard work. Recently, Graham Walker has drawn attention after reportedly sharing $240 million with 540 employees following the sale of…

Axios

Louisiana advances congressional map with reduced Black representation

Senators heard nearly 10 hours of testimony in the overnight meeting.

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The Guardian - US

Neuty the nutria, viral pet rodent whose family fought a state to keep him, dies of cancer

Condolences poured in for the Louisiana beaver-like legend who once appeared on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show

The Independent UK

US faces ‘reading recession’ as school test scores continue to decline

Between 2022 and 2025, only five states and the District of Columbia had meaningful growth in reading scores

The Independent UK

$4.8M settlement reached over Louisiana traffic stop death, AP sources say

A settlement agreement says the family of a Black man who died while being punched, kicked and stunned by five white Louisiana State Police troopers during roadside arrest agreed to a tentative $4.85 million settlement

The Guardian - US

Louisiana police to pay $4.85m to daughter of Black motorist who died at officers’ hands in 2019

Police and sheriff’s office agree to settlement after Ronald Greene was fatally shocked and punched during 2019 arrest

The Mary Sue

Louisiana mourns the ‘Eternal 8’, but the question haunting their mothers remains unanswered

Shreveport, Louisiana is reeling after the devastating loss of eight children, now known as the “Eternal 8,” who were killed in what is being called the deadliest mass shooting in the U.S. in over two years. The community gathered on May 9, 2026, to honor their lives at a funeral…

The Independent UK

The 85-year-old French widow detained for 16 days by ICE breaks her silence

The silence of the Louisiana immigration detention facility was routinely shattered by the cries of children, according to 85-year-old Marie-Thérèse Ross, a French widow of a US military veteran. Her arrest last month, part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, garnered international attention.

The Guardian - US

US supreme court temporarily extends access to mail-order abortion medication mifepristone

Louisiana had sued the FDA last fall, arguing that prescribing mifepristone interfered with state’s ban on abortion

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