President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. succeeded in their efforts to defeat Senator Bill Cassidy in Louisiana’s Republican primary, a signal of the enduring strength of the president’s hold on his party despite an unpopular war and soaring gas prices.
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succeeded in their efforts to defeat Senator Bill Cassidy in Louisiana’s Republican primary, a signal of the enduring strength of the president’s hold on his party despite an unpopular war and soaring gas prices.
Cassidy, who in 2021 was one of seven GOP senators who voted to convict Trump on the charge of inciting an insurrection on Jan. 6, is projected by Decision Desk HQ to place third in a three-way race Saturday against Representative Julia Letlow , who was endorsed by both Trump and a Kennedy-linked political action committee, and State Treasurer John Fleming .
