Republican Julia Letlow defeated Democrat Jamie Davis on Tuesday night, Nov. 3, in the race to replace Bill Cassidy in the U.S. Senate. Letlow will take the seat for a six-year term and serve alongside Republican Sen. John Kennedy.
Letlow now becomes the first Republican woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Louisiana. She currently represents Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District, and her win keeps the seat in Republican hands.
Julia Letlow and Jamie Davis
Letlow won the Republican nomination earlier this year after defeating state Treasurer John Fleming in a June runoff. Davis secured the Democratic nomination after defeating New Orleans businessman Gary Crockett, then carried that message into the fall race.
Davis told supporters after securing the nomination, "Jeff Landry, you’re on notice," a line that stood out because he ultimately fell short against Letlow in the general election. The warning did not change the outcome, but it did frame his campaign as one aimed beyond the Senate race itself.
Louisiana election results
The race was part of a wider set of Louisiana election results called Tuesday night. House Speaker Mike Johnson won reelection to Congress, and Democratic U.S. Rep. Troy Carter won reelection in Louisiana’s 2nd Congressional District.
Elsewhere, Hillar Moore III won reelection as district attorney in East Baton Rouge Parish’s 19th Judicial District. Brad Cascio defeated former state Rep. Sherman Mack in the race for Louisiana’s 21st Judicial District attorney, where Scott Perrilloux is retiring after 30 years in office.
Letlow’s victory settles the Senate contest and shifts the focus to how she will enter office with Kennedy already in place. The margin of her win was not stated, leaving the scale of the result for voters to judge from the final count rather than the announcement.
