Trump-Backed Challenger Enters Race to Unseat Senator Bill Cassidy
Elections,Politics,Louisiana,Julia Letlow,Donald Trump,Bill Cassidy,US Senate,Senate Elections
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Representative Julia Letlow of Louisiana said on Tuesday that she was officially running for Senate, challenging Senator Bill Cassidy in a Republican primary contest days after President Trump said he would back her.
"RUN JULIA RUN!!!" Mr. Trump wrote in a social media post on Saturday night.
Ms. Letlow made her announcement at a breakfast of business leaders on Tuesday, according to a report in the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report, and she later posted a video online.
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