莱特洛在初选中拔得头筹，卡西迪成为2012年以来首位失去连任提名的当选共和党参议员
2026-06-27T21:49:37-04:00 / 福克斯新闻频道
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发布时间：2026年6月27日晚9:49 | 更新时间：2026年6月27日晚9:53
获得特朗普背书的参议院候选人、众议员朱莉娅·莱特洛表示，总统的背书“在这场竞选里意义非凡”
路易斯安那州共和党众议员朱莉娅·莱特洛是获得特朗普背书的初选候选人，挑战现任参议员、路易斯安那州共和党人比尔·卡西迪，她告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，唐纳德·特朗普总统的背书是“世界上最具影响力的……”
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虽然未出现在选票上，但唐纳德·特朗普总统在路易斯安那州共和党参议员决选中仍是赢家。
据美联社周六报道，原因是获得特朗普背书的众议员朱莉娅·莱特洛击败了州财政部长约翰·弗莱明，赢得共和党提名。
在将特朗普的目标——共和党参议员比尔·卡西迪的第三个六年参议院任期否决六周后，这个坚定的红色墨西哥湾沿岸州的多数共和党选民支持了莱特洛。她在决选中的胜利被视为特朗普的又一胜利，此前他一直在努力为自己白宫任期的最后两年填满忠于他的国会议员。这也再次证明了特朗普背书在共和党初选中的影响力。
五年前，卡西迪在第二次弹劾审判中投下赞成票弹劾特朗普，如今他被赶下台。
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2026年5月15日，路易斯安那州参议员比尔·卡西迪在巴吞鲁日一家枪支零售商和射击场的竞选活动中与支持者碰拳，当天是该州参议院初选的前一日。（保罗·斯坦豪瑟/福克斯新闻）
特朗普在Truth Social的一篇帖子中对莱特洛的胜利作出回应，称周六的结果是“好消息”。
“朱莉娅·莱特洛在路易斯安那州获胜，彻底击败了一位非常强大且精明的对手，”特朗普写道。“祝贺朱莉娅。她将成为一位真正伟大的参议员！”
早在今年1月莱特洛宣布参选前，特朗普就已为其背书，她在初选中拔得头筹，领先弗莱明十几个百分点，卡西迪位居第三。由于没有候选人获得过半数选票，莱特洛和弗莱明进入共和党提名决选，卡西迪成为2012年印第安纳州参议员理查德·卢格以来，首位失去连任提名的当选共和党参议员。
庆祝卡西迪落败的特朗普在社交媒体上表示，“很高兴看到他的政治生涯结束了！”
卡西迪在向支持者发表的败选演讲中暗讽特朗普，称：“当你参与民主时，有时结果不会如你所愿。但你不会闹脾气，不会抱怨，不会声称选举被窃取……你不会编造借口。”
唐纳德·特朗普总统与众议员朱莉娅·莱特洛一同出席2025年12月11日在华盛顿特区白宫 Grand Foyer 举行的国会舞会。（亚历克斯·王/盖蒂图片社）
莱特洛得到了特朗普的核心盟友、路易斯安那州州长杰夫·兰德里的支持，她在2021年赢得国会席位，此前她的丈夫卢克·莱特洛在2020年选举获胜后，于宣誓就职美国众议院议员的五天前去世。她在整个参议院竞选过程中都强调了自己获得的特朗普支持。
弗莱明曾在国会任职八年，之后在特朗普第一任期内担任白宫副幕僚长，他辩称自己是共和党参议院初选中最保守的候选人。
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莱特洛将成为中期选举中的明确领跑者，对手将是在民主党决选中对决的农民杰米·戴维斯或海军退伍军人加里·克罗克特。
过去两个月，总统背书的强大力量在共和党初选中显露无遗，他支持的候选人在印第安纳州、肯塔基州、德克萨斯州以及路易斯安那州的初选中击败了他瞄准的现任议员。
但三周前，特朗普的背书连胜被打破：他在爱荷华州为即将退休的共和党州长金·雷诺兹接任者的竞选活动中，最后时刻背书的共和党众议员兰迪·芬斯特拉未能助其三届国会议员同事获胜。
芬斯特拉以微弱劣势输给了扎克·拉恩，这位商人、农场主兼前政治策略师得到了与特朗普的卫生部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪结盟的“让美国再次健康”运动（MAHA）的政治派系，以及由已故查理·柯克共同创立的强大保守组织“转折美国”的支持。
扎克·拉恩在2026年6月2日周二爱荷华州共和党州长初选中击败对手后庆祝举拳。（扎克·拉恩竞选州长团队通过Facebook提供）
三周前，特朗普在南卡罗来纳州重振旗鼓：获得特朗普背书的副州长帕姆·埃维特在共和党州长初选中拔得头筹，特朗普的长期盟友、参议员林赛·格雷厄姆在共和党参议院初选中获得多数选票，无需进入决选。
获得特朗普背书的格雷厄姆面临五名候选人的初选挑战，其中包括保守派商人马克·林奇，他因格雷厄姆对伊朗战争的支持而抨击该参议员。林奇得到了一些一直批评总统的“让美国再次伟大”运动领导人的支持。
两周前，特朗普背书的候选人在佐治亚州和阿拉巴马州的三场顶级竞选中赢得两场，唯一的失利发生在一位自掏腰包斥资超1亿美元助力竞选的亿万富翁商人身上。
阿拉巴马州共和党参议院决选：众议院自由核心小组成员、长期支持特朗普的众议员巴里·摩尔得到总统背书，轻松击败对手贾里德·哈德森——这位前海军海豹突击队狙击手得到了一些右翼顶级人物的支持，而阿拉巴马州是坚定的红色州。
在竞争激烈的佐治亚州共和党参议院决选中，特朗普最后时刻的背书帮助“让美国再次伟大”运动的拥护者、众议员迈克·柯林斯击败了由受欢迎的保守派州长布莱恩·坎普背书的前大学橄榄球教练德里克·杜利。
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柯林斯将在大选中面对民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫，这场竞选是可能决定共和党能否在中期选举中保住参议院微弱多数席位的少数几场关键竞选之一。
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但在佐治亚州共和党州长决选中，特朗普背书的副州长伯特·琼斯（他上周末也得到了坎普的背书）被以局外人身份参选的亿万富翁商人里克·杰克逊击败。
周二，获得特朗普背书的首次参选者、商人和前拳击手安东尼·康斯坦蒂诺击败了罗伯特·斯马伦——这位退休海军陆战队上校、纽约州议会议员得到了州政党的支持，赢得了接替即将退休的共和党众议员伊莉斯·斯特凡尼克的纽约州北部选区竞选。
与此同时，在南卡罗来纳州共和党州长决选中，特朗普从未失手。
因为除了背书埃维特，他还在最后时刻为州总检察长艾伦·威尔逊背书，后者最终以压倒性优势赢得这场对决。
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Trump scores another endorsement win with Louisiana Senate runoff victory
Letlow finished first in the primary, and Cassidy became the first elected GOP senator to lose renomination since 2012
2026-06-27T21:49:37-04:00 / Fox News
By Paul Steinhauser Fox News
Published June 27, 2026 9:49pm EDT | Updated June 27, 2026 9:53pm EDT
Trump-backed Senate candidate Rep. Julia Letlow says the president’s endorsement ‘means everything in this race’
Rep. Julia Letlow, R-La., the Trump-backed primary candidate challenging incumbent Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., tells Fox News Digital President Donald Trump’s endorsement is “the most powerful…in the world.”
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He wasn’t on the ballot, but President Donald Trump was a winner in Louisiana’s GOP Senate runoff election.
That’s because Trump-backed Rep. Julia Letlow defeated state Treasurer John Fleming to capture the Republican nomination, The Associated Press reported on Saturday.
Six weeks after denying Trump-targeted GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy a third six-year term in the Senate, a majority of Republican voters in the solidly red Gulf Coast state backed Letlow. Her victory in the runoff is seen as another victory for Trump as he works to fill the halls of Congress with loyal lawmakers for his final two years in the White House. And it’s another sign of the power of a Trump endorsement in Republican primaries.
Five years after he voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial, Cassidy was sent packing.
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Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana fist bumps a supporter during a campaign stop at a gun retailer and firing range in Baton Rouge on May 15, 2026, the eve of the state’s Senate primary.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
Trump reacted to Letlow’s victory in a Truth Social post, calling Saturday’s result “great news.”
“Julia Letlow WON in Louisiana, beating conclusively a very strong and smart opponent,” Trump wrote. “Congratulations to Julia. She will be a truly GREAT Senator!”
Letlow, who was backed by Trump even before she entered the race in January, finished first in the primary, double digits ahead of Fleming, with Cassidy in third place. Since no candidate cracked 50% of the vote, Letlow and Fleming advanced to the runoff for the Republican nomination and Cassidy became the first elected Republican senator to lose renomination since Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana in 2012.
Trump, celebrating Cassidy’s defeat, said on social media that “it’s nice to see that his political career is OVER!”
Cassidy, in a speech to supporters after conceding, took a jab at Trump, saying, “When you participate in democracy, sometimes it doesn’t turn out the way you want it to. But you don’t pout, you don’t whine. You don’t claim the election was stolen… You don’t manufacture some excuse.”
President Donald Trump stands with Rep. Julia Letlow during the Congressional Ball at the White House Grand Foyer in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 11, 2025.(Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Letlow, who was backed by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, a top Trump ally, won her congressional seat in 2021, after her husband, Luke Letlow, died five days before being sworn into the U.S. House after his 2020 election victory for the seat she now holds. She highlighted her support from Trump throughout her Senate campaign.
Fleming, who spent eight years in Congress before serving as a White House deputy chief of staff during Trump’s first term, argued he was the most conservative candidate in the GOP Senate primary.
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Letlow will be considered the clear frontrunner in the midterm election against either farmer Jamie Davis or Navy veteran Gary Crockett, who are facing off in the Democratic Party runoff.
The brute force of the president’s endorsement power has been on display in GOP primaries over the past two months, with his candidates ousting incumbents he targeted in showdowns in Indiana, Kentucky and Texas, as well as the Louisiana primary.
But Trump’s endorsement streak in statewide and congressional Republican primaries was snapped three weeks ago when his last-minute endorsement of Republican Rep. Randy Feenstra of Iowa in the race to succeed retiring GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds wasn’t enough to propel the three-term congressman to victory.
Feenstra was narrowly edged by Zach Lahn, a businessman, farmer and former political strategist who was backed by the political wings of MAHA — the acronym for the Make America Healthy Again movement aligned with Trump’s Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — and Turning Point USA, the powerful conservative organization co-founded by the late Charlie Kirk.
Zach Lahn raises his fist in celebration after defeating his primary opponent in Iowa’s GOP gubernatorial race on Tuesday, June 2, 2026.(Zach Lahn for Governor via Facebook)
The president rebounded three weeks ago in South Carolina, as Trump-backed Lt. Gov. Pam Evette finished first in the GOP gubernatorial primary and longtime Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham won a majority of the vote in the Republican Senate primary, and avoided a runoff.
Graham, who was endorsed by Trump, was facing primary challenges from five candidates, including conservative businessman Mark Lynch, who took aim at the senator over his support for the war in Iran. Lynch was backed by some MAGA leaders who have been critical of the president.
Two weeks ago, Trump-backed candidates won two of the three top races in Georgia and Alabama, with the one setback coming against a billionaire businessman who shelled out over $100 million of his own money to boost his campaign.
Rep. Barry Moore, a House Freedom Caucus member and longtime Trump supporter who was endorsed by the president, comfortably defeated rival Jared Hudson, a former Navy SEAL sniper who was supported by some top names on the right, in solidly red Alabama’s GOP Senate runoff.
In battleground Georgia’s Republican Senate runoff, an 11th-hour endorsement by Trump helped boost Rep. Mike Collins, a MAGA champion, to victory over former college football coach Derek Dooley, who was backed by popular conservative Gov. Brian Kemp.
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Collins will face Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in the general election in a race that’s among a handful that will likely decide if the GOP holds its slim majority in the chamber in the midterms.
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But in Georgia’s GOP gubernatorial runoff, the candidate Trump backed, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who was also endorsed by Kemp this past weekend, was defeated by billionaire businessman Rick Jackson, who ran as an outsider.
On Tuesday, Trump-backed first-time candidate Anthony Constantino, a businessman and former boxer, defeated Robert Smullen, a retired Marine Corps colonel and New York Assembly member who had the backing of the state party, in the upstate New York race to succeed retiring GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik.
Meanwhile, in South Carolina’s Republican gubernatorial runoff, Trump couldn’t lose.
That’s because, besides backing Evette, he also gave a last-minute endorsement to state Attorney General Alan Wilson, who ended up winning the showdown in a landslide.
Paul Steinhauser covers the national campaign trail from coast to coast for Fox News