The person behind the name
Julia Letlow’s public career runs from the University of Louisiana Monroe, where she rose to executive director of external affairs, to five years in the U.S. House for the seat her husband won and did not live to take, and now to the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. [1][13]
The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress records her birth in Monroe, Ouachita Parish, on March 16, 1981; her official House biography calls her a native of Monroe, and her campaign says she was born and raised there. She is the mother of two children, Jacqueline and Jeremiah. Her husband, Luke Letlow, was elected to Congress from the 5th District in 2020 and died of complications of COVID-19 days before he was to take office. She won the March 20, 2021 special election outright with 67,203 votes, 64.9 percent of the 103,616 cast for the twelve candidates as computed from the Secretary of State’s totals, and took office on April 14, 2021 as the first Republican woman elected to Congress from Louisiana. [2][1][20][27][14][6]
Education and professional preparation
The Biographical Directory records a graduation from Ouachita Christian High School in Monroe, a Bachelor of Arts in 2002 and a Master of Arts in 2005 from the University of Louisiana Monroe — both in speech communication, according to the official biography — and a Ph.D. from the University of South Florida in 2011, which the official biography describes as a doctorate in communication and WAFB dates to 2012. The official biography records service at the Tulane University School of Medicine as director of education, director of resident patient safety and quality improvement and clinical instructor of anesthesiology, then at ULM as ombudsperson and special projects coordinator for the provost, director of marketing and communications, and executive director of external affairs and strategic communications from 2018 to 2019. In 2020 she was a finalist for the university’s presidency. Transcripts were not part of this review. [2][1][29]
Five years in the House
She sits on the Appropriations Committee — its Agriculture, Labor-Health-Education and National Security-State subcommittees — and on Education and the Workforce; GovTrack lists her as vice chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education subcommittee. She was re-elected outright in the open primary in 2022, with 151,080 votes and 67.6 percent, and in 2024, with 201,037 votes and 62.9 percent. [3][6][15][16]
The Senate nomination
President Trump endorsed her on Truth Social on January 17, 2026; she entered the race against Senator Bill Cassidy three days later at a Baton Rouge breakfast, and her statement of candidacy was filed with the Federal Election Commission on January 20. In the May 16 closed Republican primary, the state’s first under Act 1 of 2024, she received 179,903 votes to 113,437 for state Treasurer John Fleming, 99,496 for Cassidy, who finished third and lost renomination, and 8,338 for Mark Spencer — 44.8 percent of the 401,174 votes cast for the four, as computed from the Secretary of State’s totals. In the June 27 second primary she defeated Fleming 180,002 to 136,591, 56.9 percent. She faces Democrat Jamie Davis, a northeast Louisiana farmer, on November 3; the Associated Press noted that she would be Louisiana’s first female Republican senator if elected. [25][10][17][12][13][28][27][18]
Life & public service
From a university in Monroe to her late husband’s seat in Congress and a Senate nomination won under Louisiana’s new primary rules, the documented milestones show how her record was built.
An appeal on vaccination
In August 2021, with her district’s vaccination rate low, she told CBS News the story of her husband’s illness and urged vaccination: “We have the answer. Let’s use it.” [36]
Re-elected
201,037 votes, 62.9 percent, against a Democrat and a Republican on November 5, 2024. [16]
Accomplishments, in the record
Roll calls, GovTrack’s bill records, the Federal Election Commission’s filings, the Clerk’s financial-disclosure files and the Secretary of State’s results spreadsheets establish the following work. Outcomes are described at the level those records support, with shared credit where the measure was another member’s initiative.
The Parents Bill of Rights Act
Letlow introduced the Parents Bill of Rights Act as H.R. 6056 on November 19, 2021 and again as H.R. 5 on March 1, 2023. It passed the House on March 24, 2023 by 213 to 208 — 213 Republicans for, five Republicans and 203 Democrats against — and went no further. Her office described it as built on five principles: the right to know what children are taught, to be heard, to see the school budget, to protect a child’s privacy and to keep children safe. [8][5][4]
GovTrack’s 2024 report card counts it as one of two of her 118th-Congress bills to reach the floor and the only one with a cosponsor who was a chair or ranking member of a committee of referral. Passage in one chamber is the record; enactment is not. [7]
Thirty-two bills, three through the House, none enacted
GovTrack lists 32 bills and resolutions she has sponsored since 2021, 42 percent of them on agriculture and 27 percent on education. Three passed the House — the COVID–19 American History Project Act on March 29, 2022, the Parents Bill of Rights Act on March 24, 2023 and the Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025, H.R. 1011, passed 395–10 under suspension of the rules on April 14, 2026 — and two more were reported from committee. None has become law, under GovTrack’s definition that also credits bills carried into other enacted measures. In the 118th Congress she introduced seven bills, the fewest in the Louisiana delegation, and cosponsored 162. [6][8][68][7]
A seat on Appropriations
She sits on the Appropriations Committee’s Agriculture, Labor-HHS-Education and National Security-State subcommittees, and GovTrack records her as vice chair of the Labor-HHS-Education panel. On the floor she voted Aye on the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (314–117), Yea on concurring in the Senate amendment to the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 on November 12, 2025 (222–209), and Yea on the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 on January 22, 2026 (341–88); in 2021 she voted Nay on concurring in the Senate amendment to H.R. 3684, the infrastructure bill (228–206). [3][6][45][46][47][69]
Her campaign says she “secured over $130 million in targeted support for Louisiana”; the community-project pages behind that figure were not tallied for this review, and it is recorded here as a campaign claim. [20]
The One Big Beautiful Bill
Letlow voted Yea on H.R. 1 at House passage on May 22, 2025 (215–214) and Aye on concurring in the Senate amendment on July 3, 2025 (218–214), the vote that sent the bill to the President. These are recorded votes, not authorship. [43][42]
Border, immigration and voter-citizenship votes
Yea on H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, on May 11, 2023 (219–213); Yea on the Laken Riley Act, S. 5, on January 22, 2025 (263–156); Yea on impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on February 13, 2024 (214–213); Yea on the SAVE Act on April 10, 2025 (220–208) and Aye on S. 2, the Secure America Act, on June 9, 2026 (214–212). [48][49][50][51][52]
Ukraine, Israel and Iran
Nay on the Ukraine Security Supplemental on April 20, 2024 (passed 311–112) and Yea on the Israel supplemental the same day (366–58); Nay on the Ukraine Support Act on June 4, 2026 (passed 226–195). On the 2026 resolutions directing the President to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran she voted Nay on June 3, 2026 (agreed to 215–208), and was recorded as Not Voting on May 14, 2026, two days before her primary, when an earlier resolution failed on a 212–212 tie. [53][54][55][57][56]
FISA Section 702
On April 12, 2024 she voted No on H.Amdt. 876, Representative Andy Biggs’s amendment to H.R. 7888, described in its title as a measure “To prohibit warrantless searches of U.S. person communications in the FISA 702 database” with exceptions for imminent threats, consent searches and known cybersecurity threat signatures; it failed on a 212–212 tie. She voted Aye on the reauthorization itself, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, which passed 273–147. [58][70][59]
Speakers, the motion to vacate, the Epstein files and stock trading
Voted for Kevin McCarthy on the first and fifteenth ballots of January 2023, Nay on the October 3, 2023 resolution declaring the Speaker’s office vacant (216–210), and for Mike Johnson on January 3, 2025. Aye on the Epstein Files Transparency Act on November 18, 2025 (427–1); Yea on the Stop Insider Trading Act on July 22, 2026 (232–198); Yea on tabling a resolution to impeach President Trump on September 15, 2026 (232–147). [60][61][44][62][63][64][65]
Attendance and ideology, measured
GovTrack counts 78 missed roll calls of 2,817 from April 2021 to September 2026, 2.8 percent, against a median of 2.1 percent among sitting representatives; 25 of 125 votes were missed in April–June 2026, the months of the Senate primary and runoff, and 16 of 120 in July–September 2024. Voteview’s DW-NOMINATE first-dimension score of 0.434 places her — by a ranking computed for this profile from Voteview’s member file — 159th of 227 House Republicans in the 119th Congress, below the Republican median of 0.53 and below the Louisiana Republicans Clay Higgins, Mike Johnson and Steve Scalise. [6][9]
Heritage Action scores her 94 percent for the 119th Congress and 81 lifetime; the Club for Growth 90 for 2025 and 75 lifetime, with annual scores of 89, 90, 62, 48 and 90 from 2021 through 2025; the League of Conservation Voters 0 percent for 2025 and 4 lifetime; SBA Pro-Life America A+; the NRA Political Victory Fund A for the 2026 general election, with an F for her opponent. [37][38][39][40][41]
Family & community
Her official biography identifies her as a native of Monroe and the mother of two children, Jacqueline and Jeremiah, and records that her husband, Luke, died of complications of COVID-19 days before he was to take the House seat he had won; the campaign biography adds that she was born and raised in Monroe and signs its page “Julia Barnhill Letlow, PhD.” [1][20]
GovTrack lists her in the Main Street Caucus and the Republican Governance Group, with a caveat that its caucus data may be incomplete; her official committees page lists no caucuses. [6][3]
Her campaign describes her as serving “with faith, strength, and purpose,” but neither the official biography nor the campaign biography states a religious affiliation, and this profile makes no claim about one. The sources reviewed here document family, residence and public roles; they do not supply a verified record of charitable board service, and none is asserted. [19][1][20]
Mission & priorities
“Louisiana deserves a Senator who will never forget where she came from, who she works for, and what is at stake for the next generation.” {21}
The following summarizes the fifteen-point plan on Letlow’s campaign website, her campaign’s advertising and her statements to reporters. These are proposed priorities, not completed accomplishments. [21][23][29]
01Secure the border
The plan’s first plank is to “Secure the Border and Deport Criminal Illegal Aliens”: finish the wall, end catch-and-release, defund sanctuary cities, designate the Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and require E-Verify nationwide. The record shows Yea votes on the Secure the Border Act in 2023, the Mayorkas impeachment in 2024 and the Laken Riley Act in 2025. [21][48][50][49]
02Lower costs; make the 2025 tax cuts permanent
03Parents’ rights and school choice
“Pass a national Parents' Bill of Rights,” require schools to notify parents of major decisions, expand school choice and “Keep political activism out of classrooms.” The record: H.R. 5 passed the House under her sponsorship in 2023, and her June 2026 ad says, “These are our children, not the government’s.” [21][5][23]
04Women’s sports and gender procedures for minors
“Keep biological men out of women's sports,” codify Title IX protections for women’s athletics and “Ban gender transition procedures for minors.” She voted Yea on H.R. 28, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, on January 14, 2025 (218–206), and her campaign made the issue the subject of a June 2026 television ad. [21][66][23]
05Election integrity and the filibuster
“Pass President Trump's Save America Act,” require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections and strengthen voter identification. She voted Yea on the SAVE Act on April 10, 2025 and Aye on S. 2, the Secure America Act, on June 9, 2026, and told WAFB in June 2026 that she supports ending the Senate filibuster to pass the SAVE Act without Democratic votes. [21][51][52][29]
06Ban congressional stock trading
07Energy, farmers, fishermen and the coast
Expand oil and gas production, accelerate LNG export approvals and refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; deliver a farm bill, protect crop insurance and ban Chinese ownership of farmland; reform the National Flood Insurance Program and “Protect and expand GOMESA revenue sharing.” She voted Yea on the Farm, Food, and National Security Act on April 30, 2026 (224–200), and her H.R. 1011 on the Emergency Conservation Program passed the House that month. On carbon capture, she told WAFB in June 2026 that projects should not take private land by eminent domain and did not say whether she supports the 45Q tax credits that fund them. [21][67][68][29]
08Make America Healthy Again
How to assess a proposal. A campaign plan states an intention. Enactment, implementation costs, replacement revenue, and measured results are separate questions. These priorities should be read alongside the legislative and voting history above.
The fuller record
A useful profile includes policy tradeoffs, the limits of a claim, and responses to material criticism.
Late stock disclosures under the STOCK Act
A Periodic Transaction Report that Letlow signed on January 13, 2026 lists trades in a Merrill Lynch investment account dated from October 23, 2024 to December 17, 2025, each in the $1,001 to $15,000 range. NOTUS reported on January 15, 2026 that more than 210 of the trades, worth between $225,000 and $3.3 million in the ranges the law allows, had been disclosed after the 45-day deadline of the STOCK Act, some more than a year late, and that her office acknowledged the disclosure violation. Her spokesperson said the trades were made by Merrill Lynch under discretionary authority without consulting her, that she had retained counsel to review her accounts and that she had alerted the House Ethics Committee herself. To Fox 8 in April she said, “I most certainly did not break federal law,” that she does not direct, sell or trade stocks, and that she completed the forms herself once the lapse was raised; to WAFB in June, “my advisor missed a deadline on that report.” Fleming’s reply was that the STOCK Act makes disclosure the member’s responsibility alone. No Ethics Committee finding appears in the records reviewed. [11][31][32][29]
The Meta nondisclosure agreement
A mutual nondisclosure agreement form dated June 29, 2024 carries Letlow’s signature as participant; the name of the LLC on the other side is redacted in the copy that Louisiana Economic Development released. The Gulf States Newsroom, a public-radio collaboration, reported on August 10, 2026 that the department released the document in response to its request for records involving Meta or Laidley LLC, Meta’s data-center subsidiary in Richland Parish, and identified Laidley as the counterparty. The Periodic Transaction Report she signed in January 2026 lists purchases of Meta and Nvidia stock on October 23, 2024, a partial Nvidia sale and a further Meta purchase on January 31, 2025, a partial Meta sale on February 7, 2025 and a Meta sale on July 2, 2025, each in the $1,001 to $15,000 range and each as a new disclosure with a notification date of August 11, 2025; the same report lists 16 trades dated July 24 and 25, 2025, which the newsroom set beside the Appropriations Committee’s approval, on July 23, of national-security and State Department spending bills. Her spokesperson said she had no role in directing any trade, was unaware the trades were happening and that the agreement was limited to preliminary business information; the agreement’s own definition of confidential information extends to the existence of the agreement. The newsroom’s ethics experts said the timeline raised questions it could not answer. No investigative finding appears in the records reviewed. [34][33][11]
“Liberal Letlow”: the 2020 ULM interview
In 2020, as a finalist for the presidency of ULM, Letlow spoke in favor of the university’s diversity, equity and inclusion policies in a recorded interview; the Cassidy campaign called her “Liberal Letlow” and Fleming’s ads highlighted her earlier support for DEI. Television ads in February 2026 by a group identifying itself as the Louisiana Freedom Fund said she “voted with Biden more than any Louisiana Republican in the U.S. House”; Cassidy said the ads were not his. She told WAFB in June that her position had changed — “We didn’t really know what it was back then” — and that in Congress she had fought against DEI. The 2020 statements and the 2026 position are both on record; which one represents her is for the reader. [26][30][29][27]
The runoff’s AI video
During the June runoff Fleming reposted on X an artificially generated video that purported to show Letlow saying she had supported DEI because she “didn’t know any better” and that referred to her late husband; Governor Landry and other Republicans objected, Fleming said he had not made it, and Letlow called its sharing “disgraceful and indefensible.” Asked about AI videos from committees supporting her, she said she has no affiliation with them, does not favor AI in campaigns and would not commit to regulating it. [27][29]
Attendance during the campaign
GovTrack records that she missed 25 of 125 roll calls between April and June 2026, 20.0 percent, including the May 14, 2026 vote on a resolution to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran, which failed 212–212 two days before the primary. The Clerk records her as Not Voting; the reason is not recorded. [6][56]
Endorsements, money and the field
President Trump endorsed her on January 17, 2026 and again on June 12, before the runoff; Governor Jeff Landry, who the AP reported had pressed her case with the President, and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise backed her, and her campaign announced Senators Blackburn, Ernst and Hyde-Smith and the president of the Louisiana Senate. Cassidy had the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and SBA Pro-Life America’s political arm. Her Senate committee reported $6,210,121.50 in receipts through June 30, 2026, of which $4,007,113.59 was transferred from other authorized committees, and $1,427,072.13 in cash. The Democratic nominee, Jamie Davis, released a Public Policy Polling survey of 518 registered voters taken July 21–22 showing Letlow 41, Davis 37 and 22 percent undecided; it is the campaign’s poll, and no independent survey was located for this review. Endorsements and polls establish support; they are not evaluations of the record above. [25][24][27][22][26][10][35]
Questions & answers
Who is Julia Letlow?
Julia Letlow’s public career runs from the University of Louisiana Monroe, where she rose to executive director of external affairs, to five years in the U.S. House for the seat her husband won and did not live to take, and now to the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. [1][13] The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress records her birth in Monroe, Ouachita Parish, on March 16, 1981; her official House biography calls her a native of Monroe, and her campaign says she was born and raised there. She is the mother of two children, Jacqueline and Jeremiah. Her husband, Luke Letlow, was elected to Congress from the 5th District in 2020 and died of complications of COVID-19 days before he was to take office. She won the March 20, 2021 special election outright with 67,203 votes, 64.9 percent of the 103,616 cast for the twelve candidates as computed from the Secretary of State’s totals, and took office on April 14, 2021 as the first Republican woman elected to Congress from Louisiana. [2][1][20][27][14][6]
What office is Julia Letlow running for in 2026?
Who is Julia Letlow running against?
President Trump endorsed her on Truth Social on January 17, 2026; she entered the race against Senator Bill Cassidy three days later at a Baton Rouge breakfast, and her statement of candidacy was filed with the Federal Election Commission on January 20. In the May 16 closed Republican primary, the state’s first under Act 1 of 2024, she received 179,903 votes to 113,437 for state Treasurer John Fleming, 99,496 for Cassidy, who finished third and lost renomination, and 8,338 for Mark Spencer — 44.8 percent of the 401,174 votes cast for the four, as computed from the Secretary of State’s totals. In the June 27 second primary she defeated Fleming 180,002 to 136,591, 56.9 percent. She faces Democrat Jamie Davis, a northeast Louisiana farmer, on November 3; the Associated Press noted that she would be Louisiana’s first female Republican senator if elected. [25][10][17][12][13][28][27][18]
What are Julia Letlow's stated priorities?
The following summarizes the fifteen-point plan on Letlow’s campaign website, her campaign’s advertising and her statements to reporters. These are proposed priorities, not completed accomplishments. [21][23][29] The campaign lists: Secure the border; Lower costs; make the 2025 tax cuts permanent; Parents’ rights and school choice; Women’s sports and gender procedures for minors; Election integrity and the filibuster; Ban congressional stock trading; Energy, farmers, fishermen and the coast; Make America Healthy Again.
What does the public record show?
Roll calls, GovTrack’s bill records, the Federal Election Commission’s filings, the Clerk’s financial-disclosure files and the Secretary of State’s results spreadsheets establish the following work. Outcomes are described at the level those records support, with shared credit where the measure was another member’s initiative. Letlow introduced the Parents Bill of Rights Act as H.R. 6056 on November 19, 2021 and again as H.R. 5 on March 1, 2023. It passed the House on March 24, 2023 by 213 to 208 — 213 Republicans for, five Republicans and 203 Democrats against — and went no further. Her office described it as built on five principles: the right to know what children are taught, to be heard, to see the school budget, to protect a child’s privacy and to keep children safe. [8][5][4]
How was this profile researched?
Reviewed September 17, 2026, with an independent fact-check on September 18. This is a documented overview of publicly available biography, major actions, and stated priorities, not an exhaustive vote-by-vote record; about seventy roll calls were read for it and the defining ones are cited. Numerical claims retain their original meaning and attribution. Election figures are read from the results spreadsheets the Secretary of State publishes for each election; the percentages in this profile are computed from the candidate totals in those files. The January 2026 Periodic Transaction Report and the released copy of the June 2024 nondisclosure agreement were read in full; the House Ethics Committee’s docket, her other financial disclosures and the community-project pages behind the campaign’s appropriations figure were not part of this review. Ballotpedia serves a verification challenge to automated requests and is not cited. Filings and campaign pages may change after this review.
Sources & methodology
Government records anchor the profile: the Clerk’s roll calls and financial-disclosure file, GovTrack’s bill records, the Federal Election Commission’s candidate page and the Louisiana Secretary of State’s results spreadsheets and calendar. The official House biography, the House’s Biographical Directory entry and the campaign’s pages establish attributed background and stated positions; original reporting supplies scrutiny and responses; advocacy ratings are labeled as such rather than as government records.
- 01Biography | Representative Julia Letlow (official House biography)letlow.house.gov · Accessed September 17, 2026
Official biography: 5th District since April 2021 after 65 percent in a special election; first Republican woman elected to Congress from Louisiana; committees; Monroe native; ULM and University of South Florida degrees; Tulane and ULM posts; two children.Government record - 02LETLOW, Julia — Biographical Directory entry (History, Art & Archives)U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Historian · Accessed September 18, 2026
The House's biographical entry: born in Monroe, Ouachita Parish, March 16, 1981; Ouachita Christian High School; B.A. 2002 and M.A. 2005, University of Louisiana Monroe; Ph.D. 2011, University of South Florida; the ULM and Tulane posts; elected by special election on March 20, 2021 and re-elected twice.Government record - 03Committees and Caucuses | Representative Julia Letlowletlow.house.gov · Accessed September 17, 2026
Appropriations subcommittees (Agriculture-FDA; Labor-HHS-Education; National Security-State) and Education and the Workforce; the page lists no caucuses.Government record - 04Letlow’s Parents Bill of Rights Passes the House (press release)Office of Rep. Julia Letlow · March 23, 2023
The 213–208 passage of H.R. 5, her statement and the five principles the office says the bill is built on. The release is dated March 23 on the site; the Clerk records the vote on March 24, 2023.Government record - 05Roll call 161, March 24, 2023 — H.R. 5, Parents Bill of Rights Act, on passageClerk of the U.S. House · March 24, 2023
Letlow recorded Aye; passed 213–208 (Republicans 213–5, Democrats 0–203).Government record - 06Rep. Julia Letlow — member page and missed-votes recordGovTrack.us · Accessed September 17, 2026
Served since April 14, 2021; committee seats and Labor-HHS-Education subcommittee vice chair; caucus list with GovTrack's caveat; 78 of 2,817 roll calls missed April 2021–September 2026 (2.8 percent), 25 of 125 in April–June 2026 and 16 of 120 in July–September 2024.Independent analysis or rating - 072024 Report Card, Rep. Julia Letlow (118th Congress)GovTrack.us · Updated February 13, 2025
Seven bills introduced, two out of committee (H.R. 5 and H.R. 6418), none enacted, 181 cosponsors on her bills, 162 bills cosponsored, 33 of 1,241 votes missed.Independent analysis or rating - 08Bills sponsored by Julia Letlow, 2021–2026 (32 records)GovTrack.us (API) · Accessed September 17, 2026
Status of every sponsored measure: three passed the House (H.R. 4738, March 29, 2022; H.R. 5, March 24, 2023; H.R. 1011, April 14, 2026), two reported from committee, none enacted.Independent analysis or rating - 09DW-NOMINATE member data (HSall_members.csv)Voteview (UCLA) · Accessed September 17, 2026
First-dimension score 0.434 in the 117th through 119th Congresses. The ranking among House Republicans in the 119th Congress was computed from this file for this profile.Independent analysis or rating - 10LETLOW, JULIA — candidate overview, S6LA00664 (2026 cycle)Federal Election Commission · Accessed September 17, 2026; data through June 30, 2026
Statement of candidacy filed January 20, 2026; principal committee Julia Letlow for Louisiana (C00935411); receipts $6,210,121.50 including $4,007,113.59 transferred from other authorized committees; disbursements $4,783,049.37; cash on hand $1,427,072.13.Government record - 11Periodic Transaction Report, Hon. Julia Letlow, filing 20030977Clerk of the U.S. House (Legislative Resource Center) · Signed January 13, 2026
The report behind the reporting on her late disclosures: trades in a Merrill Lynch investment account dated October 23, 2024 to December 17, 2025, each in the $1,001–$15,000 range and each marked as a new disclosure; the Meta and Nvidia entries and the July 24–25, 2025 trades cited in the fuller record.Government record - 12Election Results, May 16, 2026 party primary (official results spreadsheet)Louisiana Secretary of State · May 16, 2026; accessed September 18, 2026
U.S. Senator, Republican Party: Cassidy 99,496; Fleming 113,437; Letlow 179,903; Spencer 8,338. Democratic Party: Albares 90,498; Crockett 90,791; Davis 163,549. Percentages in this profile are computed from these totals.Government record - 13Election Results, June 27, 2026 second party primary (official results spreadsheet)Louisiana Secretary of State · June 27, 2026; accessed September 18, 2026
U.S. Senator, Republican Party: Fleming 136,591; Letlow 180,002. Democratic Party: Crockett 39,423; Davis 156,789. Percentages computed from these totals.Government record - 14Election Results, March 20, 2021 special election (official results spreadsheet)Louisiana Secretary of State · March 20, 2021; accessed September 18, 2026
U.S. Representative, 5th Congressional District, twelve candidates: Letlow 67,203; Christophe 28,255; Conerly 5,497; the other nine 2,661 together.Government record - 15Election Results, November 8, 2022 open primary (official results spreadsheet)Louisiana Secretary of State · November 8, 2022; accessed September 18, 2026
5th Congressional District: Letlow 151,080; Dantzler 35,149; Huff 19,383; Guillory 12,159; Pullen 5,782.Government record - 16Election Results, November 5, 2024 open primary (official results spreadsheet)Louisiana Secretary of State · November 5, 2024; accessed September 18, 2026
5th Congressional District: Letlow 201,037; Vallien 82,981; Mendoza 35,833.Government record - 17Closed Party Primary ElectionsLouisiana Secretary of State · Accessed September 17, 2026
Act 1 of the 2024 First Extraordinary Session: closed party primaries from 2026 for U.S. House and Senate, Supreme Court, PSC and BESE; majority required or a runoff of the top two; the general election decided by plurality.Government record - 18Schedule of 2026 Elections (revised July 2026)Louisiana Secretary of State · July 2026
Party primary May 16, second party primary June 27, U.S. Senate general November 3, 2026; early voting October 20–27, 2026.Government record - 19Julia Letlow for Louisiana — home pageLetlow for Louisiana (campaign) · Accessed September 17, 2026
The campaign's self-description and its linked social-media accounts and contact address. Self-descriptions.Campaign or advocacy material - 20About | Julia LetlowLetlow for Louisiana (campaign) · Accessed September 17, 2026
Campaign biography: born and raised in Monroe; degrees; committees; the “$130 million” appropriations claim; the Trump endorsement. Self-descriptions.Campaign or advocacy material - 21Julia’s Plan | Letlow’s Policy Plan for LouisianaLetlow for Louisiana (campaign) · Accessed September 17, 2026
The fifteen-point plan quoted in this profile. Proposals, not record.Campaign or advocacy material - 22Press Statements | Julia Letlow for SenateLetlow for Louisiana (campaign) · Accessed September 17, 2026
Campaign releases of May 22, May 28, June 3 and June 9, 2026: the Harper Polling claim, the Louisiana Senate President's endorsement, the three senators' endorsements and the June ad.Campaign or advocacy material - 23NEW AD: Letlow Takes On Radical Left Indoctrination and Boys in Girls’ SportsLetlow for Louisiana (campaign) · June 9, 2026
The June 2026 television ad and its transcript, in the campaign's words.Campaign or advocacy material - 24Donald J. Trump, Truth Social post of June 12, 2026 (archived by Trump’s Truth)Trump’s Truth (archive of Truth Social posts) · June 12, 2026
The President's runoff-eve statement renewing his endorsement. An archive copy; the original is on Truth Social.Campaign or advocacy material - 25Letlow launches primary challenge to Cassidy with Trump’s backingRoll Call (Niels Lesniewski and Daniela Altimari) · January 20, 2026
The launch at a Baton Rouge breakfast; Trump's Saturday endorsement and its wording; the field; Cassidy's $11 million and Letlow's $2.3 million House account; the closed-primary rules.Independent reporting - 26Cassidy loses GOP primary in Louisiana as Trump-backed Letlow, Fleming make runoffRoll Call (Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire) · May 16, 2026
The AP call; Cassidy's election-night remarks; the first incumbent senator to lose a regularly scheduled primary since 2012; the “Liberal Letlow” video; Cassidy's backing from Senate leaders and SBA Pro-Life America's political arm.Independent reporting - 27Julia Letlow clinches Republican nomination in U.S. Senate raceWAFB (Associated Press) · June 27, 2026
The runoff result; Landry's advocacy with the President; endorsements by Landry and Scalise; AdImpact spending; Fleming's DEI ads and the AI video; Davis's Democratic runoff win.Independent reporting - 28Louisiana farmer Jamie Davis wins Democratic Senate runoff nomination over Gary CrockettFox News (Paul Steinhauser) · June 27, 2026
Davis, a farmer and former parish official from northeast Louisiana, as the Democratic nominee; Cassidy as the first elected Republican senator to lose renomination since 2012.Independent reporting - 29‘Below the belt,’ Letlow addresses use of A.I. in political attack adsWAFB · June 18, 2026
Her degrees (the doctorate given as 2012) and Tulane post; her answer on the 2020 DEI video; the AI video; the late stock filing, which she attributed to her adviser missing a deadline; carbon capture; the filibuster and the SAVE Act.Independent reporting - 30Sen. Bill Cassidy denies involvement in attack ads targeting Trump-endorsed rival Rep. Julia LetlowFox 8 (WVUE) · February 9, 2026
The Louisiana Freedom Fund ads and their claims; Letlow's February 1 video response; Cassidy: “it’s not my advertisement.”Independent reporting - 31Rep. Julia Letlow Violated the STOCK Act With Over 210 Late DisclosuresNOTUS (Dave Levinthal); the site now carries the name The Washington Sun · January 15, 2026
More than 210 late trade disclosures worth $225,000 to $3.3 million; her office's acknowledgment of the disclosure violation and its explanation (a Merrill Lynch discretionary account); its statement that she alerted the Ethics Committee.Independent reporting - 32Opponents challenge Letlow on stock trading, congresswoman says she broke no federal lawFox 8 (WVUE) · April 27, 2026; updated April 28, 2026
Her on-camera statements that she broke no federal law and does not direct her trades; Fleming's and Cassidy's criticism; her support for the House stock-trading bill.Independent reporting - 33Rep. Julia Letlow bought Meta stock after signing an NDA with the company, records showWWNO / Gulf States Newsroom (Drew Hawkins) · August 10, 2026
The June 29, 2024 nondisclosure agreement with Laidley LLC; the Meta and Nvidia trades and their disclosure dates; the spokesperson's statement; ethics experts' comments; her vote for the Stop Insider Trading Act.Independent reporting - 34Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement dated June 29, 2024, signed by Julia Letlow (copy released by Louisiana Economic Development)DocumentCloud, posted by the Gulf States Newsroom · June 29, 2024; posted August 2026
The two-page agreement form with her signature as participant; the company's name is redacted in the released copy; the definition of confidential information includes the existence of the agreement itself.Government record - 35Poll shows 4-point difference between Letlow and Davis for U.S. Senate; 1 in 5 undecidedWRKF / WWNO (Brooke Thorington) · August 19, 2026
Public Policy Polling survey released by the Davis campaign, July 21–22, 518 registered voters: Letlow 41, Davis 37, undecided 22; fundraising figures for both candidates.Independent reporting - 36Louisiana Congresswoman Julia Letlow urges COVID-19 vaccinations after husband’s deathCBS News (David Begnaud) · August 4, 2021
Her account of her husband's illness and her appeal for vaccination; the origin of the COVID-19 American History Project Act.Independent reporting - 37Scorecard: Rep. Julia Letlow, 119th CongressHeritage Action for America · Accessed September 17, 2026
Session score 94 percent; lifetime 81 percent.Independent analysis or rating - 38Congressional Scorecard — Rep. Julia Letlow (LA-05), legislator page L000595Club for Growth · Accessed September 17, 2026
2025 score 90, lifetime 75, rank 86; annual scores 89 (2021), 90 (2022), 62 (2023), 48 (2024), 90 (2025); “Defender of Economic Freedom 2022.”Independent analysis or rating - 39National Environmental Scorecard: Julia LetlowLeague of Conservation Voters · Accessed September 17, 2026
2025 score 0 percent; lifetime 4 percent.Independent analysis or rating - 40House ScorecardSBA Pro-Life America · Accessed September 17, 2026
Letlow (LA-05) graded A+.Independent analysis or rating - 41Grades & Endorsements — Louisiana 2026NRA Political Victory Fund · Accessed September 17, 2026
U.S. Senate, November 3, 2026: Julia Letlow (R) A; Jamie Davis (D) F.Independent analysis or rating - 42Roll call 190, July 3, 2025 — H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, motion to concur in the Senate amendmentClerk of the U.S. House · July 3, 2025
Letlow recorded Aye; passed 218–214.Government record - 43Roll call 145, May 22, 2025 — H.R. 1, on passageClerk of the U.S. House · May 22, 2025
Letlow recorded Yea; passed 215–214.Government record - 44Roll call 519, October 3, 2023 — H.Res. 757, declaring the office of Speaker vacantClerk of the U.S. House · October 3, 2023
Letlow recorded Nay; agreed to 216–210.Government record - 45Roll call 243, May 31, 2023 — H.R. 3746, Fiscal Responsibility ActClerk of the U.S. House · May 31, 2023
Letlow recorded Aye; passed 314–117.Government record - 46Roll call 285, November 12, 2025 — H.R. 5371, Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026, motion to concurClerk of the U.S. House · November 12, 2025
Letlow recorded Yea; passed 222–209.Government record - 47Roll call 45, January 22, 2026 — H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Clerk of the U.S. House · January 22, 2026
Letlow recorded Yea; passed 341–88.Government record - 48Roll call 209, May 11, 2023 — H.R. 2, Secure the Border ActClerk of the U.S. House · May 11, 2023
Letlow recorded Yea; passed 219–213.Government record - 49Roll call 23, January 22, 2025 — S. 5, Laken Riley ActClerk of the U.S. House · January 22, 2025
Letlow recorded Yea; passed 263–156.Government record - 50Roll call 43, February 13, 2024 — H.Res. 863, impeaching Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro MayorkasClerk of the U.S. House · February 13, 2024
Letlow recorded Yea; agreed to 214–213.Government record - 51Roll call 102, April 10, 2025 — H.R. 22, SAVE ActClerk of the U.S. House · April 10, 2025
Letlow recorded Yea; passed 220–208.Government record - 52Roll call 214, June 9, 2026 — S. 2, Secure America ActClerk of the U.S. House · June 9, 2026
Letlow recorded Aye; passed 214–212.Government record - 53Roll call 151, April 20, 2024 — H.R. 8035, Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations ActClerk of the U.S. House · April 20, 2024
Letlow recorded Nay; passed 311–112.Government record - 54Roll call 152, April 20, 2024 — H.R. 8034, Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations ActClerk of the U.S. House · April 20, 2024
Letlow recorded Yea; passed 366–58.Government record - 55Roll call 207, June 4, 2026 — H.R. 2913, Ukraine Support ActClerk of the U.S. House · June 4, 2026
Letlow recorded Nay; passed 226–195.Government record - 56Roll call 170, May 14, 2026 — H.Con.Res. 75, removing U.S. forces from hostilities against IranClerk of the U.S. House · May 14, 2026
Letlow recorded Not Voting; failed 212–212.Government record - 57Roll call 199, June 3, 2026 — H.Con.Res. 86, removing U.S. forces from hostilities with IranClerk of the U.S. House · June 3, 2026
Letlow recorded Nay; agreed to 215–208.Government record - 58Roll call 114, April 12, 2024 — H.R. 7888, amendment requiring warrants under FISA Section 702Clerk of the U.S. House · April 12, 2024
Letlow recorded No; failed on a 212–212 tie.Government record - 59Roll call 119, April 12, 2024 — H.R. 7888, Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, on passageClerk of the U.S. House · April 12, 2024
Letlow recorded Aye; passed 273–147.Government record - 60Roll call 2, January 3, 2023 — election of the Speaker, first ballotClerk of the U.S. House · January 3, 2023
Letlow voted for McCarthy; Jeffries 212, McCarthy 203, Biggs 10, Jordan 6.Government record - 61Roll call 20, January 7, 2023 — election of the Speaker, fifteenth ballotClerk of the U.S. House · January 7, 2023
Letlow voted for McCarthy; McCarthy 216, Jeffries 212, Present 6.Government record - 62Roll call 2, January 3, 2025 — election of the SpeakerClerk of the U.S. House · January 3, 2025
Letlow voted for Johnson (LA); Johnson 218, Jeffries 215, Emmer 1.Government record - 63Roll call 289, November 18, 2025 — H.R. 4405, Epstein Files Transparency ActClerk of the U.S. House · November 18, 2025
Letlow recorded Aye; passed 427–1.Government record - 64Roll call 280, July 22, 2026 — H.R. 7008, Stop Insider Trading ActClerk of the U.S. House · July 22, 2026
Letlow recorded Yea; passed 232–198.Government record - 65Roll call 298, September 15, 2026 — H.Res. 1486, motion to table a resolution impeaching President TrumpClerk of the U.S. House · September 15, 2026
Letlow recorded Yea; the motion to table passed 232–147 with 47 voting present.Government record - 66Roll call 12, January 14, 2025 — H.R. 28, Protection of Women and Girls in Sports ActClerk of the U.S. House · January 14, 2025
Letlow recorded Yea; passed 218–206.Government record - 67Roll call 154, April 30, 2026 — H.R. 7567, Farm, Food, and National Security ActClerk of the U.S. House · April 30, 2026
Letlow recorded Yea; passed 224–200.Government record - 68Roll call 109, April 14, 2026 — H.R. 1011, Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act, suspensionClerk of the U.S. House · April 14, 2026
Letlow recorded Yea; passed 395–10.Government record - 69Roll call 369, November 5, 2021 — H.R. 3684, INVEST in America Act (infrastructure), motion to concurClerk of the U.S. House · November 5, 2021
Letlow recorded Nay; passed 228–206.Government record - 70House Vote 114, April 12, 2024 — H.Amdt. 876 (Biggs) to H.R. 7888GovTrack.us · April 12, 2024; accessed September 17, 2026
The amendment's title: to prohibit warrantless searches of U.S. person communications in the FISA 702 database, with exceptions for imminent threats, consent searches and known cybersecurity threat signatures; failed 212–212.Independent analysis or rating
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Voting in Louisiana: official dates, deadlines and rules
The general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The dates and rules below were read from the Louisiana Secretary of State; the authority's own page, linked beside each one, is the final word.
Dates and deadlines
- Voter registration deadline (in person or by mail)October 5, 2026 is the deadline to register in person or by mail for the November 3, 2026 election, according to the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar. Online registration through GeauxVote has a later deadline, October 13, 2026. The pages reviewed do not say whether a mailed application must be postmarked or received by that date; the parish registrar of voters can confirm. Read from: sos.la.gov/elections-voting/election-dates
- Online voter registration deadline (GeauxVote)October 13, 2026 is the deadline to register online through GeauxVote for the November 3, 2026 election, according to the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar. Read from: sos.la.gov/elections-voting/election-dates
- Early voting beginsOctober 20, 2026 is the first day of early voting for the November 3, 2026 election, according to the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar. The Secretary of State's early-voting page says registrars of voters open their offices from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. for each day of early voting; state law (R.S. 18:1309) sets those hours Monday through Saturday, so there is no early voting on Sunday, October 25. Read from: sos.la.gov/elections-voting/election-dates
- Early voting endsOctober 27, 2026 is the last day of early voting for the November 3, 2026 election, according to the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar. Read from: sos.la.gov/elections-voting/election-dates
- Deadline to request an absentee (mail) ballotOctober 30, 2026 is the deadline to request a mail ballot from the parish registrar of voters (voters other than military and overseas) for the November 3, 2026 election, according to the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar. The Secretary of State's absentee-voting page puts the cut-off at 4:30 p.m. CST on the 4th day before election day. The same page says military personnel and/or their dependents, U.S. citizens residing outside the U.S. and voters that are hospitalized must request their ballot by 4:30 p.m. CST on the day before election day; for hospitalized voters it adds that this later deadline applies only when physician or hospital documentation is submitted with the application (otherwise the 4th-day deadline applies). Read from: sos.la.gov/elections-voting/election-dates
- Deadline for the registrar to receive your voted absentee (mail) ballotNovember 2, 2026 is the deadline for the parish registrar of voters to receive a voted mail ballot (voters other than military and overseas) for the November 3, 2026 election, according to the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar. It is a receipt deadline, not a postmark deadline: the Secretary of State's absentee-voting page says voted ballots must be received by the parish registrar of voters by 4:30 p.m. CST on the day before election day. Ballots from military personnel and/or their dependents, U.S. citizens residing outside the U.S. and hospitalized voters must be received by 8 p.m. CST on election day. Read from: sos.la.gov/elections-voting/election-dates
- Polling place hours on Election DayPolls close at 8 p.m. on Election Day, and all voters in line at 8 p.m. have the right to vote, according to the Secretary of State's voting page. That page says polls open at 6 a.m. for Tuesday elections and at 7 a.m. for Saturday elections; November 3, 2026 is a Tuesday. State law (R.S. 18:541) sets the 6:00 a.m. opening for regularly scheduled congressional primary elections and elections held at the same time, and a 7:00 a.m. opening for other primary and general elections, so confirm the opening hour for your polling place in the Louisiana Voter Portal or with your parish registrar of voters. Read from: sos.la.gov/elections-voting/ways-to-vote
Rules to know
- What to bringThe Secretary of State's voting page tells voters to be prepared to show a photo identification card with their photo and signature, or a United States military identification card that contains their name and picture. Its early-voting page lists a driver's license, a Louisiana special ID, the LA Wallet digital driver's license or some other generally recognized picture ID that has your name and signature. A voter without photo ID may vote by affidavit after correctly answering identifying information. State law (R.S. 18:562) adds that the affidavit includes the voter's date of birth and mother's maiden name, and that a voter who votes without picture identification is subject to challenge. Read from: sos.la.gov/elections-voting/ways-to-vote
- Who may vote absentee by mail and how to applyLouisiana requires a reason to vote absentee by mail, unless you are a military or overseas voter. The Secretary of State's absentee-voting page lists the qualifying categories, among them: voters 65 years of age or older; voters temporarily outside Louisiana or their parish during the early voting period and on election day; people working offshore; students, instructors or professors living outside their parish of registration; clergy assigned outside their parish; voters who expect to be hospitalized on election day; sequestered jurors; Address Confidentiality Program participants; and voters who are physically disabled or homebound. You may request a ballot by logging in to the Louisiana Voter Portal as the voter, or print an application and deliver it to your parish registrar of voters by U.S. Postal Service, commercial carrier, hand delivery or fax. A voted ballot may be returned by mail (including commercial carrier), by hand delivery by the voter or an immediate family member, or by fax upon request to the registrar. The registrar reviews the ballot envelope flap for a missing voter signature, a missing witness signature and a missing mother's maiden name. Read from: sos.la.gov/elections-voting/ways-to-vote
- Early voting in personEarly voting is done in person at the parish registrar of voters office or at other locations designated in the parish. State law (R.S. 18:1309) sets the period at fourteen days to seven days before a scheduled election, with offices open from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The Secretary of State's Early Voting Locations page lists the sites in every parish and cautions that a location “May be open limited dates,” so check your location in the Louisiana Voter Portal or with your registrar. Early voters are asked to identify themselves with a photo ID or a signature on a voter affidavit. Read from: voterportal.sos.la.gov/earlyvoting
- Track your absentee ballotThe Secretary of State's absentee-voting page says “You can track the status of your absentee ballot here” and links to the tracking tool. The Louisiana Voter Portal says its website carries information about absentee and provisional ballot status, and that this information is not yet available on the GeauxVote mobile apps. Information about an individual voter is reached through “Search By Voter” in the portal. Read from: voterportal.sos.la.gov/MobileLanding
- Assistance at the pollsThe Secretary of State's voting page says voters who are unable to read or who are disabled, including physical disability or visual impairment, are able to vote with assistance. Read from: sos.la.gov/elections-voting/ways-to-vote
Read from: 2026 ELECTIONS (DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE BY THE LEGISLATURE) Revised 11/2024 · Vote · Vote Absentee · Vote Early · Register to Vote · Voter Portal: Search — Rules and dates as of Sep 17, 2026
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