Rep. Julia Letlow is seriously considering mounting a primary challenge against Sen. Bill Cassidy, her fellow Louisiana Republican, according to three GOP sources familiar with the matter. And she has received encouragement from the White House to jump into the race, two sources said.
Letlow, 44, has been weighing her options carefully over the past few months but has not put a timeline on making a decision, though sources say she has grown more serious about the idea of running for the Senate.
Multiple MAGA-aligned candidates are already vying to take on Cassidy, who voted to convict President Donald Trump on impeachment charges following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Cassidy, a physician, has recently been in the spotlight taking on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine policy.
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