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华盛顿讯 —— 路易斯安那州选民将于周六举行该州共和党联邦参议员席位决选，两名候选人将争夺接替比尔·卡西迪参议员的职位，卡西迪在初选中未获得足够票数直接晋级。
由于上月初选中没有任何候选人获得50%的选票，联邦众议员朱莉娅·莱特洛与路易斯安那州财政部长约翰·弗莱明将在决选中对决。当时莱特洛以超过44%的得票率位居第一，弗莱明获得28%的支持率。共和党在任参议员卡西迪位列第三。
今年早些时候，在卡西迪偶尔与特朗普政府产生分歧后，特朗普总统鼓励莱特洛挑战卡西迪的席位。其中最引人注目的一次分歧是，卡西迪在2021年1月6日国会山骚乱后的弹劾审判中投下了定罪特朗普的关键一票。作为一名医生的卡西迪，还曾就卫生与公众服务部部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪的领导风格与政府产生过争执，尽管他去年投下了推进肯尼迪提名的关键一票。
卡西迪的失利成为检验总统背书影响力的一次关键试金石，而几周后得克萨斯州联邦参议员约翰·康恩的初选落败也与特朗普的背书有关。自初选落败以来，这位路易斯安那州共和党人似乎更愿意与白宫决裂，并在最近几天的参议院共和党午餐会上与总统发生了争执。
初选前，特朗普曾称卡西迪是“不忠的灾难”，并背书支持莱特洛，称她是“绝不会让你失望的赢家”。
现年45岁的莱特洛自2021年起代表路易斯安那州在众议院任职，她是该州首位当选国会议员的共和党女性。弗莱明曾在特朗普首届政府中任职，并于2009年至2017年期间代表路易斯安那州担任联邦众议员。
周六决选的获胜者几乎稳入参议院。路易斯安那州是坚定的红色州，特朗普在2024年大选中赢得了该州60%的选票。该州上一次选出民主党联邦参议员还是在2008年。
Letlow, Fleming face off for Cassidy’s seat in Louisiana GOP Senate runoff
June 27, 2026 / 6:02 AM EDT / CBS News
Washington — Louisianans are voting Saturday in the state’s Republican Senate runoff, as two candidates vie to replace Sen. Bill Cassidy, who did not receive enough votes in the primary to advance.
Rep. Julia Letlow and Louisiana state Treasurer John Fleming are facing off in the runoff, after no candidate secured 50% of the vote in last month’s primary. At the time, Letlow came in first with more than 44% of the vote, while Fleming secured 28%. Cassidy, the GOP incumbent, came in third.
President Trump encouraged Letlow to challenge Cassidy for the seat earlier this year after Cassidy had occasionally clashed with the administration, most notably with his vote to convict Mr. Trump in his impeachment trial after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol in 2021. Cassidy, a medical doctor, had also been at odds with the administration over HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s leadership, despite delivering the key vote to advance Kennedy’s nomination last year.
Cassidy’s loss represented a key test of the power of the president’s endorsement, which also preceded Sen. John Cornyn’s primary loss in Texas a few weeks later. Since losing his primary, the Louisiana Republican has appeared more willing to break with the White House, and sparred with the president at a Senate Republican lunch meeting in recent days.
Ahead of the primary, Mr. Trump called Cassidy a “disloyal disaster” and endorsed Letlow, whom he called a “winner who will NEVER let you down.”
Letlow, 45, has represented Louisiana in the House since 2021, when she became the first Republican woman from the state to be elected to Congress. Fleming worked in the first Trump administration and also represented Louisiana in the House from 2009 to 2017.
The winner of Saturday’s runoff will likely be on a glidepath to the Senate. Louisiana is a solidly red state where Mr. Trump won 60% of the vote in 2024. The state last elected a Democrat to the Senate in 2008.
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