该州作为坚定支持共和党的墨西哥湾沿岸州，初选胜出者将成为中期选举普选的明确领跑者
2026年6月27日 美国东部时间早上5:00 / 福克斯新闻
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获特朗普背书的参议院候选人、众议员朱莉娅·莱特洛称总统的背书“在此选举中意义重大”
共和党路易斯安那州众议员朱莉娅·莱特洛是获得特朗普背书的初选候选人，正对现任共和党参议员比尔·卡西迪发起挑战。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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唐纳德·特朗普总统对共和党的巨大影响力及其在共和党提名选举中的背书权力，将于周六迎来最新考验——路易斯安那州将举行美国参议院席位的初选决选。
在将 targeting 特朗普的共和党参议员比尔·卡西迪挡在第三届六年任期参议院席位之外六周后，这个坚定支持共和党的墨西哥湾沿岸州的共和党选民将在众议员朱莉娅·莱特洛和州财政部长约翰·弗莱明之间，选出该空缺席位的候选人。
若莱特洛在共和党决选中获胜，将是特朗普的又一场胜利——他正致力于在白宫任期的最后两年里，让忠诚的议员填满国会大厅。但如果弗莱明获胜，将是特朗普在今年春季共和党初选中遭遇的第三起高关注度背书失利。
卡西迪在第二次弹劾审判中投下票定罪特朗普，五年后就此下台。
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2026年5月15日，也就是路易斯安那州参议院初选的前一天，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。（保罗·斯坦豪泽/福克斯新闻）
早在1月宣布参选前，莱特洛就获得了特朗普的背书。她在初选中获得了45%的选票，弗莱明约为28%，卡西迪略低于25%。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，卡西迪也成为自2012年印第安纳州参议员理查德·卢格以来首位在连任初选中落败的共和党现任参议员。
特朗普在社交媒体上庆祝卡西迪的失败，称“很高兴看到他的政治生涯结束了！”
卡西迪在向支持者发表败选演讲时，暗讽特朗普：“当你参与民主时，有时结果不会如你所愿。但你不会赌气，不会抱怨，不会声称选举被窃取……你不会编造借口。”
唐纳德·特朗普总统与朱莉娅·莱特洛在白宫大宴会厅举行的国会舞会期间合影，摄于2025年12月11日华盛顿特区。（亚历克斯·王/盖蒂图片社）
莱特洛还获得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年选举获胜当选该席位后，宣誓就职六天便去世。她在参议院竞选期间一直强调自己获得特朗普的支持。
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。在国会任职期间，他是保守派众议院自由核心小组的创始成员之一。
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共和党提名候选人将被视为中期选举中的明确领跑者，对手将是在民主党参议院决选中胜出的农民杰米·戴维斯或海军退伍军人加里·克罗基特。
过去两个月，特朗普背书的强大影响力在共和党初选中尽显无疑：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初选中，将特朗普点名反对的现任议员拉下马。
但几周前，特朗普的背书连胜被打破：他在爱荷华州为接替即将退休的共和党州长金·雷诺兹的共和党众议员兰迪·芬斯特拉进行的最后时刻背书，未能帮助这位任职三届的国会议员获胜。
芬斯特拉以微弱劣势输给了商人、农场主、前政治策略师扎克·拉恩。拉恩获得了MAHA（与特朗普的卫生和公共服务部部长罗伯特·F·肯尼迪 Jr. 结盟的“让美国再次健康起来”运动的缩写）的政治分支以及由已故查理·柯克联合创立的强大保守派组织“转折点美国”的支持。
2026年6月2日周二，扎克·拉恩在爱荷华州共和党州长初选中击败对手后举拳庆祝。（扎克·拉恩竞选州长团队 via Facebook）
三周前，特朗普在南卡罗来纳州重拾胜势：获得他背书的副州长帕姆·埃维特在共和党州长初选中名列第一，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挑战，其中包括保守派商人马克·林奇，他以格雷厄姆对伊朗战争的支持为攻击点。林奇得到了一些一直批评特朗普的“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，唯一的失利来自一位自掏腰包超过1亿美元助力竞选的亿万富翁商人。
在共和党占绝对优势的阿拉巴马州参议院决选中，众议院自由核心小组成员、长期支持特朗普且获得总统背书的众议员巴里·穆尔轻松击败对手贾里德·哈德森。哈德森是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。
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特朗普派代表、众议员迈克·柯林斯击败了前大学橄榄球教练德里克·杜利。杜利得到了受欢迎的保守派州长布莱恩·坎普的支持。
特朗普的背书未能挽救“让美国再次伟大”派候选人，亿万富翁在关键州长竞选中晋级
柯林斯将在普选中对阵民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫，这场竞选将是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战役之一。
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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（上周也获得了坎普的背书）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，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，在纽约州北部接替即将退休的共和党众议员伊莉斯·斯特凡尼克的竞选中击败了得到州共和党支持的退休海军陆战队上校、纽约州议员罗伯特·斯马伦。
与此同时，在南卡罗来纳州共和党州长决选中，特朗普并未失利。
因为除了支持埃维特，他还在最后时刻为州总检察长艾伦·威尔逊背书，威尔逊最终以压倒性优势赢得对决。
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Trump’s endorsement power faces new test in Louisiana Republican Senate showdown
The winner will be the clear frontrunner in the midterm general election in the solidly red Gulf Coast state
June 27, 2026 5:00am EDT / Fox News
By Paul Steinhauser
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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President Donald Trump’s immense clout over the GOP and the power of his endorsements in Republican nomination races faces its latest test Saturday, as Louisiana holds primary runoff elections for the U.S. Senate.
Six weeks after denying Trump-targeted GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy a third six-year term in the Senate, Republican voters in the solidly red Gulf Coast state will choose between Rep. Julia Letlow and state Treasurer John Fleming for the now open seat.
A Letlow victory in the GOP runoff would be 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. But a win by Fleming would be the third high-profile endorsement setback for Trump in this spring’s 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)
Letlow, who was backed by Trump even before she entered the race in January, grabbed 45% of the vote in the primary, with Fleming at roughly 28% and Cassidy at just under 25%. 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 is also backed by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, a top Trump ally, won her congressional seat in 2021, after her husband, Luke Letlow, died six days after being sworn into the U.S. House after his 2020 election victory for the seat she now holds. She has 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, has argued that he’s the most conservative candidate in the GOP Senate primary. During his tenure in Congress, he was a founding member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus.
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The GOP nominee 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 Senate 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 a few 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 assemblyman 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
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