RINO Sen. Bill Cassidy defeated in Louisiana GOP primary; 2 conservatives advance to runoff | Eastern NC Now

A major RINO incumbent has bit the dust in a Senate primary Saturday.  Senator Bill Cassidy (RINO-LA) ran third and was eliminated in Louisiana's Republican US Senate primary's first round.  Two conservatives, Congresswoman Julia Letlow and State Treasurer John Fleming will meet in the runoff to decide the GOP nomination.  Letlow was endorsed by President Trump.

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/letlow-advanced-senate-gop-primary-runoff-louisiana

https://redstate.com/joesquire/2026/05/16/cassidy-loses-louisiana-senate-primary-runoff-set-n2202409

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/05/16/rep-letlow-john-fleming-advance-in-runoff-sen-cassidy-loses-louisiana-senate-rac/

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/huge-maga-victory-rino-sen-bill-cassidy-humiliated/ 

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/big-pharma-rino-bill-cassidy-smoked-trump-endorsed-candidate-louisiana-senate-primary

Two more Senate RINO incumbents are in trouble in primaries.  In Texas RINO incumbent Sen. John Cornyn is trailing state Attorney General Ken Paxton, a staunch conservative in that state's May 26 runoff.  In South Carolina, incumbent RINO Senator Lindsay Graham is in a major dogfight with wealthy conservative Greenville businessman Mark Lynch.  Other major conservatives have left the race and endorsed Lynch to unite the conservative vote behind one challenger for the June 23 primary.  In polls of voters familiar with both candidates, Lynch leads.