Bill Cassidy challenger sees path to topple senator with Louisiana voting changes

Bill Cassidy challenger sees path to topple senator with Louisiana voting changes


More than one year before Louisiana GOP voters decide who should be their senator, John Fleming feels good about his prospects of beating out Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), thanks in part to new voting rules.

The Louisiana State Treasurer, who announced a Senate run in December, hopes that Cassidy’s vulnerability among a reinvigorated MAGA base will propel him to be the state’s next senator. A former House lawmaker, Fleming was also a founding member of the hard-line House Freedom Caucus.

Cassidy incurred the wrath of President Donald Trump in 2021 when he voted to convict Trump on impeachment charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

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