Bill Cassidy may be in for the fight of his political life next April with two prominent Republicans running against him for the party’s nomination in the state’s newly closed primary election. But Louisiana Democratic Party Executive Director Dadrius Lanus says if Cassidy survives, that won’t be his only fight next year.
“I can guarantee you; Bill Cassidy will have a Democratic strong competitor or opponent on this side of the aisle that’s going to run against him,” Lanus said.
State Treasurer John Fleming and State Senator Blake Miguez have both announced primary challenges against Cassidy, with each citing his vote to convict then-former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial following the January 6th attack at the Capitol. Lanus says no matter how much Cassidy bows to Trump now that he’s President again, the damage is done, and it’s irreparable.
“He thought that if he voted against him, it would help him. And then when he found out that they were going to come out against him, he tried to get back into their good graces and it didn’t work,” Lanus said.
Lanus says with the passage of what Republicans call the Big Beautiful Bill and what Democrats call the Big Ugly Bill, the gloves are off, and Democrats are coming out fighting in the midterms next year.
“We’ll have someone running not only his race, but other congressional races before the midterms get here. And that also includes House Speaker Johnson,” Lanus explained.
While Louisiana currently has two Republicans in the Senate, it wasn’t too long ago that Louisiana had a Democrat in the Senate. Mary Landrieu served in the Senate until the start of 2015, when she was unseated by Cassidy. Louisiana, in fact, was represented by two Democrats as recently as the start of 2005, when David Vitter became the state’s first Republican senator since 1883.
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