Of the seven Republicans who voted to convict him, only three still serve in the Senate: Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who survived a primary challenge in 2022; Susan Collins of Maine; and Bill Cassidy.
During his re-election campaign, the Louisiana senator sought to repair his strained relationship with Trump.
“I don’t really think President Trump likes me that much, but we work really well together,” Cassidy told reporters last week, pointing to several bills he sponsored that were later signed into law by the president.
But Trump had made it clear he wanted Cassidy gone, and in January encouraged Letlow, 45, to challenge the senator.
“I want to say thank you to a very special man – the best president this country has ever had, President Donald Trump,” Letlow said in a speech after the late evening results.
In his election night remarks, Cassidy did not mention Trump by name. But he did allude to the president and his false claims that the 2020 election he lost had been stolen.
“When you participate in democracy, sometimes it doesn’t turn out the way you want it to,” Cassidy told supporters in Baton Rouge. “But you don’t pout. You don’t whine. You don’t claim that an election was stolen from you.”
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