Nearly 180,000 people voted for Congresswoman Julia Letlow in the U.S. Senate Republican Party primary runoff, while 156,000 people nominated Tensas Parish farmer Jamie Davis in the Democratic Party primary runoff. Davis believes he can make it a competitive election on November 3rd. Professor Pearson Cross teaches political science at ULM and doesn’t give Davis much of a chance.
“He doesn’t have any name recognition; he’s likely not going to have any money. The national party’s not going to invest in him because they don’t think he probably has a chance based on past performance,” Cross explained.
There are still four months before we get to the November general election. Cross says Letlow will spend this time making sure Republican voters are fully behind her.
“I think the main thing to do would be to go around and reassure people, try to pull the Fleming people behind her. There are a lot of people who voted against her,” Cross noted.
Letlow defeated John Fleming 57% to 43% in the Republican Party primary runoff. President Trump’s endorsement of Letlow was a key factor in her getting the Republican nomination, and Cross expects the President will be involved in the general election race.
“He put a lot of energy into her; taped a couple of live things with her, was on the interview; 100,000 people heard the interview that he was on. So it’s possible that he’s going to continue to invest some energy in her and try to get her launched,” Cross said.