The big question in Louisiana politics is Congresswoman Julia Letlow’s next move. That’s according to The Advocate’s political reporter Tyler Bridges. Bridges says Letlow has three different options in front of her…run for re-election, challenge Bill Cassidy in next year’s U.S. Senate race or put her hat into the ring as the next president of LSU.
“Representative Letlow has got to decide some time in advance of mid-January whether she’s going to run for re-election, challenge Cassidy. Then there’s the wild card: With President Tate having gone to Rutgers University, does she want to try to be the president of LSU?” Bridges asked.
If she decides to challenge Bill Cassidy in the Republican Primary, a decision is needed soon, because qualifying is in January.
The LSU presidential search committee is expected to begin its work next month, with the hope of naming a new president by the end of the year. Bridges says Letlow would be an outside-the-box candidate to lead LSU.
“She does have a doctorate, and that’s from the University of South Florida. She has worked in academia at the University of Louisiana at Monroe,” Bridges noted.
Bridges reports Letlow recently moved to Baton Rouge, and her home in Richland Parish is up for sale. Bridges says Letlow would not speak to him for this article, but he spoke with dozens of others, who believe if President Trump endorses Letlow for U.S. Senate, she’ll get into the Senate race.
“More people than not said that they think that she will run for the Senate. And the only reason she will run for the Senate is because President Trump says that he wants her to run for the Senate because he remains upset with Senator Cassidy,” Bridges said.
Senator Cassidy was invited to the White House on Friday to celebrate the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill. But the President expressed his displeasure with Cassidy following his 2021 vote to convict Trump for the January sixth attack on the U.S. Capitol.
