The latest campaign finance numbers are in for the 2026 U-S Senate race for the three main Republican candidates. Incumbent Bill Cassidy has nine million dollars on hand. State Treasurer John Fleming has 2.1 million dollars to spend and state senator Blake Miguez has 1.7 million. Lapolitics.com publisher Jeremy Alford says Fleming and Miguez’s campaigns are mostly self-funded, which is not unusual.
“There were 65 candidates in the last federal cycle, U.S House and U.S. Senate that spent more than one million dollars of their own money,” Alford said.
Alford says Cassidy has a huge financial advantage over his two declared opponents, not only with money raised, but also with political action committee donations.
“One of the big things that fuels the power of incumbency is access to PAC money and PAC money goes to candidates and elected officials and politicians who take votes and can influence issues and that’s Cassidy,” Alford said.
Cassidy has collected more than 2.3 million dollars in political action committee donations, more than either of his main competitors have in total cash on hand.
Alford says the wild card in next year’s U.S. Senate primary is Congresswoman Julia Letlow. He says Letlow could get into the race.
“Reportedly she has had conversations with Governor Jeff Landry and President Donald Trump about running for this U.S. Senate seat and she has not made any real effort to back those down as rumors or confirm them as fact,” Alford said.
