Family members replacing their relatives in the U.S. Congress is not an uncommon occurrence. Over the past three decades, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo: Lorie Shaull / Flickr / CC BY 2.0 (The Center Square) − Julia Letlow will face John Fleming in a runoff for a U.S. Senate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Trump made a final appeal to Louisiana Republicans on Friday to support Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.) in Saturday's Senate ...

Rep. Julia Letlow joined Congress in 2021, replacing her husband, Luke, the year after he died of COVID-19 complications. He never took office representing the rural 5th Congressional District where ...

Julia Letlow, whose husband Luke Letlow died from COVID-19 days before he was to be sworn into Congress, announced Thursday that she is running for his vacant seat in Louisiana's 5th Congressional ...

Republican Congresswoman Julia Letlow is back in the national spotlight after winning Louisiana's Republican primary runoff for the US Senate, putting her on course to replace Senator Bill Cassidy in ...

Letlow’s death comes only days before being sworn into office. He was 41 years old. Luke Letlow, Louisiana’s newest Republican member of the U.S. House, died Tuesday night from complications related ...