Bill Cassidy’s 12-year run in the U.S. Senate is coming to an end with his third-place finish in the GOP Senate primary. UNO political science professor Ed Chervenak says Cassidy’s political future actually ended five years ago when he voted to convict then-former President Trump for his role in the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
Cut 11 (12) “…endorse Cassidy. .”
So with Cassidy out of the mix, it’s Julia Letlow against John Fleming in the June 27th runoff to represent the Republican Party in the November general election. Fleming doesn’t have Trump’s endorsement, but he did serve in his first administration. And the State Treasurer’s campaign has been mostly self-funded.
Cut 15 (11) “…powerful politician.”
For the second year in a row, Louisiana voters say no to a constitutional amendment that would have given teachers a permanent pay raise. Governor Landry posted on social media today that if the legislature does not come up with a way to fund a pay raise for them, no public employee will get a pay raise. Melinsa Deslatte with the Public Affairs Research Council says she doesn’t know exactly what Landry means by that.
A Lafayette toddler drowns in a bathtub over the weekend. Investigators say 50-year-old Dawn Lee was the guardian of three-year-old Khaine Natto. They say she left him unsupervised in a bathtub and later found him unresponsive; Natto was rushed to a hospital but did not survive. Lafayette Police Senior Corporal Ken Handy says Lee was booked into jail.