据决策台总部（DDHQ）预测，共和党众议员朱莉娅·莱特洛在路易斯安那州参议员选举中以微弱优势获胜。她将成为首位代表“鹈鹕州”的共和党女性参议员，击败了民主党提名人杰米·戴维斯，接替即将离任的参议员比尔·卡西迪（共和党-路易斯安那州）。截至周三早些时候，在100%的选票统计完毕后，莱特洛获得约50%的选票。戴维斯在该稳固红州仅以不到2个百分点之差落败。
GOP Rep. Julia Letlow is projected to narrowly win her Louisiana Senate race, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). She will be the first Republican woman to represent the Pelican State after she defeated Democratic nominee Jamie Davis in the contest to replace outgoing Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.). She notched about 50 percent of the vote with 100 percent of the vote reported as of early Wednesday morning. Davis lost by just under 2 percentage points in the solid red state.
自从六月初选决选中脱颖而出以来，莱特洛被广泛看好赢得该席位。在初选首轮中，她和另一位获得特朗普总统支持的挑战者——州财政部长约翰·弗莱明——在共和党初选中击败了卡西迪。这位时任议员曾因2021年投票定罪前总统特朗普，以及后来对总统提名的多位高层职位人选（特别是罗伯特·F·肯尼迪 Jr. 出任卫生与公众服务部长）持批评态度，与特朗普发生过冲突。这位民主党候选人是一名农民和前警察陪审员，在大部分竞选期间民调落后于共和党提名人。
Letlow was widely expected to win the seat since emerging from the June primary runoff. In the first round of the primary, she and another challenger backed by President Trump — state Treasurer John Fleming — defeated Cassidy in the GOP primary. The then-incumbent had battled with Trump over his vote to convict the former president in 2021 and later for the senator's critical view of the president's nominees for top administration posts, especially Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary. The Democrat, a farmer and former police juror, polled behind the GOP nominee for most of the race.
现年45岁的莱特洛原是高等教育行政人员，其丈夫卢克于2020年当选该州第5国会选区众议员。他在准备就职前几周因COVID-19并发症去世。随后她在2021年4月的特别选举中竞选并赢得了丈夫的席位。她两度连任，并于2026年1月宣布竞选参议员。在众议院，她推动教育相关措施，包括《家长权利法案》，赋予家长对公立学校课程更多知情同意权，该法案于2023年在众议院通过。她还曾在拨款委员会任职。DDHQ在选举日前将该竞选评为“倾向共和党”。
Letlow, 45, was a higher education administrator when her husband Luke was elected to the state’s 5th Congressional District in 2020. He died from complications of COVID-19 just weeks before he was set to take office. She then ran and won in the special election for his seat in April 2021. She was reelected twice and announced she would run for Senate in January 2026. In the House, she has pushed for education-related measures including the Parents Bill of Rights to give parents more consent over public school curricula, which passed the House in 2023. She has also served on the Appropriations Committee. DDHQ rated the race as likely Republican ahead of Election Day.