(The Center Square) — Louisiana's 5th Congressional District has one clear favorite, incumbent U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow, R-La., for the Nov. 5 election. The district covers the crease of the boot ...

Republican Julia Letlow won the special election in Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Saturday night, becoming the first Republican woman elected to Congress from the state.

Congresswoman Julia Letlow talks with Aaron Moak, Metro Council Member District 4, during an event at the City Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, October 21, 2024 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Letlow landed a key assignment during her current term on the Appropriations Committee, which controls the country's purse strings. Qualifying for the Nov. 5 election continues through Friday.

LOUISIANA, USA — WWL Louisiana projects that Republican Julia Letlow has won another 2-year term in Congress. She faced M.V. Mendoza, a fellow Republican, and Democrat Michael Vallien, Jr. In ...

U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow, R-Start, speaks with reporters after qualifying for reelection in Louisiana's 5th Congressional District at the State Archives in Baton Rouge on Thursday, July 19, 2024.

In the new 5th District, 47% of the registered voters are in Baton Rouge and its suburbs. Her political goals had been to run for the school board in Richland Parish when her husband, Luke Letlow ...

Luke Letlow, who was 41 when he died, was to have succeeded former 5th District U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham, who is now Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry's secretary of health and hospitals.