BATON ROUGE, La. — Republican Julia Letlow was easily elected to the 5th Congressional District seat that was vacated when her husband, Luke Letlow, passed away from COVID-19 complications just five days before he was to take office.
Julia Letlow was receiving more than 60 percent of the vote to easily place first among 12 candidates seeking the 5th District seat.
Letlow, a Republican, won the heavily Republican district, which WWL-TV's Clancy DuBos said was no surprise.
"Dr. Julia Letlow is going to win this race as many expected," he said. "She ran a very strong campaign. She had all of the major endorsements, no significant Republican opposition in a district that is heavily Republican."