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Cassidy primary defeat is a 'loss for the country,' Romney says | Fox Wilmington WSFX-TV Skip to content Home Weather Local News National Sports ABOUT WSFX Meet Our Team Sales & Programming Job Openings WHAT’S ON FOX CONTACT WELCOME HOME MEDICALLY SPEAKING PAWS FOR THE CAUSE HOME Local Weather Local Headlines National Headlines Sports Welcome Home Medically Speaking Paws For The Cause ABOUT FOX WILMINGTON WHAT’S ON FOX Meet Our Team Sales & Programming Job Openings CONTESTS Home Weather Local News National Sports ABOUT WSFX Meet Our Team Sales & Programming Job Openings WHAT’S ON FOX CONTACT HOME Local Weather Local Headlines National Headlines Sports Welcome Home Medically Speaking Paws For The Cause ABOUT FOX WILMINGTON WHAT’S ON FOX Meet Our Team Sales & Programming Job Openings CONTESTS Cassidy primary defeat is a ‘loss for the country,’ Romney says National Headlines Cassidy primary defeat is a ‘loss for the country,’ Romney says May 18, 2026 Cassidy primary defeat is a ‘loss for the country,’ Romney says May 18, 2026 close Video Sen. Bill Cassidy ousted in Louisiana primary by Trump-backed opponent Fox News senior correspondent Jonathan Serrie reports on the primary defeat of Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., whose loss signals President Donald Trump’s strong grip on the GOP following the senator’s 2021 impeachment vote. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Bill Cassidy’s loss in the Louisiana Republican Primary over the weekend is “a loss for the country,” former Utah Sen. Mitt Romney said. Cassidy’s loss comes five years after he voted to convict President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial for his role in the violent Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. “The Senate to now lose an exceptionally brilliant and creative mind, an MD who chairs healthcare, and a person of character,” Romney wrote Sunday in a post on X. “Bill Cassidy’s departure is a loss for the country.” Trump-backed Rep. Julia Letlow and Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming both topped Cassidy in Saturday’s GOP primary. They will advance to next month’s runoff for the Republican nomination, while Cassidy becomes the first elected Republican senator to lose renomination since Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana in 2012. TRUMP SCORES MAJOR REPUBLICAN PRIMARY VICTORY AS CASSIDY OUSTED IN LOUISIANA Sen. Mitt Romney, a Republican from Utah, speaks to members of the press on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on June 1, 2023. (Ting Shen/Bloomberg) After Cassidy was defeated, Trump took to social media to revel in the senator’s ouster. “His disloyalty to the man who got him elected is now a part of a legend, and it’s nice to see that his political career is OVER!” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. Sen. Bill Cassidy lost his Louisiana Republican primary years after voting to convict President Donald Trump during the 2021 impeachment trial. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Ima

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