Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) is boasting an $11 million cash-on-hand war chest as he moves into the final months before going head-to-head against several GOP challengers in the crowded Senate primary.
In addition to breaking double-digits as far as cash-on-hand, Cassidy’s campaign expects to spend over $26 million before the May 16 primary. Cassidy’s campaign manager, Katie Larkin, said in a press release that the $26 million spending figure is “the single largest spend supporting a Louisiana party primary candidate ever.”
Cassidy’s campaign is spending big in the primary, where the only real threat to his incumbency exists. Republican candidates, such as Louisiana Treasurer and former U.S. Rep. John Fleming, state Rep. Julie Emerson, state Sen. Blake Miguez, St. Tammany Parish councilwoman Kathy Seiden, and state Public Service Commissioner Eric Skrmetta, hope to oust Cassidy in the primary.
The GOP challengers have focused on Cassidy’s 2021 vote to impeach President Donald Trump following the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, with Fleming also hitting him for voting with Democrats on the Biden administration-era infrastructure bill. Whoever notches the win for the GOP is likely to take the general election in the red state that went for Trump by over 22% points in 2024.
But the Cassidy campaign is projecting confidence, pointing to his work with Trump on the HALT Fentanyl Act, his visits to the White House, and endorsements from Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
Trump has not endorsed Cassidy or any candidate in the race.
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The Cassidy campaign told the Washington Examiner that it has raised $17.3 million to date in this election cycle.
By the end of 2025’s third quarter, Cassidy had $9.5 million in cash-on-hand, compared to Miguez’s $2.5 million and Fleming’s just over $2 million.
