Trump scores another endorsement win with Louisiana Senate runoff victory

He wasn't on the ballot, but President Donald Trump was a winner in Louisiana's GOP Senate runoff election. That's because Trump-backed Rep. Julia Letlow defeated state Treasurer John Fleming to capture the Republican nomination, The Associated Press reported on Saturday. Six weeks after denying Trump-targeted GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy a third six-year term in the Senate, a majority of Republican voters in the solidly red Gulf Coast state backed Letlow. Her victory in the runoff is seen as another v