Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) hugs a supporter after conceding his primary election contest during an event at Boudreaux’s Caterers on May 16, 2026 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.Michael DeMocker/Getty Images
Sen. Bill Cassidy's defeat shows the price of dissent in Trump's Republican Party
The senator lost his primary in Louisiana Saturday night, five years after voting to convict Trump on impeachment charges following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.