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Julia Letlow

U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 5th Congressional District (since 2021)R

Race
U.S. Senate · Louisiana
Result
Julia Letlow, projected winner
Opponent
Jamie Davis (D)
Research
Basic

Party line23 votes tracked

23With Republicans
0Against
0Didn't vote

With party = voted the same way as most Republicans who voted.

Said vs. did6 statements · 23 votes

My pro-life position is unwavering

Protect legal access to abortion

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On the ballotU.S. Senate

2026-11-03

Jamie Davis Dchallenger
Julia Letlow Rchallenger

Defeated John Fleming in the June 27, 2026 Republican primary runoff, after defeating incumbent Sen. Bill Cassidy and Mark Spencer in the May 16, 2026 primary.

Said vs. did

Each documented position next to the recorded floor votes we map to the same issue. Votes are compared one at a time; no overall stance is inferred from them.

Protect legal access to abortionOpposes
My pro-life position is unwavering

Letlow's House website describes her pro-life position and says she voted to defund Planned Parenthood.[5]

  • NOWomen's Health Protection Act of 2021 (H.R. 3755, 2021-09-24).[6]
  • NOWomen's Health Protection Act of 2022 (H.R. 8296, 2022-07-15).[7]

2 of 2 votes point the same way as the statement

Stricter gun lawsOpposes
I have consistently supported legislation to protect the rights of law-abiding gun owners, including expanding concealed carry and eliminating burdensome fees.

Letlow's House website says she has supported legislation including expanding concealed carry and eliminating burdensome fees for gun owners.[8]

  • NOAssault Weapons Ban of 2022 (H.R. 1808, 2022-07-29), which would have banned the sale of many semiautomatic assault weapons.[9]
  • NOBipartisan Safer Communities Act (S. 2938, 2022-06-24), which expanded background checks for buyers under 21 and funded state red-flag programs.[10]

2 of 2 votes point the same way as the statement

Faster transition away from fossil fuelsOpposes
I also opposed President Biden's excessive focus on unproven Green New Deal energy projects

Letlow's House website says she opposed what it calls Green New Deal energy projects and supports expanded oil and gas drilling.[11]

  • YESOne Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which phased out Inflation Reduction Act clean-energy tax credits.[12][13]
  • NOBuild Back Better Act (H.R. 5376, 2021-11-19; 2022-08-12), which would have funded clean-energy tax credits.[14][15]

2 of 2 votes point the same way as the statement

Expand immigration enforcement and deportationsSupports
End catch-and-release policies

Letlow's campaign plan calls for deporting criminal illegal aliens and gang members and ending catch-and-release policies.[16]

  • YESLaken Riley Act (S. 5, 2025-01-22).[17]
  • YESOne Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which funded expanded immigration enforcement, detention and border operations.[12][13]
  • YESSecure the Border Act of 2023 (H.R. 2, 2023-05-11).[18]

3 of 3 votes point the same way as the statement

Bar transgender women and girls from women's and girls' school sportsSupports
Keep biological men out of women's sports

Letlow's campaign plan lists keeping transgender athletes out of women's sports and codifying Title IX protections for women's athletics.[16]

No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.

Require documentary proof of citizenship to register to voteSupports
Require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections

Letlow's campaign plan calls for requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections and passing the SAVE America Act.[16]

  • YESSAVE Act (H.R. 22, 2025-04-10).[19]

1 of 1 vote point the same way as the statement

Expand public health coverage

No statement on this issue in our sources.

  • YESOne Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which reduced federal Medicaid spending and added Medicaid work requirements.[12][13]
  • NOBreaking the Gridlock Act (H.R. 1834, 2026-01-08), which extended enhanced ACA premium subsidies.[20]
Raise taxes on high earners or corporations

No statement on this issue in our sources.

  • YESOne Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which made the 2017 individual tax rates, including the 37% top rate, permanent.[12][13]
  • NOInflation Reduction Act (H.R. 5376, 2022-08-12), which added a 15% minimum tax on large corporations and a stock-buyback excise tax.[15]
Require Congress to approve U.S. military action abroad

No statement on this issue in our sources.

  • NOWar Powers Resolution on Venezuela (H. Con. Res. 64, 2025-12-17), which would have directed the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities against Venezuela absent congressional authorization.[21]
  • NOWar Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilities (H. Con. Res. 86, 2026-06-03), which directed the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities against Iran absent congressional authorization.[22]
Broad tariffs on imported goods

No statement on this issue in our sources.

  • NOResolution disapproving tariffs on Canada (H.J. Res. 72, 2026-02-11), which disapproved the tariffs on Canadian imports.[23]
Universal, publicly funded child care

No statement on this issue in our sources.

  • NOBuild Back Better Act (H.R. 5376, 2021-11-19), which would have funded universal pre-K and child-care subsidies.[14]

Biography

Republican Julia Letlow won the election for U.S. Senate in Louisiana on November 3, 2026, defeating Jamie Davis, and will take office when the new term begins on January 3, 2027. She is the U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 5th District, elected in a March 2021 special election after the death of her husband, Luke Letlow, who had won the seat. A former university administrator and educator, she had President Trump's endorsement in the Senate race.[1][2][3][4]

Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.

Letlow was born Julia Barnhill on March 16, 1981, in Monroe, Louisiana, and graduated from Ouachita Christian High School.[2][24] She earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in speech communication from the University of Louisiana Monroe (ULM) and a doctorate in communication from the University of South Florida, which Ballotpedia dates to 2011.[2][3] She worked at the Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans as director of education, director of resident patient safety and quality improvement, and a clinical instructor of anesthesiology, and served as an instructor and teaching associate at ULM, Tulane and the University of South Florida.[2] She returned to ULM as ombudsperson and special projects coordinator for the Provost, then served as director of marketing and communications and, from 2018 to 2019, as executive director of external affairs and strategic communications.[2]

Letlow's husband, Luke Letlow, won the 2020 election for the 5th District seat but died of complications of COVID-19 just days before taking office.[2] She won the March 20, 2021 special election with about 65 percent of the vote and took office in April 2021; her House biography describes her as the first Republican woman elected to Congress from Louisiana.[2][3] She was re-elected in 2022 with 67.6% of the vote and in 2024 with 62.9%.[3] She authored the Parents Bill of Rights (H.R. 5), which passed the House on March 24, 2023.[24] She serves on the House Committee on Appropriations, including the subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration; Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; and National Security and the Department of State, and on the Committee on Education and the Workforce.[2]

Letlow announced her U.S. Senate candidacy on January 20, 2026.[24] NOTUS reported in 2026 that Letlow filed more than 210 stock and bond trade disclosures after the 45-day window set by the STOCK Act, some more than a year late, and that her office acknowledged the late filings violated the law's disclosure provision while saying a Merrill Lynch-directed portfolio was managed by others.[25] Letlow has said she did not direct any trades, did not break federal law, and corrected the filings herself once the delay was brought to her attention.[26] In the May 16, 2026 Republican primary for the Senate, Letlow finished first with 44.8% of the vote, ahead of John Fleming (28.3%) and incumbent Sen. Bill Cassidy (24.8%).[3] She defeated state Treasurer John Fleming in the June 27, 2026 runoff, 56.9% to 43.1%.[3][24] Her House biography says she is the mother of two children.[2] According to her campaign website, she had fought for parents, students, farmers, law enforcement and Louisiana families.[1] She won the November 3, 2026 general election with 50.9% of the vote to Jamie Davis's 49.1%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[4]

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Recent votes

DateParty lineMeasure
2026-06-03With partyvoted noWar Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilitiesH. Con. Res. 86 · Passed 215–208 · roll call ↗Democrats 211–1 · Republicans 4–207
2026-02-11With partyvoted noResolution disapproving tariffs on CanadaH.J. Res. 72 · Passed 219–211 · roll call ↗Democrats 213–1 · Republicans 6–210
2026-02-03With partyvoted yesConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 — full-year government fundingH.R. 7148 · Passed 217–214 · roll call ↗Democrats 21–193 · Republicans 196–21
2026-01-08With partyvoted noBreaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extensionH.R. 1834 · Passed 230–196 · roll call ↗Democrats 213–0 · Republicans 17–196
2025-12-17With partyvoted noWar Powers Resolution on VenezuelaH. Con. Res. 64 · Failed 211–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 208–1 · Republicans 3–212
2025-12-10With partyvoted yesNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 — final passageS. 1071 · Passed 312–112 · roll call ↗Democrats 115–94 · Republicans 197–18
2025-11-18With partyvoted yesEpstein Files Transparency ActH.R. 4405 · Passed 427–1 · roll call ↗Democrats 211–0 · Republicans 216–1
2025-11-12With partyvoted yesContinuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 — shutdown-ending voteH.R. 5371 · Passed 222–209 · roll call ↗Democrats 6–207 · Republicans 216–2

Showing the 8 most recent of 23 votes.

All 23 recorded votes
DateParty lineMeasure
2026-06-03With partyvoted noWar Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilitiesH. Con. Res. 86 · Passed 215–208 · roll call ↗Democrats 211–1 · Republicans 4–207The resolution directs the President to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran that Congress has not authorized, invoking the War Powers Resolution. It passed the House with support from Democrats and a number of Republicans.
2026-02-11With partyvoted noResolution disapproving tariffs on CanadaH.J. Res. 72 · Passed 219–211 · roll call ↗Democrats 213–1 · Republicans 6–210The resolution terminates the national emergency the President declared in February 2025 to justify a 25 percent tariff on imports from Canada, ending that tariff if it becomes law. It passed with a bipartisan majority, including several Republicans who broke with the administration on trade policy.
2026-02-03With partyvoted yesConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 — full-year government fundingH.R. 7148 · Passed 217–214 · roll call ↗Democrats 21–193 · Republicans 196–21The bill provides full-year discretionary appropriations for federal agencies for the remainder of fiscal year 2026, replacing the stopgap funding enacted after the fall 2025 shutdown. It sets spending levels across defense and non-defense programs through September 2026.
2026-01-08With partyvoted noBreaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extensionH.R. 1834 · Passed 230–196 · roll call ↗Democrats 213–0 · Republicans 17–196The bill extends for additional years the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits that were expanded in 2021 and had lapsed at the end of 2025, lowering health-insurance premiums for people who buy coverage on ACA marketplaces. It passed with support from nearly all Democrats and a small group of Republicans.
2025-12-17With partyvoted noWar Powers Resolution on VenezuelaH. Con. Res. 64 · Failed 211–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 208–1 · Republicans 3–212The resolution would have directed the President to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities in or against Venezuela that Congress had not authorized. It failed after U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-trafficking vessels off Venezuela had raised questions in Congress about the administration's legal authority for military action in the region.
2025-12-10With partyvoted yesNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 — final passageS. 1071 · Passed 312–112 · roll call ↗Democrats 115–94 · Republicans 197–18The fiscal year 2026 NDAA authorizes roughly $900 billion in defense spending, including a pay raise for service members and funding for shipbuilding, munitions, and missile-defense programs. It also sets policy on military personnel, procurement, and other Defense Department programs for the year.
2025-11-18With partyvoted yesEpstein Files Transparency ActH.R. 4405 · Passed 427–1 · roll call ↗Democrats 211–0 · Republicans 216–1The bill directs the Department of Justice to publicly release its investigative files related to Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days, while allowing redactions to protect victim identities, ongoing investigations, and law enforcement techniques. It passed with near-unanimous support.
2025-11-12With partyvoted yesContinuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 — shutdown-ending voteH.R. 5371 · Passed 222–209 · roll call ↗Democrats 6–207 · Republicans 216–2The bill reopened the federal government after a 43-day shutdown by funding most agencies through January 30, 2026, and providing full-year funding for a smaller group of agencies through September 2026. It also reversed shutdown-related federal layoffs and funded SNAP benefits retroactively.
2025-07-17With partyvoted yesCLARITY Act — digital asset market structureH.R. 3633 · Passed 294–134 · roll call ↗Democrats 78–134 · Republicans 216–0The CLARITY Act creates a regulatory framework dividing oversight of digital assets between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. It sets registration and disclosure requirements for cryptocurrency exchanges and other digital-asset intermediaries.
2025-07-17With partyvoted yesGENIUS Act — stablecoin regulationS. 1582 · Passed 308–122 · roll call ↗Democrats 102–110 · Republicans 206–12The GENIUS Act creates a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, requiring issuers to hold reserves backing their tokens on a one-to-one basis and to comply with new disclosure and licensing rules. It was the first major piece of cryptocurrency legislation enacted into federal law.
2025-07-03With partyvoted yesOne Big Beautiful Bill Act — final passageH.R. 1 · Passed 218–214 · roll call ↗Democrats 0–212 · Republicans 218–2H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, extends and expands the 2017 tax cuts, adds new deductions for tips, overtime pay, and seniors, and raises the cap on state and local tax deductions. It increases border security and defense spending while cutting projected Medicaid and SNAP spending and adding new work requirements; President Trump signed it into law on July 4, 2025.
2025-06-12With partyvoted yesRescissions Act of 2025H.R. 4 · Passed 214–212 · roll call ↗Democrats 0–208 · Republicans 214–4The Rescissions Act canceled about $9 billion in previously approved federal spending, mostly for foreign aid programs and for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It was the first rescissions package Congress had approved in decades.
2025-05-22With partyvoted yesOne Big Beautiful Bill Act — House passageH.R. 1 · Passed 215–214 · roll call ↗Democrats 0–212 · Republicans 215–2H.R. 1 extends and modifies the 2017 individual and business tax cuts, creates new deductions for tips and overtime pay, and increases spending on border security and defense. It also reduces projected spending on Medicaid and food-assistance programs and adds new work requirements for some recipients.
2025-04-10With partyvoted yesSAVE Act — proof-of-citizenship voter registrationH.R. 22 · Passed 220–208 · roll call ↗Democrats 4–208 · Republicans 216–0The SAVE Act would require individuals to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship in person when registering to vote in federal elections. It also directs states to establish procedures to remove noncitizens identified on voter rolls.
2025-03-11With partyvoted yesFull-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025H.R. 1968 · Passed 217–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 1–212 · Republicans 216–1The bill funded the federal government through the remainder of fiscal year 2025, largely at prior-year spending levels, averting a shutdown ahead of a March 14 deadline. It also extended several expiring health and other program authorizations.
2025-01-22With partyvoted yesLaken Riley Act — final passageS. 5 · Passed 263–156 · roll call ↗Democrats 46–156 · Republicans 217–0The Laken Riley Act requires the Department of Homeland Security to detain undocumented immigrants who are arrested, charged, or convicted for theft, burglary, or certain violent crimes. It also allows state attorneys general to sue the federal government over certain immigration enforcement decisions.
2023-05-11With partyvoted yesSecure the Border Act of 2023 — House passageH.R. 2 · Passed 219–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 0–211 · Republicans 219–2Would have resumed border-wall construction, restricted asylum eligibility, expanded detention, and mandated E-Verify for employers.
2022-08-12With partyvoted noInflation Reduction Act — final House passageH.R. 5376 · Passed 220–207 · roll call ↗Democrats 220–0 · Republicans 0–207Enacted clean-energy and climate tax credits, a 15% minimum tax on large corporations' book income, a 1% excise tax on stock buybacks, and Medicare drug-price negotiation.
2022-07-29With partyvoted noAssault Weapons Ban of 2022 — House passageH.R. 1808 · Passed 217–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 215–5 · Republicans 2–208Would have banned the sale, manufacture and import of many semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines.
2022-07-15With partyvoted noWomen's Health Protection Act of 2022 — House passageH.R. 8296 · Passed 219–210 · roll call ↗Democrats 219–1 · Republicans 0–209Passed after Dobbs; would have created a federal statutory right to abortion services and limited state restrictions.
2022-06-24With partyvoted noBipartisan Safer Communities Act — final House passageS. 2938 · Passed 234–193 · roll call ↗Democrats 220–0 · Republicans 14–193Expanded background checks for buyers under 21, funded state red-flag and crisis-intervention programs, and narrowed the "boyfriend loophole."
2021-11-19With partyvoted noBuild Back Better Act — House passageH.R. 5376 · Passed 220–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 220–1 · Republicans 0–212Would have funded clean-energy tax credits, universal pre-kindergarten and child-care subsidies, and extended health-coverage subsidies; it did not pass the Senate.
2021-09-24With partyvoted noWomen's Health Protection Act of 2021 — House passageH.R. 3755 · Passed 218–211 · roll call ↗Democrats 218–1 · Republicans 0–210Would have created a federal statutory right for providers to offer, and patients to receive, abortion services, limiting state restrictions.

On the record

Official actions: bills, executive acts, filings and court records.

  • actionServes on the House Committee on Appropriations (Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration; Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; and National Security and the Department of State) and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.[27]

In their own words

Priorities

  • Campaigning as a conservative candidate with President Trump's endorsement, saying Louisiana "deserves a conservative Senator who will not waver."[28]
  • Points to her House record of securing more than $130 million in targeted support for Louisiana for law enforcement, workforce development and infrastructure.[28]
  • Says she has been a leader on protecting parents' rights in education and returning local control to the classroom.[28]
Campaign money$6.2M raised · 63% from individuals · FEC through 2026-06-30

Totals this cycle

Raised$6.2M
Spent$4.8M
Cash on hand$1.4M

Bars share one scale (raised = full). Cash on hand can include money carried over from earlier cycles.

Who gave

  • Individuals $1.4M
  • PACs & committees $762K
  • Party $62K

Profile: /people/julia-letlow

Where they stood out

Voted against most of their party on 2 of 455 party-divided votes on file.

  • Amendment (Perry) to H.R. 4553 — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026

    A yes vote would have adopted Amendment 32 to the Energy and Water appropriations bill, which strikes all funding for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. (AI-written)

    What it does: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 This bill provides FY2026 appropriations for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works projects, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Rec…

    Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 0–209, Republicans 127–87

    Sep 4, 2025Official record ↗

  • Amendment (Perry) to H.R. 4553 — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026

    A yes vote would have adopted Amendment 31 to the Energy and Water appropriations bill, which cuts $2,063,381 from the Great Lakes Authority and credits it to the spending reduction account. (AI-written)

    What it does: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 This bill provides FY2026 appropriations for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works projects, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Rec…

    Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 0–207, Republicans 120–94

    Sep 4, 2025Official record ↗

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Sources cited in this profile

  1. 1.About Julia Letlow · Julia Letlow for Louisiana (campaign website) · 2026-09-25 Candidate's own words
  2. 2.About Julia Letlow · Office of Rep. Julia Letlow, U.S. House · 2026-09-25 Candidate's own words
  3. 3.United States Senate election in Louisiana, 2026 · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  4. 4.Louisiana U.S. Senate election results 2026 · NBC News News report
  5. 5.Abortion — Rep. Julia Letlow · Office of Rep. Julia Letlow Official record
  6. 6.Roll call: Women's Health Protection Act of 2021 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2021-09-24 Official record
  7. 7.Roll call: Women's Health Protection Act of 2022 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2022-07-15 Official record
  8. 8.Gun Rights — Rep. Julia Letlow · Office of Rep. Julia Letlow Official record
  9. 9.Roll call: Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2022-07-29 Official record
  10. 10.Roll call: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act — final House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2022-06-24 Official record
  11. 11.Energy — Rep. Julia Letlow · Office of Rep. Julia Letlow Official record
  12. 12.Roll call: One Big Beautiful Bill Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-05-22 Official record
  13. 13.Roll call: One Big Beautiful Bill Act — final passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-07-03 Official record
  14. 14.Roll call: Build Back Better Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2021-11-19 Official record
  15. 15.Roll call: Inflation Reduction Act — final House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2022-08-12 Official record
  16. 16.Julia's Plan — Julia Letlow for Louisiana · Julia Letlow for Louisiana (campaign) Candidate's own words
  17. 17.Roll call: Laken Riley Act — final passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-01-22 Official record
  18. 18.Roll call: Secure the Border Act of 2023 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2023-05-11 Official record
  19. 19.Roll call: SAVE Act — proof-of-citizenship voter registration · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-04-10 Official record
  20. 20.Roll call: Breaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extension · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-01-08 Official record
  21. 21.Roll call: War Powers Resolution on Venezuela · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-12-17 Official record
  22. 22.Roll call: War Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilities · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-06-03 Official record
  23. 23.Roll call: Resolution disapproving tariffs on Canada · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-02-11 Official record
  24. 24.Julia Letlow · Wikipedia · 2026-10-21 Reference
  25. 25.Rep. Julia Letlow Violated the STOCK Act With Over 210 Late Disclosures · NOTUS News report
  26. 26.Congresswoman Letlow denies breaking federal stock trading law · WVUE Fox 8 (via WAFB) · 2026-04-28 News report
  27. 27.About Julia Letlow · Office of Rep. Julia Letlow, U.S. House · 2026-09-25 Candidate's own words
  28. 28.United States Senate election in Louisiana, 2026 · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference