Wow Bill Cassidy lost!

[imanamerican63]

Need to make sure we get that seat back in Louisiana! No Trumper whatever it takes!

[Topomi]

1. Challenge Trump

Bill, please run as third party candidate. Split the repubs!

[Celerity]

6. He cannot. Louisiana has an 'effective' sore loser law (a cross-filing ban).

It effectively bans sore loser candidates by prohibiting a candidate from filing in multiple elections or as members of multiple parties, or which prevent a candidate from simultaneously attempting to be placed on the ballot via party nomination and by petition.

https://legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=81263

[Topomi]

7. Sorry my mistake

What's a state though I am sure others have like laws. At least learned a little more, thanks

[Celerity]

9. Only 2 states, NY and CT, do not have at least some form of sore loser laws. IA finally enacted one in 2021.

https://ballotpedia.org/Sore_loser_laws_by_state

CT not having one is how the detestable neoliberal centrist and No Labels/Problem Solvers kingpin Joe Lieberman (a major rat-fucker of Obama and Dems in general for years), after losing the 2006 Democratic CT US Senate primary, was able to get back into the Senate by running as an independent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut#Democratic_primary

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Because Connecticut was believed to be a Democratic stronghold, political analysts considered its Senate seat safe to remain Democratic, but Lieberman's continued support for conservative and Bush administration policies made him vulnerable to a Democratic primary challenger. Lieberman was criticized for a lack of commitment to the Democratic Party, opposition to affirmative action; his opposition to a Connecticut state law that would require Catholic hospitals to provide emergency contraception to rape victims, his membership in the bipartisan Gang of 14, his support of Florida Governor Jeb Bush's involvement in the Terri Schiavo case, his initial willingness to compromise on Social Security privatization, alliances with Republicans; and his attacks on other Democrats.

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Here are major endorsers of the sore loser Lieberman's indy run in the general election:

U.S. Senators

David Boren, Oklahoma (1997-1994)
John Breaux, Louisiana (1987-2005)
Richard Bryan, Nevada (1989 - 2001)
Tom Carper, Delaware
Susan Collins, Maine (Republican)
J. Bennett Johnston, Louisiana (1997-1992)
Bob Kerrey, Nebraska (1989-2001)
Mary Landrieu, Louisiana
Ben Nelson, Nebraska
Mark Pryor, Arkansas
Ken Salazar, Colorado

U.S. Representatives

Ed Case, HI-02
Harold Ford Jr., TN-09
Newt Gingrich, GA-06 (1979-1999) and former U.S. House speaker (Republican)
Jack Kemp, NY-31 (1971-1989) (Republican)
Mark Kennedy, MN-06 (Republican)
Chris Shays, CT-04 (Republican)
Brad Sherman, CA-27

Local officials

Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City (Republican)
Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City (Republican)

Individuals

Mike McGavick, businessman (Republican)
William F. Buckley Jr., author and political commentator (Republican)
Ann Coulter, author and political commentator (Republican)

Newspapers

The New York Post
The Washington Post (one of their worst pre-Bezos calls)

General election results (after Lieberman's brutal scorched earth smear campaign against Lamont):

[aeromanKC]

2. MAGA support is

< 30% C'mon Dems we can flip this seat!!

[PlanetBev]

3. The spineless weenies in Congress are probably more terrified than ever.

Try to think independently from Trump and you end up a scalp on his belt.

[WiVoter]

5. I Wonder If/How Cassidy's Loss Will Help Dems In November

I'm thinking that it will, in light of T's poll rankings.

[JI7]

8. We aren't going to win that seat

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. MaddowBlog-Trump got his revenge against Cassidy, but will Cassidy get his revenge against Trump?

Interesting things happen when members lose primaries and suddenly have the opportunity to do as they please.

There’s been plenty of focus on Trump getting his revenge against Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy.

But I think the next question is whether Cassidy, with 230 days remaining in his term, might also get some revenge against Trump.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-05-18T18:00:23.096Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/bill-cassidy-revenge-trump-primary

Looking ahead, however, the dynamic that’s worth appreciating isn’t just whether Trump got his revenge against Cassidy, but also whether Cassidy might yet get some revenge against Trump.

MS NOW’s report highlighted a notable quote from the senator’s concession speech:

“When you participate in democracy, sometimes it doesn’t turn out the way you want it to. But you don’t pout, you don’t whine, you don’t claim the election was stolen,” Cassidy said as applause from supporters overtook him in a speech after his loss.

In the same concession speech, the Louisiana Republican added, “Let me just set the record straight: Our country is not about one individual. It is about the welfare of all Americans, and it is about our Constitution. And if someone doesn’t understand that and attempts to control others by using the levers of power, they’re about serving themselves. They’re not about serving us. And that person is not qualified to be a leader.”....

For the past year and a half, Cassidy, desperate to keep his job and avoid becoming the first elected senator to lose a primary in more than a decade, has kept his head down, sticking to a partisan script and avoiding confrontations with the White House.

But the Louisianan’s term doesn’t end for another 230 days.

It’s possible, of course, that Cassidy, who’s been a conservative throughout his two-decade career in elected office, will keep voting as he’s been voting and will just coast through the next six months in relative obscurity. But it’s also possible that the senator — who chairs a powerful committee — will build on the kinds of sentiments he shared in his concession speech and become a real thorn in the side of the president who ended his career.

When we think about the kinds of GOP senators who are occasionally willing to show some hints of independent thinking, we tend to focus on members such as Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski, Kentucky’s Rand Paul and Maine’s Susan Collins. Since Trump returned to power, few have seen Cassidy as part of this contingent. Don’t be surprised if that soon changes.