{"id":17759,"date":"2026-01-15T13:16:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/cassidy-raises-1-65-million-for-reelection-fight\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T13:16:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:16:43","slug":"cassidy-raises-1-65-million-for-reelection-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/cassidy-raises-1-65-million-for-reelection-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Cassidy raises $1.65 million for reelection fight"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sen. Bill Cassidy raised $1.65 million in the latest fundraising quarter and has $11 million in cash on hand, his team tells Blue Light News, as he seeks to ward off a right-wing primary challenge.<\/p>\n

The Louisiana Republican is facing several primary challengers on the right fueled by his past criticism of President Donald Trump. Cassidy voted to impeach Trump following the Jan. 6 attack against the capital, a stance that angered the GOP base in Louisiana.<\/p>\n

Cassidy has consistently posted slightly higher fundraising numbers than his opponents, John Fleming, the state treasurer and a former congressman, and state Sen. Blake Miguez, but has a significantly larger war chest. Cassidy has raised more than $17 million this cycle to date. Fleming and Miguez haven\u2019t released their latest numbers; they had just over $2 million and $2.5 million in the bank<\/u><\/a> respectively as of the end of September. Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.) has also flirted with a bid, though sources tell Blue Light News<\/u><\/a> she is not expected to run; she had $2.3 million in the bank as of the end of September.<\/p>\n

It’s unclear <\/p>\n

The senator will have some help. A pair of super PACs supporting Cassidy\u2019s reelection will show they had $5 million in cash on hand at the end of 2025 and received an additional $2 million in the first two weeks of January, according to a source close to those efforts. The PACs expect to spend between $13 and $15 million on his behalf.<\/p>\n

Cassidy is one of a trio of GOP senators facing tough reelection fights where Trump is declining<\/u><\/a> to endorse a candidate, along with Texas Sen. John Cornyn and Maine Sen. Susan Collins.<\/p>\n

Cassidy\u2019s Senate GOP colleagues are backing his reelection. On Thursday, Majority Leader John Thune will host a fundraiser for Cassidy in Baton Rouge that\u2019s expected to bring in $600,000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sen. Bill Cassidy raised $1.65 million in the latest fundraising quarter and has $11 million in cash on hand, his team tells Blue Light News, as he seeks to ward off a right-wing primary challenge. The Louisiana Republican is facing several primary challengers on the right fueled by his past criticism of President Donald Trump. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}