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Julia Letlow, the wife of the late U.S. Rep.-elect Luke Letlow, is considering running for the 5th Congressional District seat her husband was unable to fill because of his COVID-19 death last week. Luke Letlow, 41, died Dec. 29 from COVID-19 complications at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport. He would have been sworn into office Sunday. Julia Letlow, 41, a Republican from Start in Richland Parish, is an executive at the University of Louisiana Monroe who was a finalist for the ULM president s job last fall. Sources close to the family said community and businesses leaders have reached out to Julia Letlow asking her to run. Julia and Luke Letlow have two children, Jeremiah, 3, and Jacqueline, 1. ....
The late Congressman-elect Luke Letlow died Dec. 29 from COVID complications before he could be seated in Congress. His wife, Julia, will now run. ....
Seven candidates have, so far, qualified to run for the vacant 5 th Congressional District seat that was left open after the shocking COVID-related death last month of Congressman-elect Luke Letlow, who won the seat last December. The field is headlined by early favorite Julia Letlow, wife of Luke. Julia, who is an executive administrator at ULM, said she’s never worked in politics as Luke had, but she’s always had political aspirations. “Public service has always been a dream of mine, it was a shared dream of ours. I happen to be fulfilling that in higher education in my current career, but we knew one day if the opportunity presented itself that I would take this leap of faith,” said Letlow. ....
The late Congressman-elect Luke Letlow died Dec. 29 from COVID complications before he could be seated in Congress. His wife, Julia, will now run. ....