Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy has lost his Republican primary to challenger Julia Letlow,
who was backed by President Trump.
Cassidy, who voted to convict Trump during his second impeachment trial, urged supporters to accept the results.
I've had the privilege of representing the state of Louisiana for 12 years.
I've been able to participate in democracy.
And 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.
Letlo called the race a referendum on loyalty to Trump and conservative priorities.
Tonight, Louisiana sent a clear message that they want a candidate to represent them in the Senate who will always put America
first and never turn her back on Louisiana voters.
The next major Republican primary battle now shifts to Kentucky on Tuesday,
where Congressman Tom Massey is facing a Trump-backed challenger.
Voting rights activists gathered in Montgomery and Selma this weekend to protest recent court rulings
that weakened parts of the Voting Rights Act.
Demonstrators marched near the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where civil right marchers were attacked by state troopers in 1965.
Pat Duggins of Alabama Public Radio reports.
The NAACP's Legal Defense Fund says the protests in Montgomery and Selma were meant to send messages.