I come to bury Bill Cassidy, not to praise him.

The two-term incumbent finished third in this weekend’s Republican Senate primary in Louisiana, missing the runoff.

Nick Catoggio is a staff writer at The Dispatch and is based in Texas. Prior to joining the company in 2022, he spent 16 years gradually alienating a populist readership at Hot Air. When Nick isn’t busy writing a daily newsletter on politics, he’s … probably planning the next day’s newsletter.

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I come to bury Bill Cassidy, not to praise him.

The two-term incumbent finished third in this weekend’s Republican Senate primary in Louisiana, missing the runoff.

You’re reading Boiling Frogs, Nick Catoggio’s daily newsletter on politics. To unlock the full version, become a Dispatch member today.

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