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Bill Cassidy
U.S. senator from Louisiana and chairman of the Senate HELP Committee
Senator from Louisiana, United States Senate · Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Background
Bill Cassidy is an American politician and physician who is the senior United States senator from Louisiana.
He has chaired the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee since 2025.
He finished third in the Republican primary for reelection in 2026, with 24.8% of the vote.
Key facts
- Born
- September 28, 1957, in Highland Park, Illinoissource
- Degrees
- Bachelor of Science, Louisiana State University, 1979; Doctor of Medicine, LSU School of Medicine, 1983source
- Senate election
- Elected to the U.S. Senate in 2014source
- HELP Committee
- Elevated to Chairman in 2025source
- 2026 Republican primary
- Finished third with 24.8% of the vote in the May 16 primary; Letlow won the runoffsource
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