Former Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said he wouldn’t run for Senate in 2026 .

The announcement could be a death blow for Democratic hopes in the deep-red state as they search for a suitable candidate to unseat Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA). The party had been urging him to run for months, but in a series of posts on X, the former governor announced he had ultimately decided against it.

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