U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow of Louisiana got engaged to Kevin Ainsworth, a Baton Rouge lawyer and lobbyist, at a party at the White House on Thursday night.

“What a blessing it will be to spend the rest of my life with Kevin Ainsworth,” Letlow wrote in a post on Instagram. “The best White House Christmas/Engagement party ever.”

Letlow represents a district that stretches from Baton Rouge to Monroe. She sits on the influential, budget-writing House Appropriations Committee.

Ainsworth works for Jones Walker representing numerous clients like Amazon, American Express, and Cargill. His brother, Kurt Ainsworth, is the co-founder and SEO of Marucci Sports, the athletics company famous for its baseball bats.

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