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'''Luke Joshua Letlow''' (born December 6, 1979 – December 29, 2020<ref name="Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow dead from COVID-19">Deslatte, Melinda (December 29, 2020). [https://apnews.com/article/health-monroe-louisiana-coronavirus-pandemic-shreveport-c76bcda2e5abd46a500763ed5a7e3440 Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow dead from COVID-19]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved December 29, 2020.</ref>) was the incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] for [[Louisiana]]'s 5th congressional district, which encompasses much of the eastern portion of his state. However, he died on December 29, 2020 from the [[coronavirus]], five days before he was scheduled to take office.<ref name="Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow dead from COVID-19"/> Prior to becoming a candidate, Letlow from 2014 to 2020 was the [[chief of staff]] to Republican Representative [[Ralph Abraham]], had been defeated in the 2019 [[Governor|gubernatorial]] [[primary]] and held to a pledge not to seek more than three terms in the office. Both Abraham and Letlow resided in Richland Parish east of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]].

'''Luke Joshua Letlow''' (born December 6, 1979 – December 29, 2020<ref name="Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow dead from COVID-19">Deslatte, Melinda (December 29, 2020). [https://apnews.com/article/health-monroe-louisiana-coronavirus-pandemic-shreveport-c76bcda2e5abd46a500763ed5a7e3440 Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow dead from COVID-19]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved December 29, 2020.</ref>) was the incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] for [[Louisiana]]'s 5th congressional district, which encompasses much of the eastern portion of his state. However, he died on December 29, 2020 from the [[coronavirus]], five days before he was scheduled to take office.<ref name="Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow dead from COVID-19"/> Prior to becoming a candidate, Letlow was the [[chief of staff]] from 2014 to 2020 to Republican Representative [[Ralph Abraham]], who had been defeated in the 2019 [[Governor|gubernatorial]] [[primary]] and held to a pledge not to seek more than three terms in the office. Both Abraham and Letlow resided in Richland Parish east of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]].

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