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'''Julia Janelle Barnhill Letlow''' (born March 16, 1981) is the incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] for [[Louisiana]]'s 5th congressional district, anchored in Ouachita, Rapides, and the Florida parishes. She succeeds her late husband, [[Luke Letlow]], who won the House seat in a runoff election on December 6, 2020. Three weeks later Letlow died of a heart attack stemming from complications of the [[coronavirus]]. He was to have been sworn into office five days after his death.  

'''Julia Janelle Barnhill Letlow''' (born March 16, 1981) is the incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] for [[Louisiana]]'s 5th congressional district, anchored in Ouachita, Rapides, and the Florida parishes. She succeeds her late husband, [[Luke Letlow]], who won the House seat in a runoff election on December 6, 2020. Three weeks later Letlow died of a heart attack stemming from complications of the [[coronavirus]]. He was to have been sworn into office five days after his death.  

Mrs. Letlow defeated a 12-candidate field by a wide margin with nearly two-thirds of the votes cast in a low turnout election. She led in twenty-three of the twenty-four parishes in the district, falling short only in East Feliciana Parish. She led even in the heavily [[African American]] and [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] parishes of East Carroll, Madison, and Tensas. In second place was the only Democrat in the race, Sandra "Candy" Christophe of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], who had also sought the seat in the [[general election]] held on November 3, 2020. In a weak third place was the Republican Chad Conerly. With all of the 825 precincts in the district reporting, Letlow polled 67,199 votes (65 percent); Christophe, 28,252 (27 percent), and Conerly, 5,497 (5 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 20, 2021.</ref>

Mrs. Letlow defeated a 12-candidate field by a wide margin with nearly two-thirds of the votes cast in a low turnout election. She led in twenty-three of the twenty-four parishes in the district, falling short only in East Feliciana Parish. She led even in the heavily [[African American]] and [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] parishes of East Carroll, Madison, and Tensas. In second place was the only Democrat in the race, Sandra "Candy" Christophe of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], who had also sought the seat in the [[general election]] held on November 3, 2020. In a weak third place was the Republican Chad Conerly of Kentwood in Washington Parish, a veteran of the [[United States Air Force]] in the [[Iraq War]]. With all of the 825 precincts in the district reporting, Letlow polled 67,199 votes (65 percent); Christophe, 28,252 (27 percent), and Conerly, 5,497 (5 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 20, 2021.</ref>

She resides in Oak Ridge in Morehouse Parish Her two children are Jacqueline Taylor Letlow (born 2017) and Jeremiah John Letlow (born 2019). Prior to her congressional race, Julia was an administrator at the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]]. She is an Evangelical Presbyterian.

She resides in Oak Ridge in Morehouse Parish Her two children are Jacqueline Taylor Letlow (born 2017) and Jeremiah John Letlow (born 2019). Prior to her congressional race, Julia was an administrator at the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]]. She is an Evangelical Presbyterian.