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| office=[[U.S. Representative]] for [[Louisiana]]'s<br>5th Congressional District

| office=[[U.S. Representative]] for [[Louisiana]]'s<br>5th Congressional District

| term_start=March 2021

| term_start=April 14, 2021

| preceded=[[Ralph Abraham]]

| preceded=[[Ralph Abraham]]

| birth_place=Monroe, Louisiana

| birth_place=Monroe, Louisiana

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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 [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] for [[Louisiana]]'s 5th congressional district, anchored in Ouachita, Rapides, and the Florida parishes. She succeeded 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 Louis Conerly (born 1966) 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>

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 Louis Conerly (born 1966) 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>