Officials say with over 90% of precincts reporting, Julia Letlow is projected as the winner to represent Louisiana's 5th Congressional District.
Letlow is projected to have received an estimated 65% of the vote to fill the seat left vacant by her husband's untimely death last December from COVID-19.
Luke Letlow was elected in November to fill Ralph Abraham's seat but became ill less than a month later.
Mrs. Letlow now becomes the first Republican woman elected to the House of Representatives from Louisiana.
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