Reactions to Rep.-elect Luke Letlow's death pour in: 'Devastating loss'

This is so tragic…

The widow of Rep.-elect Luke Letlow, who died after contracting COVID-19, will run to represent the Louisiana congressional district he was just days away from being sworn-in to serve. Julia Letlow, a higher education professional, launched her congressional bid Thursday during an interview on KWCL-FM in Oak Grove, La., the same place where her late husband made his congressional announcement in March.

Survivor: Palau star Angie Jakusz has sadly died after a battle with cancer at just 40-years-old. The tragic news was confirmed via an obituary published by her family via Louisiana news site Nola.com, noting that she died on Friday, January 8, 2021.

Over 100,000 people are without power in Texas and Louisiana after a storm dumped above-average snow across parts of the south. The storm kicked up on Sunday, moving along the Gulf Coast toward Mississippi.

The Acadiana Advocate, Seneca called 911 and told the operator he had just murdered a man and would wait for police outside of his father’s house. He was then arrested and charged with attempted second-degree murder.

Louisiana Republican Rep.-elect Luke Letlow died last week of COVID-19 complications related to a blood clot and heart attack, according to the chancellor of the hospital where Letlow had been treated. Letlow, 41, experienced the heart attack last week following a medical procedure at LSU Health Shreveport to remove a blood clot caused by the virus.

Rep.-elect Michelle Steel saw firsthand how crushing taxes hurt her mom's Los Angeles clothing shop, and she's determined to stand up for small businesses in Congress. Steel got her start in politics in 2006 by successfully running for the California State Board of Equalization that hit her mother with an "unwarranted" tax bill years ago.

Rep.-elect Luke Letlow, who died from complications related to COVID-19 days before he was to be sworn in, will be laid to rest Saturday at North Monroe Baptist Church in Monroe, La. The funeral service for Letlow, 41, will begin at 3 p.m.

Mariannette Miller-Meeks, an Iowa Republican who ran for Congress four times, is expected to be sworn in Sunday -- even as a challenge to her razor-thin, six-vote victory looms.  Her journey to the House of Representatives has been longer and tougher than probably anyone else's in the 2021 freshman class, so her swearing-in -- albeit provisional -- is especially meaningful. "It has been a tumultuous, arduous journey to get here," Miller-Meeks said in a recent interview with Fox News.

Rep.-elect Young Kim, who flipped a blue California House seat for the GOP, brings to Washington a keen understanding of the U.S. immigration system from her work as a longtime congressional staffer and her personal journey of becoming an American citizen.  She knows that the system needs to be fixed.  Kim immigrated to the United States from South Korea at age 12 thanks to the family-based immigration system that President Trump had wanted to eliminate.

The death threats sent to Boy George were so serious he was forced to wear a bulletproof vest on stage. Music legend George, 59, explained how he feared for his life back in the 1980s after taking the world by storm.

Judd Apatow claims President Trump is responsible for Luke Letlow's death. Days away from being sworn in office, the Louisiana Republican "apparently suffered a cardiac event" after being hospitalized following a coronavirus diagnosis, Dr.

Rep.-elect Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., beat out a candidate backed by President Trump and the Washington establishment to become the youngest incoming member of Congress at age 25. So he arrived in Washington beholden to no one and determined to shake up the Republican Party through new messaging, new recruits and new ways to fundraise.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has scheduled a news conference for Thursday morning after the state on Wednesday reported its highest number of coronavirus cases in a single day since the beginning of the pandemic.

Louisiana Republican Rep.-elect Luke Letlow died of a heart attack after a procedure related to COVID-19, according to the chancellor of the hospital he was admitted to. LSU Health Shreveport Chancellor G.E.

Luke Letlow was a Republican politician who had just been elected to represent Louisiana’s 5th District in the U.S. House of Representatives.Letlow worked as congressional district director for Bobby Jindal when he served in the U.S.

Letlow defeated representative Lance Harris in a December 5 runoff election to become the representative for Louisiana's 5th Congressional district. He was set to replace Republican Ralph Abraham, who served for three terms, and for whom Letlow served as chief of staff. «There are no words for this loss,» Abraham said in a statement.

Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow has passed away at the age of 41 from Coronavirus. He was 41 years old.

House leaders paid tribute to Luke Letlow, the 41-year-old congressman-elect from Louisiana who died on Tuesday after being hospitalized for complications from Covid-19. He was set to take office next week.