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Here's how the late Luke Letlow's congressional seat will be filled following his COVID death

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Monroe News-StarView CommentsLouisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards will call a special election on March 20 to fill the 5th Congressional District seat of the late , Edwards' office said Wednesday.Letlow, 41,&nbsp;had been elected to replace incumbent Congressman Ralph Abraham, R-Alto, who didn't seek reelection to honor a three-term limit pledge he made in 2014.&nbsp;Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin said he spoke to Edwards late Tuesday night to discuss options.Ardoin said the special election will likely be combined with a 2nd Congressional District election to replace outgoing U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-New Orleans, who will vacate his seat to join the leadership team of President-elect Joe Biden.The special elections for Congress would coincide with already scheduled spring elections on March 20&nbsp;(candidate qualifying Jan. 20-22) for the primary and April 24&nbsp;for a runoff.Until then the 5th Congressional District will be without a representative once&nbsp;Abraham's term expires this week and the new Congress is sworn-in Sunday.Abraham told USA Today Network he is&nbsp;exploring options to keep some 5th District staff in place without Abraham&nbsp;to serve constituents until the election."We're seeing if there may be some kind of special waiver," Abraham said. "We can't leave the constituents high and dry."Abraham said he won't reverse course and seek another term. "No, I don't think that's on my radar," he said, while conceding some people have asked him to do so.LUKE LETLOW:More:Letlow, R-Start, died Tuesday&nbsp;at Ochsner LSU Health in Shreveport from a heart attack following a procedure to remove a blood clot as a&nbsp;complication&nbsp;of COVID-19. He had been in the Shreveport hospital's intensive care unit since Dec. 23.Letlow, who had been Abraham's chief of staff, won the 5th Congressional District seat with 62% of the vote Dec. 5 in a runoff election against fellow Republican state Rep. Lance Harris of Alexandria.Louisiana's 5th District is the largest geographically&nbsp;in the state covering 24 parishes. Alexandria and Monroe are the population hubs, but the boundaries dip&nbsp;into Acadiana to take in Opelousas and into the Florida parishes to take in Bogalusa.Greg&nbsp;Hilburn&nbsp;covers state politics for the USA TODAY Network of Louisiana. Follow him on Twitter @GregHilburn1.View Comments

Monroe News-StarView CommentsLouisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards will call a special election on March 20 to fill the 5th Congressional District seat of the late , Edwards' office said Wednesday.Letlow, 41,&nbsp;had been elected to replace incumbent Congressman Ralph Abraham, R-Alto, who didn't seek reelection to honor a three-term limit pledge he made in 2014.&nbsp;Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin said he spoke to Edwards late Tuesday night to discuss options.Ardoin said the special election will likely be combined with a 2nd Congressional District election to replace outgoing U.S....

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