Letlow worked for
Bobby Jindal during Jindal's tenure in the
United States House of Representatives for
Louisiana's 1st congressional district as his congressional district director from 2005 to 2008, and during Jindal's first term as
governor of Louisiana as director of intergovernmental affairs from 2008 to 2010. He then worked as director of government and community affairs for
QEP Resources, an energy company based in
Denver. Abraham publicly endorsed him concurrent with Letlow's announcement. In the
nonpartisan blanket primary on November 3, Letlow finished in first place with 33% of the vote, while State Representative
Lance Harris, a fellow Republican, finished second with 17%. Letlow won the December 5
runoff election with 62% of the vote. The district is Louisiana's largest by area, covering most of 24 parishes, and includes
Alexandria and
Monroe, the population hubs, and
Opelousas in
Acadiana and
Bogalusa in the
Florida Parishes. In October, he had encouraged Louisiana officials to relax pandemic restrictions, warning, "We're now at a place if we do not open our economy, we're in real danger." ==Personal life and death==