It’s not often, but sometimes I’m genuinely surprised by “normies” who don’t follow the political realm very closely. If you aren’t familiar with the term, a “normie” is just a normal person who’s not weighed down with the knowledge of all that goes on in politics. As my friend, mentor, and board member, Ross Little, is famous for saying: “The best candidate doesn’t always win; the one with the most votes does.” And that’s probably the best reminder I have for you today, as we prepare for tomorrow’s impending election.
My surprise came from a conservative who was genuinely contemplating voting for Jamie Davis over Julia Letlow. This level of confusion is not something I had thought possible. However, the bombardment of negative political ads against Letlow that ran during the Party Primary election has now continued. It’s as if Ms. Letlow’s Republican Party primary opponent had been giving Democrats lessons on how to convince Republicans not to vote for the Republican.
The Other Vote You’re Casting for Congress
By now, I’m sure we’ve all seen the political ad tying Jamie Davis to abortion, gun grabbing, eliminating ICE, and amnesty for illegal immigrants. To me, though, regardless of how Davis answers these individual accusations, those attacks make a weaker argument than helping voters to understand whose leadership his election would empower.
The real question facing voters is who gets to decide what issues will be heard in the next Congress. And under our system, the Senate’s agenda is controlled by the Majority Leader. Even though the Vice President is technically the Senate President, it’s the Majority Leader who manages the legislative schedule and exercises considerable influence over what reaches the floor.
What sets this apart from the House is that there is no public vote to determine the leader. The chamber leader for each party is selected through a private caucus vote. Who gets to run the Senate depends entirely on which party holds the majority.
Jamie Davis will join with other Democrats in their caucus to determine the Democratic Party Leader in the Senate. Regardless of who he votes for as the Democratic Party’s caucus leader, there can be little doubt who would be in charge of Senate Democrats. So, if you’re voting for Jamie Davis, you are, in effect, casting your ballot for Chuck Schumer to lead the US Senate.
Twenty Votes, Same Choice
While we’re on the subject, I thought you may also be interested in the Speaker of the House race. It’s interesting to consider that, since 2023, Troy Carter from Louisiana’s 2nd Congressional District has cast no fewer than 20 votes for House Speaker. At each instance, he supported radical Hakeem Jeffries. In 2025, Carter was joined by Cleo Fields in supporting the same Leftist from New York, Jeffries. Linger on that for a moment. When given a unique opportunity to increase Louisiana’s influence over national policy by voting for Mike Johnson, Carter and Fields instead chose to hand their combined influence over to a New York liberal.
So, then, what is a Republican voter to do? We’ve always heard to maintain the party line because it’s important. It’s just that no one has taken the time to connect that last dot of why it’s important. In short, you are doing more than electing a Congressman or Senator; you’re empowering someone whose first actions will determine the direction our country will take for the next two years. Voting to send a Democrat to Washington is voting for Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer.
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