Photo not availabl Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA-5) e Background • A higher education executive with years of experience in communications and marketing strategy, Letlow plans to focus on infrastructure, education, and agricultural issues in Congress • Earned her doctorate degree in communications from the University of South Florida where she specialized in speech communications; wrote her dissertation on the process of grief and how people find meaning out of loss • Began her career working at her alma mater, the University of Louisiana-Monroe, as a special projects coordinator, and rose through the ranks to serve as an executive for external affairs and community outreach, where she led communications and lobbying efforts with federal, state, and local government officials • Briefly taught health communications at Tulane University, working in a variety of capacities to create an innovative clinical education curriculum for the medical school; instructed medical students on ways to build positive relationships with patients • Ran to represent Louisiana’s 5th District in Congress after her husband, Rep.-elect Luke Letlow (R), died of COVID-19 complications days before he was supposed to be sworn in to the same office; received endorsements from leading Republican figures including former President Donald Trump and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA23) and secured a majority of the vote in the crowded 12-person election • Prioritizes infrastructure, education, and agricultural issues that impact her impoverished district and emphasized her commitment to expanding rural broadband access Biography Legislation BIRTH DATE March 16, 1981 Co-sponsor of HR 1745/S 659 DRIVE Safe Act No PhD, Communication, University of South Florida, Co-sponsor of HR 2187 Truck Parking Safety 2011; MA, Speech Communication, University of Improvement Act No EDUCATION Louisiana-Monroe, 2005; BA, Speech Co-sponsor of HR 1341/S 469 Promoting Women Communication, University of Louisiana-Monroe, No 2002 in Trucking Workforce Act Vote on HR 842 Protecting the Right to Organize FAMILY Widow; 2 children (PRO) Act N/A 117th Committees Social Media Info [District] Profile • Education & Labor • Agriculture @repjulialetlow COOK PVI DISTRICT R+15 Northeast TBD Louisiana: Monroe, @jbletlow Alexandria 25 TK S O U R C E Vignette, by National Journal; Project VoteSmart.