“Everything in my life and my marriage has prepared me for this moment,” she said in a statement posted on Facebook. “My motivation is the passion that Luke and I share: to improve this region that we call home and to leave a better place for our children and future generations.”
She added: “I am running to continue the mission that Lucas started – to defend our Christian values, to fight for our rural farming communities and deliver real results to move our state forward.”
The special election for Louisiana’s Fifth Congressional District is scheduled for March. The district is a reliable Republican.
Luke Letlow died on December 29 after being diagnosed with coronavirus on December 18.
He served as chief of staff to Republican deputy Ralph Abraham and won a second round last year for the chair after his former boss decided not to run for reelection after three terms. Letlow also worked for former Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal.