Vitter is a candidate for governor of Louisiana in the runoff election scheduled for November 21, 2015. He faces a strong Democratic challenger, State Representative [[John Bel Edwards]], a long-time supporter of [[U.S. President]] [[Barack H. Obama]]. Edwards has consistently led in pre-election polls in the race.
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Vitter was handily defeated in a race on November 21, 2015, for governor of Louisiana. He lost to Democratic challenger, State Representative [[John Bel Edwards]], a long-time supporter of [[U.S. President]] [[Barack H. Obama]] and [[Hillary Clinton]]. Edwards consistently led in pre-election polls in the race.
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After his defeat for governor, Vitter announced that he would not seek a third term in the Senate in 2016.