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|name=David Vitter

|name=David Vitter

|image=DavidVitter.jpg

|image=DavidVitter.jpg

|party=[[Republican]]

|party=[[Republican]]

|spouse=Wendy Baldwin Vitter

|spouse=Wendy Baldwin Vitter

|religion=[[Roman Catholicism]]

|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]

|offices=

|offices=

{{Officeholder/senator

{{Officeholder/senator

|terms=January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2017

|terms=January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2017

|preceded=[[John Breaux]]

|preceded=[[John Breaux]]

|former=n

|former=

|succeeded=[[John Neely Kennedy]]

|succeeded=[[John Neely Kennedy]]

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'''David Vitter''' (born 1961) is a [[Republican]] former [[U.S. Senator]] from [[Louisiana]] — the first member of his party in the upper legislative chamber since the [[Reconstruction]] era. A resident of suburban [[New Orleans]], Vitter was a [[House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 1st congressional district from 1999 to 2004. He was among the leading backers of a failed constitutional amendment to ban [[same-sex marriage]], which was sanctioned in 2015 by the [[United States Supreme Court]].  

'''David Bruce Vitter''' (born May 3, 1961) is a [[Republican]] former [[U.S. Senator]] from [[Louisiana]] — the first member of his party in the upper legislative chamber since the [[Reconstruction]] era. A resident of suburban [[New Orleans]], Vitter was a [[House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 1st congressional district from 1999 to 2004. He was among the leading backers of a failed constitutional amendment to ban [[same-sex marriage]], which was sanctioned in 2015 by the [[United States Supreme Court]].  

==Career==

==Career==

== Scandal ==

== Scandal ==

In July 2007, it was revealed that Vitter's phone number turned up in the records of Deborah Jeane Palfrey, who ran an escort service in [[Washington, D.C.]] Vitter, married with four children, admitted to "a very serious sin", and stated that he had been forgiven by [[God]] and his wife, the former Wendy Baldwin.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/10/vitter.madam/index.html CNN: Hustler says it revealed senator's link to escort service]</ref>

In July 2007, it was revealed that Vitter's phone number turned up in the records of Deborah Jeane Palfrey, who ran an escort service in [[Washington, D.C.]] Vitter, married with four children, admitted to "a very serious [[sin]]", and stated that he had been forgiven by [[God]] and his wife, the former Wendy Baldwin.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/10/vitter.madam/index.html CNN: Hustler says it revealed senator's link to escort service]</ref>

In 2009, [[Pornography|pornographic]] actress [[Stormy Daniels]], a [[Baton Rouge]] native, said that she would challenge Vitter's second-term reelection bid in 2010, but she never sought the Senate seat. Daniels, who in 2018 alleges an affair in 2006 with since President [[Donald Trump]], said that her slogan had she run would have been "Stormy Daniels: Screwing People Honestly." Vitter went on to win his second term easily over the Democrat [[U.S. Representative]] [[Charlie Melancon]].

In 2009, [[Pornography|pornographic]] actress [[Stormy Daniels]], a [[Baton Rouge]] native, said that she would challenge Vitter's second-term reelection bid in 2010, but she never sought the Senate seat. Daniels, who in 2018 alleges an affair in 2006 with since President [[Donald Trump]], said that her slogan had she run would have been "Stormy Daniels: Screwing People Honestly." Vitter went on to win his second term easily over the Democrat [[U.S. Representative]] [[Charlie Melancon]].