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|name=David Vitter

|name=David Bruce Vitter

|image=DavidVitter.jpg

|image=DavidVitter.jpg

|party=[[Republican]]

|party=[[Republican]]

|spouse=Wendy Baldwin Vitter

|spouse=Wendy Baldwin Vitter

|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]

|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]

|birth_date=May 3, 1961

|birth_date=May 3, 1961

|birth_place=[[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]

|birth_place=[[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]

|occupation=[[Attorney]]

|occupation=[[Attorney]]

|alma_mater=[[Harvard University]]<br>

|alma_mater=[[Harvard University]]<br>

[[Tulane University]] Law Center  

[[Tulane University]] Law Center  

|offices=

|office=[[U.S. Senator]] from Louisiana

|term_start=January 3, 2005

|state=Louisiana

|term_end=Janary 3, 2017

|terms=January 3, 2005 &ndash; January 3, 2017

|preceded=[[John Breaux]]

|preceded=[[John Breaux]]

|succeeded=[[John Neely Kennedy]]

|office2=[[U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's<br>1st congressional district

|succeeded=[[John Neely Kennedy]]

|term_start2=May 29, 1999

|term_end2=January 3, 2005

|preceded2=[[Bob Livingston]]

|state=Louisiana

|succeeded2=[[Bobby Jindal]]

|district=1st

|office3=Louisiana State Representative for District 81

|terms=May 29, 1999 &ndash; January 3, 2005

|term_start=1992

|preceded=[[Bob Livingston]]

|former=

|preceded=[[David Duke]]

|succeeded=[[Bobby Jindal]]

}}

}}

 

'''David Bruce Vitter''' (born May 3, 1961) is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former [[U.S. Senator]] from [[Louisiana]] &#8212; 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]] &#8212; 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==

After his defeat for governor, Vitter announced that he would not seek a third term in the Senate in 2016. After numerous failed campaigns, David Duke ran to succeed Vitter for the Senate but finished in seventh place among twenty-four candidates with 3 percent of the ballots cast. The sixth-placed candidate, [[Rob Maness]], a retired colonel in the [[United States Air Force]], had backed Vitter in the governor's race through his Gator political action committee. Other eliminated candidates were U.S. Representatives Charles Boustany of [[Lafayette]] and [[John Fleming]] of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=November 8, 2016|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref> Vitter will instead be succeeded on January 3, 2017, by either Republican state Treasurer John Neely Kennedy or the Democrat Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell of Bossier Parish. Kennedy and Campbell finished in the top two positions in the primary and will meet in a December 10 runoff contest.

After his defeat for governor, Vitter announced that he would not seek a third term in the Senate in 2016. After numerous failed campaigns, David Duke ran to succeed Vitter for the Senate but finished in seventh place among twenty-four candidates with 3 percent of the ballots cast. The sixth-placed candidate, [[Rob Maness]], a retired colonel in the [[United States Air Force]], had backed Vitter in the governor's race through his Gator political action committee. Other eliminated candidates were U.S. Representatives Charles Boustany of [[Lafayette]] and [[John Fleming]] of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=November 8, 2016|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref> Vitter will instead be succeeded on January 3, 2017, by either Republican state Treasurer John Neely Kennedy or the Democrat Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell of Bossier Parish. Kennedy and Campbell finished in the top two positions in the primary and will meet in a December 10 runoff contest.

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