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After the death of his wife Peggy, Traylor relocated from Winnsboro to Monroe to pursue opportunities in the private practice of law. On the last day of qualifying, Traylor announced his challenge to Senator Vitter, who subsequently defeated [[U.S. Representative]] [[Charlie Melancon]] of Napoleonville in thegeneral election held on November 2, 2010. Meanwhile, state Representative Ernest Wooton, a registered Republican from 2005–2010 and a resident of Belle Chase, re-registered to run as an [[Independent]] for the Senate in the general election but received little support. A former [[sheriff]], Wooton pledged to  conduct a low-budget campaign from a motor home.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/20100715192926/http://www.thenewsstar.com:80/article/20100710/NEWS01/7100335/Monroe-s-Traylor-to-challenge-Vitter  

After the death of his wife Peggy, Traylor relocated from Winnsboro to Monroe to pursue opportunities in the private practice of law. On the last day of qualifying, Traylor announced his challenge to Senator Vitter, who subsequently defeated [[U.S. Representative]] [[Charlie Melancon]] of Napoleonville in thegeneral election held on November 2, 2010. Meanwhile, state Representative Ernest Wooton, a registered Republican from 2005–2010 and a resident of Belle Chase, re-registered to run as an [[Independent]] for the Senate in the general election but received little support. A former [[sheriff]], Wooton pledged to  conduct a low-budget campaign from a motor home.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/20100715192926/http://www.thenewsstar.com:80/article/20100710/NEWS01/7100335/Monroe-s-Traylor-to-challenge-Vitter  

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Lev Magruder Dawson (born 1938) of Delhi in Richland Parish, a sweet potato farmer, served as Traylor's Senate campaign manager, a role that he had also filled in the 1996 Supreme Court race. Dawson said that political differences between Traylor and Vitter are comparatively minor but that Traylor opposed an attempt to cap [[British Petroleum]]'s liability related to the 2010 oil spill in the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. Dawson said that Melancon "can bring out more of Vitter's problems. There may be other scandals they are saving for the general election. We fear that if Vitter is nominated, we may end up with a Democratic senator." The weaknesses to which Dawson refers is the 2007 revelation that Vitter was a client of the so-called "D.C. Madam." Coincidentally, Vitter lost his gubernatorial bid in 2015 to Democrat [[John Bel Edwards]], who claimed that his "honor code" character is superior to that of Vitter.

Lev Magruder Dawson (born 1938) of Delhi in Richland Parish, a sweet potato farmer, served as Traylor's Senate campaign manager, a role that he had also filled in the 1996 Supreme Court race. Dawson said that political differences between Traylor and Vitter are comparatively minor but that Traylor opposed an attempt to cap [[British Petroleum]]'s liability related to the 2010 oil spill in the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. Dawson said that Melancon "can bring out more of Vitter's problems. There may be other scandals they are saving for the general election. We fear that if Vitter is nominated, we may end up with a Democratic senator." The weaknesses to which Dawson refers is the 2007 revelation that Vitter was a client of the so-called "D.C. Madam." Coincidentally, Vitter lost his gubernatorial bid in 2015 to Democrat [[John Bel Edwards]], who claimed that his "honor code" is superior to Vitter's character.

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