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American Press
March 29, 2018
Among that group are former U.S. Sen. David Vitter and a couple of former leaders of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI). For those ... A former state senator, who was a delegate to the 1973 constitutional convention, said of holding another one, “It would be a disaster. I don't think withÃâà...
NOLA.com
March 28, 2018
National Finance Center officials and U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., right, tour the New Orleans East complex on Feb. ... of people who work at the National Finance Center in New Orleans East are among the local beneficiaries of the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill that Congress passed last week.
Inside Edition
March 27, 2018
Daniels was contemplating running against then-Sen. David Vitter, a man whose family-values image imploded when he was embroiled in an escort scandal. “He got caught, which doesn't bother me," Daniels said. "Hey, go on with your bad self. Who am I to judge? But the fact that he was a hypocrite madeÃâà...
In Touch Weekly
March 26, 2018
“We were both 'campaign advisors' on Stormy Daniels' possible senate race against David Vitter.” Additionally, a news report from 2009 revealed that surveillance video caught someone “tampering” with political advisor Brian Welsh's car shortly before the explosion took place. On last night's episode of 60Ãâà...
bestofneworleans.com
March 14, 2018
What has this to do with Sen. John Neely Kennedy? Not sure, other than he appears to be an animal lover like former Sen. David Vitter — but Kennedy sent a letter to J. Scott Kirby, president of United Airlines, asking for an explanation: This pattern of animal deaths and injuries is simply inexcusable.
The Advocate
March 6, 2018
Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., left, and Wendy Vitter, center, his wife, watch early election returns with Garret Graves, right, inside Zolia Bistro at Graves' election night party at II City Plaza, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014 in Baton Rouge. Graves, a Republican, wasÃâà...
NOLA.com
March 2, 2018
Wendy Vitter arrives with her husband, U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., and their children at a Metairie polling place Nov. 21, 2015. Her nomination for a federal judgeship in New Orleans came under new scrutiny Friday because she omitted some public statements from her questionnaire for the SenateÃâà...
NOLA.com
March 2, 2018
Wendy Vitter's written questionnaire for a federal judgeship in New Orleans has yet to be published by the Senate Judiciary Committee. But already it's ... U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., took anti-abortion positions in the Louisiana Legislature and in Congress. ... David Vitter helped Bill Cassidy unseat Sen.
The Franklin Sun
February 28, 2018
There's an underlying message in all of this, too, besides the manner in which the Black Caucus openly defied a governor who owes his election to the black community as well as white moderates who could not stomach David Vitter. That is, the caucus sent Edwards a message, and the message wasÃâà...
KATC Lafayette News
February 25, 2018
... leader as Republicans took control of the Louisiana Legislature and captured all but one of Louisiana's nine statewide elected positions, including both U.S. Senate seats. ... Sen. David Vitter, a Republican who had been expected to win the job. ... Among the possible Republican candidates are U.S. Sen.
Minden Press-Herald
February 19, 2018
I voted for Edwards because he was to be the agent of change from the status quo. Sen. David Vitter, Edwards's opponent in the runoff, was seen by many as “more of the same” in Baton Rouge. I knew Louisiana was facing some very real problems the previous administration at the very least ignored, if notÃâà...
The Atlantic
February 17, 2018
There's still not much reason to believe voters care about infidelity. Since then, other politicians have used the same playbook. In perhaps the most brazen maneuver, Senator David Vitter was caught patronizing a D.C. brothel and simply refused to step down. He even won reelection to the Senate after hisÃâà...
The Intercept
February 15, 2018
The ACC donated $50,000 to a super PAC supporting the 2014 campaign of GOP Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana for the state's governorship. And while lobbying to revamp federal chemical safety standards in 2015, the ACC simultaneously aired advertisements in support of key legislators who were thenÃâà...
The Advocate
February 15, 2018
... rift between now-former U.S. Sen. David Vitter and Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne, but the truth is that they've never been allies. ... Back when Vitter was in the House and Dardenne in the Senate, the pair teamed up to create term limits for legislators. At the time, the move was pitched asÃâà...
The Advocate
February 6, 2018
Louisiana Representative Steve Scalise and Steve Gleason hold a press conference at the Team Gleason House for Innovative Living at St. Margaret's at Mercy in New Orleans, Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Steve Scalise and Steve Gleason came together in a press conference before reintroducing the SteveÃâà...
The Advocate
February 3, 2018
When he endorsed former Sen. David Vitter's Republican run for governor in 2015, Kennedy likened the scandal-marred conservative to “a cross between Socrates and 'Dirty Harry.' ” Not long after joining the U.S. Senate, Kennedy repurposed the line to tell Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch that's justÃâà...
Bustle
December 31, 1999
... a Republican or a Democrat, but that changed after she mulled a run for Senate. The Washington Post reported that there was a contingent of Louisianans that decided to get Daniels to run. They began a "Draft Stormy" campaign when it became clear that then Sen. David Vitter was likely to win reelectionÃâà...
The Olympian
December 31, 1999
Louisiana Republicans chose their first new chairman in more than a decade Saturday, selecting a New Orleans businessman who will lead the party as it readies for a heated effort aimed at unseating Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards in 2019. Louis Gurvich's two-year term began immediately once theÃâà...
The Advocate
December 31, 1999
Democrats held a 67-37 advantage in the state House and a 25-14 advantage in the Senate. In 2004, more than twice as many ... Jindal and former U.S. Sen. David Vitter also played important roles in building the Republican Party, along with former state Rep. Jim Tucker, who served as speaker of theÃâà...
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