David Vitter won the 2010 elections and continues to hold his Senator's seat for the state of Louisiana. He had a clear victory over his opponent, Charlie Melancon, with 56.6% of the vote.http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/senate/la/louisiana_senate_vitter_vs_melancon-1095.html

Republican David Vitter is the junior Senator from Louisiana. He became Louisiana's first Republican Senator in 2004. He began his political career in 1992 when he was elected to the Louisiana State House of Representatives. He served in this position until 1999 where he was elected to succeed Robert L. Livingston, Jr when he resigned. He continued to serve in congress until the 2004 election where he won the vote for the senate seat. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=v000127

Vitter serves on several committees. These include Armed Services, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Commerce, Science and Transportation, Environment and Public Works and Small Business committees. David Vitter serves as a Deputy Whip for the Republican Party. He has supported legislation to provide financial relief to assist the local governments following Hurricane Katrina and has also participated in the passing of the Water Resources Development Act. http://www.davidvitter.com/site/c.ktJUJ7MNIuE/b.5131547/k.7B7C/About_David.htm

David Vitter sought re-election to the Senate seat for the state of Louisiana in the November 2010 elections. His opponent was United States Representative Charlie Melancon. Vitter won the election with 57% of the total votes. Melancon received 38% of the votes.http://www.batangastoday.com/louisiana-election-results-2010-david-vitter-wins-senate-race/5107/ Vitter had earlier won the GOP Primary election with 90 percent of the votes over his opponents Supreme Court Justice Chet Traylor and Nick Accardo.http://www.jacktimes.com/politics/louisiana-election-results-senator-david-vitter-wins-primary.html

David Vitter was born in New Orleans in 1961. He attended Tulane Law School and earned his law degree. In addition to law, he also attended Harvard University and graduated Magna Cum Laude with an economics degree. His wife, Wendy, was also an attorney. He has three children and still lives in Louisiana. http://www.davidvitter.com/site/c.ktJUJ7MNIuE/b.5131547/k.7B7C/About_David.htm

Vitter has voted against several initiatives including a bill for a 15 million dollar allocation for land management and had also worked to provide legislation that would permit the repayment of bailout funds by financial institutions that chose to. He has supported the reconstruction of the Louisiana coast land and has also worked to put an end to the automatic pay raises for congress. He has stated his support for protection of the second amendment right to bear arms and supports controls for illegal immigration and the use of E-Verification for employers.http://www.davidvitter.com/site/c.ktJUJ7MNIuE/b.5131553/k.C7A4/Issues.htm