As Gov. Bobby Jindal single-mindedly plans for life beyond Louisiana, the state Republican Party is planning for life beyond Jindal. And nobody is poised to play a bigger role than a man whose career ...

When news broke that Louisiana Republican Sen. David Vitter had drawn Chet Traylor, a former state Supreme Court justice as a primary challenger, Democrats held hope that Traylor could badly damage ...

that Gumbo PAC, the political action committee that calls itself a "non-partisan clearinghouse of information focused on educating Louisiana voters about U.S. Senator David Vitter's disgraceful public ...

The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee meets Thursday to discuss reforms to the Army Corps of Engineers. One of Louisiana’s senators, David Vitter, now sits as the ranking minority ...

David Vitter lost the 2015 governor’s race, after being favored to win, and then didn’t run for reelection to the U.S. Senate in 2016. But he remains present in Louisiana politics. Vitter, who served ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Accustomed to bad boys in politics, New Orleans residents on Tuesday were quick to absolve the state's latest scandal-tainted politician, U.S. Sen. David Vitter. The Republican ...

Sen. David Vitter, R-La., right, accompanied by Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., left, and Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in ...

The political fallout is still taking shape for Louisiana's Sen. David Vitter, whose use of a Washington, D.C., escort service and a New Orleans brothel was made public this week. Melissa Block talks ...

David Vitter, the U.S. senator from Louisiana, survived getting caught up in the "D.C. Madam" prostitution scandal several years ago, even winning re-election to the Senate. But now, he's running for ...

It’s still early in the campaign, but — at least for now — Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-LA) is keeping his thoughts on David Vitter’s past sex scandals to himself. We asked Melancon in an interview this ...

Republican Sen. David Vitter took some time away from making sure his staff has to pay for Obamacare to support accepting the law's Medicaid expansion in Louisiana. Apparently opposing all parts of ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In 2007, it was revealed that Sen. Vitter’s telephone number was included in the ...