David Vitter
- Party
- Republican
- Latest Office Held:
- US Senate, LA
- Latest Office Sought:
- US Senate, LA
David Bruce Vitter (born May 3, 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Louisiana and a member of the Republican Party. Formerly a member of the United States House of Representatives, first elected in 1999, representing the suburban Louisiana's 1st congressional district, Vitter was elected to the Senate in 2004.
Source: Wikipedia
Campaign Finance
$19,272,318 ReceivedFigures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:
- contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
- only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
- contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
- corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
- organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.
For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.
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Top Industries
OpenSecrets.org and FollowTheMoney.org classify contribution data into about 100 industries.80% of the total amount raised came from an identifiable industry. -
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Top Contributors
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Recent and upcoming fundraisers
Full invitations can be viewed at Party TimeDate Event Sept. 5, 2013 - Venue:
- Alligator Hunt, Cajun Cooking and Airboat Swamp Tour at
- Hosted by:
- Fund for Louisiana's Future
June 5, 2013 - Venue:
- Dinner with David at Carmine's
May 3, 2013 - Venue:
- The Kentucky Derby at Louisville, KY
April 24, 2013 - Venue:
- Dinner with David at Carmine's
March 19, 2013 - Venue:
- Financial Services Industries Dinner with Guest Sen. Dean Heller at The Capitol Hill Club
Earmarks
$791,788,973 AllocatedFigures are based on both committee earmark disclosures and on analysis of appropriations bill text. Table shows top 10 earmarks, ordered by dollar amount in the final version of the bill. Earmarks from the president's budget proposal are not included.
For more information, see our Earmark Methodology page.
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Top Earmarks
Fiscal Year Amount Description 2008 $138,000,000 RDTE -- Peer Reviewed Breast Cancer Research Program 2009 $51,354,000 Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to the Gulf of Mexico, LA 2008 $23,750,000 Gulf Intracoastal Waterway 2010 $20,000,000 The National World War II Museum, Inc. Eisenhower Center at UNO: National World War II Museum 2008 $17,100,000 Calcasieu River and Pass 2009 $16,494,000 Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, LA 2009 $15,873,000 Mississippi River Levees, MO, AR, IL, KY, LA, MS, MO, TN 2008 $15,200,000 B-52 -- Upgrades for 76-aircraft B-52 fleet 2009 $14,600,000 Security Forces Complex 2009 $13,894,000 Calcasieu River and Pass, LA
