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David Vitter

Party
Republican
Office Held:
US Senate, LA
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

$8,512,433 Received
Information

Figures 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.

Latest FEC Data

covers through candidate's December 31, 2010 filing. independent expenditures updated daily.
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  • Summary

    overview of how much the candidate raised and spent, and who contributed it
    Total Raised:
    $8,512,433 #28 of 64 Senate candidates
    Total Spent:
    $10,572,617 #22 of 64 Senate candidates
    Cash on Hand:
    $166,765 #49 of 64 Senate candidates

  • Contributions Over Time

    reflects only contributions over $200, as smaller contributions are not individually reported. For some candidates a significant portion of their fundraising may not be captured by this chart.

  • Independent Expenditures

    outside groups that spent money supporting or opposing the candidate
    Committee Name Support/Oppose Total Spending
    Humane Society of the US
    Support
    		 $250,554
    Right to Life
    Support
    		 $568
note: data comes from latest FEC filings and has not been cleaned or standardized. See section below for standardized data.

Donor Information

covers roughly through Q4 2012. may lag behind FEC section above, as donors and industries are identified by hand.

  • Top Industries

    OpenSecrets.org and FollowTheMoney.org classify contribution data into about 100 industries.
    79% of the total amount raised came from an identifiable industry.

  • In State vs. Out of State

    contributions from individuals, in dollars

  • Top Contributors

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    Employees
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    PAC
    Includes contributions from an organization’s employees, their family members and its political action committee.

  • Recent and upcoming fundraisers

    Full invitations can be viewed at Party Time
    Date Event
    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
    March 13, 2013
    Venue:
    Luncheon at Faegre Baker & Daniels
    Hosted by:
    CropLife PAC, FaegreBD PAC
    Feb. 27, 2013
    Venue:
    Dinner at Clark Hill PLC
    Hosted by:
    Kenneth Von Schaumburg
View all campaign finance data for David Vitter Sources: OpenSecrets.org Party Time

Earmarks

$113,128,300 Allocated
Information

Figures 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.

View all earmarks data for David Vitter Sources: OpenSecrets.org