Editing David Vitter (section)

===United States House of Representatives===
Vitter won a special election to [[Louisiana's 1st congressional district special election, 1999|Louisiana's 1st congressional district in 1999]], succeeding Republican U.S. Representative [[Bob Livingston]], who resigned after disclosure that he had committed [[adultery]]. In the initial vote on May 1, 1999,<ref>Stuart Rothenberg, [http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/analysis/rothenberg/1999/04/13/ "Hot race for Livingston's Louisiana House seat"], ''CNN'', April 13, 1999</ref> former Congressman and Governor [[David C. Treen]] finished first with 36,719 votes (25 percent). Vitter was second, with 31,741 (22 percent), and [[white nationalism|white nationalist]] [[David Duke]] finished third with 28,055 votes (19 percent). Monica L. Monica, a Republican [[ophthalmologist]], had 16 percent; State Representative [[Bill Strain]], a conservative Democrat, finished fifth with 11 percent; and [[Rob Couhig]], a Republican lawyer and the owner of New Orleans's minor league baseball team, garnered 6 percent.<ref>Kevin Sack, [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/03/us/david-duke-misses-louisiana-runoff-but-has-strong-showing.html "David Duke Misses Louisiana Runoff but Has Strong Showing"], ''The New York Times'', May 3, 1999</ref> In the runoff, Vitter defeated Treen 51–49 percent.<ref name="Almanac of American Politics-2005"/>

In 2000 and 2002, Vitter was re-elected with more than 80 percent of the vote in what had become a safe Republican district.<ref name="Almanac of American Politics-2005">{{cite web|date=June 25, 2005|url=http://nationaljournal.com/pubs/almanac/2006/people/la/las2.htm|title=Almanac of American Politics|access-date=December 7, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614023100/http://nationaljournal.com/pubs/almanac/2006/people/la/las2.htm|archive-date=June 14, 2011}}</ref>

In 2001, Vitter co-authored legislation to restrict the number of physicians allowed to prescribe [[RU-486]], a drug used in medical abortions. The bill died in committee.<ref>{{cite web|date=February 7, 2001|url=http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=2709|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020301140327/http://www.kaisernetwork.org/Daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=2709|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 1, 2002|title=Kaiser Daily Women's Health Policy|publisher=[[Kaiser Permanente]]|access-date=December 10, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h107-482|title=H.R. 482 [107th]: RU-486 Patient Health and Safety Protection Act|publisher=GovTrack|access-date=December 10, 2007}}</ref>

In 2003, Vitter proposed to amend the [[U.S. Constitution]] to ban [[same-sex marriage]].<ref>[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:H.J.RES.56.IH: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. (Introduced in House), HJ 56 IH, 108th CONGRESS, H. J. RES. 56] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019003738/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:H.J.RES.56.IH: |date=October 19, 2015 }} May 21, 2003, Mrs. MUSGRAVE (for herself, Mr. HALL, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, and Mr. VITTER)</ref> In 2004, he said, "This is a real outrage. The [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] [[political left|left]] is redefining the most basic institution in human history...We need a U.S. Senator who will stand up for Louisiana values, not [[Massachusetts liberal|Massachusetts values]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vitter2004.com/News/Read.aspx?ID=20|title=Vitter Statement on Protecting the Sanctity of Marriage|publisher=Vitter2004.com|access-date=July 12, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715022708/http://www.vitter2004.com/News/Read.aspx?ID=20|archive-date=July 15, 2007}}</ref>