Editing David Vitter (section)

===2003 gubernatorial election===
In 2002, Vitter was preparing to run for governor in 2003, with the incumbent, Republican [[Murphy J. Foster, Jr.|Mike Foster]], prevented by [[term limits]] from running again.  But in June 2002, shortly before the ''[[Louisiana Weekly]]'' reported on a claim from Vincent Bruno, a campaign worker for Treen in 1999, about Vitter's alleged relationship with a prostitute, Vitter dropped out of the governor's race,<ref>Christopher Tidmore, [http://www.louisianaweekly.com/weekly/news/articlegate.pl?20040329m "The Weekly's inside political track"], ''Louisiana Weekly'', March 29, 2004</ref> saying he and his wife were dealing with marital problems.

Bruno said on a New Orleans–based radio show that he had been told by a prostitute that she had interactions with Vitter. However, Treen and his campaign decided to not publicize this information during the election.<ref>Bridges, Tyler, [http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_fb9e14ff-5f2d-5ef8-8c80-4840606d444d.html "David Vitter murky past with prostitution focus of campaign behind campaign"], ''The Advocate'', September 25, 2015</ref>