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Vitter building a $5M war chest for Senate race (Peter Savodnik, 12/17/03, The Hill)

Rep. David Vitter (R-La.) is assembling an extensive Washington-based fundraising operation to reel in more than $5 million for his still-unofficial Senate bid. [...]

Vitter’s campaign team includes former Speaker-designate Bob Livingston, who is heading up Vitter’s fundraising effort and who held the same congressional seat, in the New Orleans suburbs, now occupied by Vitter.