This whole Vitter thing reminds me of the John Edwards thing. Of course, in the other case, there was a wife dying of cancer, too. I guess he made the runoff in this election because he won reelection in 2010 and people probably thought he had put the “crazy” issues behind him. Apparently, he had not. Apparently, he just happened to run for reelection in a very good year - 2010.
More than half the precincts reporting, down by 11 percentage points. Without knowing where the votes are coming from, it is hard to tell, but it doesn’t look good.