Three-term Congressman Charlie Melancon, D-Napoleonville, announced today that he’s running for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Republican David Vitter.
Melancon, 61, former president of the American Sugar Cane League, a lobbying group, described himself as “pro-life, pro-gun Southern Democrat.”
The announcement was made in an Internet video mailed this morning to his supporters.
The election will be held in fall 2010.
In the video, Melancon said he’s a “proud family man, the father of two great children,” noting that he and his wife, Peachy, “celebrated our 37th wedding anniversary just last week.” His family ties are likely be an emphasis for Melancon because of Vitter’s 2007 admission that his phone number had appeared on the list of a Washington, D.C., escort service years earlier and that he had committed a “very serious sin.”
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