Oops, that's my number (Senator Vitter)[MULTI-MERGED]

mg450 said
1. Keep in mind that as for appointments after resignation - Vitter got to Congress because he wa appointed after Livingston's scandal resignation

Actually, Vitter was NOT appointed; he won the seat in a special election which included an open primary (against a horde of candidates including such notables as Dr. Monica Monica) AND a runoff against Dave Treen.