Chet Traylor seeks to upset Sen. David Vitter in Louisiana’s Republican Senate primary

To put up a viable fight against Vitter, Maginnis says Traylor needs to raise $700,000, something he sees as feasible considering the support Traylor has seen from voters. Traylor has said in recent interviews that he received a lot of calls to run from voters concerned about Vitter’s troubles. He said he decided to run after it was clear he could drum up enough public support to launch a serious challenge.

The Republican Senate primary is scheduled for August 28. Sixteen people signed up to run by last week’s deadline – one name not on the list was Porn Star Stormy Daniels, who expressed interest to run earlier in the year.