Ellingtons paint different picture of Vitter challenger Traylor
by Stephen Largen - The Town Talk (excerpt)

Retired state Supreme Court justice and U.S. Senate candidate Chet Traylor of Monroe claims he holds the moral high ground in his campaign to unseat incumbent U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-Metairie, in next month's Republican Party primary. But Traylor has his own ethical questions that could threaten the upstanding image his campaign has opted to present. The two alleged romantic affairs themselves present a tangled family web.

State Rep. Noble Ellington, D-Winnsboro, said that Traylor was "significantly involved" in the cause of his divorce from Peggy McDowell, who later married Chet Traylor and became Peggy McDowell Traylor. Noble Ellington said in an interview Monday that Traylor was "certainly part of the reason" for his divorce from his then-wife.

Traylor also is currently involved in a romantic relationship with Denise Lively, the estranged wife of his stepson, Ryan Ellington, the son of Noble Ellington. Lively and Ryan Ellington remain legally married,