UPDATED 10:10 p.m.: AP calls governor's race for Edwards, lt. governor for Nungesser, AG for Landry

The Associated Press has called Saturday’s general election for Democrat John Bell Edwards in the governor’s race, Billy Nungesser in the lieutenant governor’s race and Jeff Landry for attorney general.

Edwards would become the first Democrat elected to statewide office since 2008. He overcame what many thought was an insurmountable edge for opponent David Vitter, a sitting U.S. senator.

With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Edwards had 641,776 votes, or 56 percent, to Republican Vitter’s 505,192, or 44 percent.

The two men in Saturday’s runoff conducted the wildest campaign since the Duke-Edwards runoff in 1991. Vitter’s opponents, Republican and Democrat, brought up his confession to a serious transgression, believed to involve the D.C. Madam prostitution operation, again and again. A private investigator linked to a company hired by Vitter to do opposition research was also arrested and accused of trying to videotape a conversation involving the sheriff of Jefferson Parish, an opponent of Vitter.

Vitter accused Edwards of being a liberal supporter of President Barack Obama.

Also in early Saturday:

Republican Nungesser had 627,495 votes, or 56 percent, to 502,266, or 44 percent, to Democrat Kip Holden for lieutenant governor.

In the attorney general race, former Congressman Landry had 608,152 votes, or 56 percent, to 471,066, or 44 percent, for James “Buddy” Caldwell, the Republican incumbent.