Published: Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 31, 2014 at 9:50 p.m.

Two Democrats and a Libertarian are running grass-roots campaigns aimed at unseating incumbent U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise in the 1st Congressional District in Tuesday's election.

Vying for the seat are Democrats Lee Ann Dugas and M.V. Vinny Mendoza, as well as Libertarian Jeffry

Sanford.

The district includes southern Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes, the parishes of Plaquemines, St. Bernard and St. Tammany, and portions of Jefferson, Orleans and Tangipahoa parishes.

Scalise, 49, was first elected to the 1st Congressional District in May 2008 when he won a special election to

fill the seat after it was vacated by Bobby Jindal.

Since his election this year as majority whip, the third most powerful member in the Republican-led House, Scalise has raised his national profile and added significantly to his campaign bank account.

His opponents, who have never held public office, have not reported any campaign contributions to the Federal Election Commission this year.

Scalise heads the Republican Study Committee, a caucus of more than 170 conservative members of the House,

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Congressman draws three challengers