Published: Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 31, 2014 at 9:50 p.m. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Vying for the seat are Democrats Lee Ann Dugas and M.V. Vinny Mendoza, as well as Libertarian Jeffry <\/p>\n
Sanford. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Scalise, 49, was first elected to the 1st Congressional District in May 2008 when he won a special election to <\/p>\n
fill the seat after it was vacated by Bobby Jindal. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
His opponents, who have never held public office, have not reported any campaign contributions to the Federal Election Commission this year. <\/p>\n
Scalise heads the Republican Study Committee, a caucus of more than 170 conservative members of the House, <\/p>\n
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