Rep. Steve Scalise, who became House Republican whip this past summer after serving in Congress for only six years, has won re-election over three largely unknown opponents in Louisiana's 1st Congressional District.
Scalise faced Democrats Lee Dugas and Vinny Mendoza and Libertarian Jeffry Sanford in Tuesday's election.
Scalise first won the seat in 2008 when the previous incumbent, Bobby Jindal, became governor.
The largely conservative district encompasses a small part of New Orleans and swaths of suburban, rural and coastal land areas north and south of Lake Pontchartrain.