LAFAYETTE — Congressman Clay Higgins will keep his seat as the U.S. Rep. for District 3 in a landslide win Tuesday night. 

The incumbent was challenged by Republican Kate Cotten, no-party candidate Tia LeBrun and Democrats John Day, Priscilla Gonzales and Caleb Walker.

Higgins' district stretches along most of South Louisiana, from Lake Charles to Houma, including St. Mary Parish.

Higgins will be beginning his sixth term. He took office in 2017 after retiring as a sheriff's captain for the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office. 

According to his website, Higgins is "widely regarded as one of the most conservative members of Congress." He serves on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Federal Law Enforcement Subcommittee, House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces and Subcommittee on Readiness.