Louisiana's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The district covers the south central tier of the state west to the Texas border. The district is currently represented by Republican Charles Boustany of Lafayette, who defeated Jeff Landry, now the state attorney general in a runoff election which pitted the two incumbents against each other after the 2012 redistricting. Boustany is stepping down in January 2017; he is instead a candidate for the United States Senate in 2016 for the seat being vacated by fellow Republican David Vitter. Candidates seeking to succeed Boustany in the House include Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Scott Angelle of Breaux Bridge, who ran unsuccessfully for governor of Louisiana in 2015, former State Represen