BATON ROUGE - Republican State Sen. Blake Miguez is one step closer to Washington, D.C., after Tuesday night's election, heading to the Dec. 12 runoff for the District 6 House seat against Democrat Chauna Banks, a former EBR Metro Councilmember.

According to the unofficial results from the Louisiana Secretary of State, Miguez took the second highest number of votes after Banks.

Ten different candidates qualified for the 6th Congressional District race, six Republicans, three Democrats and one Libertarian.

Banks led with 50,878 votes, Miguez followed behind with 50,213 votes. State Sen. Rick Edmonds had the third highest number of votes with 49,241 ballots cast in his favor.

On Tuesday night, Miguez addressed his supporters after the races had been called.

"We've been on a crazy journey together. I love how this district turned out, it is the heart and soul of Louisiana," he said on Tuesday.

Miguez sat down with WBRZ for a Zoom interview on Wednesday. He shared that while the runoff in December will take even more effort, it is something he has focused on for weeks.

"We're not sleeping, we're not letting our foot off the gas, we're going to work extremely hard. We've worked hard to get here and I'm going to do everything I can," Miguez said.

According to the Federal Election Commission, as a candidate, Miguez raised close to $8,000,000 in his campaign for the District 6 seat.

While he does have the endorsement of the Louisiana Republican Party and President Donald Trump, Miguez said the real endorsement will come from voters.

"Look, those national politics aside, this is a runoff, this is Louisiana politics, we have to decide who we want to send to D.C. on our own," Miguez said.

After a "Blue Wave" in this election, Democrats now hold the majority in the U.S. House. Miguez did not rule out working across the political aisle to get legislation passed should voters elect him to Congress.

"Some of the socialist Democrats that we have seen across the nation do not love our country. My democratic opponent will be beholden to the radical left that has taken control of Congress which will open our borders, which won't value our Second Amendment rights which will try to bring New York City politics and policies to Louisiana," Miguez said.

Miguez currently serves as a state senator in District 22, representing Iberia, Lafayette, St. Martin parishes. During his campaign, Miguez's eligibility to run for the District 6 House seat was called into question. His domicile is in New Iberia, according to an opinion from Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office. However, Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution merely requires those elected to the U.S. House of Representatives to live within the state they are elected to represent.

The runoff is set for Dec. 12.