Clay Higgins
| Clay Higgins | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 3rd district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Boustany |
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August 24, 1961 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
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| Children | 4 (one deceased) |
| Residence | Port Barre, Louisiana |
| Alma mater | Covington High School |
| Website | House website |
Glen Clay Higgins (born August 24, 1961) is an American law enforcement officer and politician from the state of Louisiana. The former Reserve Deputy Marshal of Lafayette, he is the U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. He won the runoff election held on December 10, 2016, in which he defeated fellow Republican Scott Angelle, the chairman of the five-member regulatory Louisiana Public Service Commission.
Higgins served as a Reservist in the Military Police Corps of the United States Army and United States National Guard for six years. He then worked as a manager of a car dealership in Opelousas, Louisiana. He left the job in 2004 to become a reserve officer for the Opelousas Police Department. After serving in the department for four years, he spent three years working for the Port Barre Police Department. He joined the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office in 2011. When the office's public information officer was reassigned in October 2014, Higgins succeeded her in the role and was promoted to captain.
As public information officer, Higgins made videos for Crime Stoppers. He began by using standard scripts in his first weeks, but then began to highlight various criminals by name. His videos went viral, and he was referred to as the "Cajun John Wayne". One of his videos was featured on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in 2015. He resigned from the St. Landry Parish Sherriff's Office in February 2016 because of the public outcry against one of his videos. In March 2016, he was sworn in as a Reserve Deputy Marshal in Lafayette, Louisiana.
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