| | Controversy over the videos led Higgins to resign as a captain under St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Joseph Guidroz (born April 1954), a [[Democrat]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=441885|title=Bobby Guidroz, April 1954|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref> Higgins then became a deputy marshal for the city of Lafayette and conducts extensive lecturing.<ref name=cajunjohnwayne/> | | Controversy over the videos led Higgins to resign as a captain under St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Joseph Guidroz (born April 1954), a [[Democrat]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=441885|title=Bobby Guidroz, April 1954|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref> Higgins then became a deputy marshal for the city of Lafayette and conducts extensive lecturing.<ref name=cajunjohnwayne/> |
| − | Higgins is a [[Republican]] candidate for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district seat in the [[primary election]] scheduled on November 8, 2016, which coincides with the U.S. presidential election. The office which Higgins is seeking is held by Republican Charles Boustany, a retired [[physician]] from Lafayette, who is running instead for the [[United States Senate]] seat being vacated by another Republican, the retiring [[David Vitter]]. Higgins' principal opponents include Scott Angelle, one of five members of the elected Louisiana Public Service Commission, considered a [[Moderate Republican]], and [[conservative]] Brett Geymann of [[Lake Charles]], a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. | + | Higgins is a [[Republican]] candidate for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district seat in the [[primary election]] scheduled on November 8, 2016, which coincides with the U.S. presidential election. The office which Higgins is seeking is held by Republican Charles Boustany, a retired [[physician]] from Lafayette, who is running instead for the [[United States Senate]] seat being vacated by another Republican, the retiring [[David Vitter]]. Higgins' principal opponents include Scott Angelle, one of five members of the elected Louisiana Public Service Commission, considered a [[Moderate Republican]], and [[conservative]] Brett Geymann, a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Lake Charles. |