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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 on law and order issues.<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 on law and order issues.<ref name=cajunjohnwayne/>

A former car salesman,<ref name=salon/> 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.  

A former car salesman,<ref name=salon/> Higgins is a [[Republican]] candidate for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district seat in the [[general election]] scheduled on December 10, 2016. The office which Higgins is seeking is held by Republican Charles Boustany, a retired [[physician]] from Lafayette, who ran unsuccessfully on November 8 for the [[United States Senate]] seat being vacated by another Republican, the retiring [[David Vitter]]. Higgins faces Scott Angelle, one of five members of the elected Louisiana Public Service Commission, a former Democrat now considered a [[Moderate Republican]].  

Higgins like Geymann espouses a conservative political stance in which he urges the public to:

Higgins espouses a conservative political stance in which he urges the public to:

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Higgins' campaign hit a snag in October 2016, when ''[[Salon Media Group|Salon]]'', the [[Internet]] magazine, reported that he used his former position in the St. Landry Parish sheriff's department to launch private business deals while on public employment. Prior to the disclosure, Higgins had been running second to Scott Angelle in the preliminary congressional polls.<ref name=salon>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2016/10/02/uniform-misconduct-inside-the-rise-and-possible-fall-of-the-cajun-john-wayne-gop-congressional-candidate-clay-higgins/|title=Uniform misconduct: Inside the rise and possible fall of 'The Cajun John Wayne', GOP congressional candidate Clay Higgins|author=Zack Kopplin|publisher=[[Salon Media Group|Salon.com]]|accessdate=October 4, 2016}}</ref>

Higgins' campaign hit a snag in October 2016, when ''[[Salon Media Group|Salon]]'', the [[Internet]] magazine, reported that he used his former position in the St. Landry Parish sheriff's department to launch private business deals while on public employment. Prior to the disclosure, Higgins had been running second to Scott Angelle in the preliminary congressional polls.<ref name=salon>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2016/10/02/uniform-misconduct-inside-the-rise-and-possible-fall-of-the-cajun-john-wayne-gop-congressional-candidate-clay-higgins/|title=Uniform misconduct: Inside the rise and possible fall of 'The Cajun John Wayne', GOP congressional candidate Clay Higgins|author=Zack Kopplin|publisher=[[Salon Media Group|Salon.com]]|accessdate=October 4, 2016}}</ref>

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