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|name=Glen Clay Higgins

|name=Glen Clay Higgins

|birth_date=August 1961

|birth_date=August 1961

|birth_place=

|birth_place=[[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]

|death_date=

|death_date=

|death_place=

|death_place=

|spouse=(1) Missing<br>

|spouse=(1) Eloisa Rovati (divorced)<br>

(2) Rosemary “Stormy” Rothkamm Hambrice Higgins (divorced 1999)<br>

(2) Rosemary “Stormy” Rothkamm Hambrice (divorced 1999)<br>

(3) Becca Higgins

(3) Becca Higgins

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]  

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]  

'''Glen Clay Higgins''', known as '''Clay Higgins''' and as the '''Cajun John Wayne''' (born August 1961),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=498289|title=Glen Higgins, August 1961|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref> is the [[Republican]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] for [[Louisiana]]'s 3rd congressional district, based about Lafayette and Lake Charles.  

'''Glen Clay Higgins''', known as '''Clay Higgins''' and as the '''Cajun John Wayne''' (born August 1961),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=498289|title=Glen Higgins, August 1961|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref> is the [[Republican]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] for [[Louisiana]]'s 3rd congressional district, based about Lafayette and Lake Charles.  

Higgins is a former law enforcement officer from St. Landry Parish (Opelousas) who gained national attention for his aggressive Crime Stoppers [[video]]s. He has been called "the most bad-ass cop in America".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lockerdome.com/totalfratmove/7573506087078676|title=Meet Lt. Clay Higgins, The Most Badass Cop In America|publisher=lockerdome.com|accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref>

Higgins, born in [[New Orleans]], is a former law enforcement officer from St. Landry Parish (Opelousas) who gained national attention for his aggressive Crime Stoppers [[video]]s. He has been called "the most bad-ass cop in America".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lockerdome.com/totalfratmove/7573506087078676|title=Meet Lt. Clay Higgins, The Most Badass Cop In America|publisher=lockerdome.com|accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref>

==Background==

==Background==

==Congressional campaign==

==Congressional campaign==

A former car salesman,<ref name=salon/> Higgins defeated another Republican, Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Scott A. Angelle, in a runoff election for the 3rd district U.S. House seat on December 10, 2016. The incumbent representative, Republican Charles Boustany, a retired [[physician]] from Lafayette, gave up the seat in an unsuccessful bid for the [[United States Senate]] in the November 8 primary election. Victory in the Senate race went to state Treasurer John Neely Kennedy, who won the right to succeed the retiring incumbent senator, Republican [[David Vitter]].  

A former car salesman,<ref name=salon/> Higgins defeated another Republican, former Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Scott A. Angelle, in a runoff election for the 3rd district U.S. House seat on December 10, 2016. The incumbent representative, Republican Charles Boustany, a retired [[physician]] from Lafayette, gave up the seat in an unsuccessful bid for the [[United States Senate]] in the November 8 primary election. Victory in the Senate race went to state Treasurer John Neely Kennedy, who won the right to succeed the retiring incumbent senator, Republican [[David Vitter]].  

Higgins 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: