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Runoff returns gave Higgins votes 77,670 votes (56 percent) to Angelle's 60,760 (44 percent). Higgins ran strongly throughout the district, particularly Acadia, Iberia, St. Landry, and St. Mary parishes but lost Calcasieu (Lake Charles) and Cameron parishes and finished with a near tie in St. Martin Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical
Runoff returns gave Higgins votes 77,670 votes (56 percent) to Angelle's 60,760 (44 percent). Higgins ran strongly throughout the district, particularly Acadia, Iberia, St. Landry, and St. Mary parishes but lost Calcasieu (Lake Charles) and Cameron parishes and finished with a near tie in St. Martin Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical
|title=Election Returns|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|date=December 10, 2016|accessdate=December 10, 2016}}</ref>
|title=Election Returns|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|date=December 10, 2016|accessdate=December 10, 2016}}</ref>
On November 6, 2018, Higgins will face a re-election challenge from fellow Republican Josh Guillory, a [[Lafayette]] lawyer who served in [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]]. Guillory carries the endorsement of President Trump's attorney, [[Rudy Giuliani]], the former [[mayor]] of [[New York City]]. Giuliani backs Guillory because Giuliani's paramour, Jennifer LeBlanc, left the employment of Representative Higgins, reportedly on good terms, but she opposes the congressman's reelection. Giuliani and LeBlanc will host a fund-raiser for Guillory. Trump, however, remains committed to Higgins, who has been highly supportive of the president's [[MAGA]] agenda. Higgins said that he is confident he can defeat Guillory or other opponents who may yet file for the race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_b320e976-74e5-11e8-9f51-f75c8096273c.html|title=Trump endorses Higgins after Giuliana backs opponent his girlfriend works for|publisher==''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|dateJune 20, 2018|accessdate=June 22, 2018}}</ref>
Higgins lives in Port Barre in St. Landry Parish with his third wife, Becca.
Higgins lives in Port Barre in St. Landry Parish with his third wife, Becca.