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On November 6, 2018, Higgins will face a re-election challenge from fellow Republican Joshua Slavone "Josh" Guillory (born January 8, 1983), 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 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>

On November 6, 2018, Higgins will face a re-election challenge from fellow Republican Joshua Slavone "Josh" Guillory (born January 8, 1983), 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 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>

In addition to Joshua Guillory, Higgins faces two Democratic challengers in the November 6 nonpartisan blanket primary for his second term in Congress. Rob Anderson of DeQuincy in Calcasieu Parish, a freelance author, claims that Higgins "crossed the line" in a video about the [[Holocaust]] filmed in a gas chamber at the [[Auschwitz]] concentration camp in [[Nazi]]-occupied [[Poland]]. Former U.S. Magistrate Mildred "Mimi" Methvin (October 24, 1952), a daughter of the late [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] attorney [[DeWitt T. Methvin, Jr.]], ridicules Higgins as "less Cajun John Wayne and more Cajun Barney Fife," a reference to the former [[CBS]] [[television]] series, ''The Andy Griffith Show''. Methvin argues that Higgins casts votes for the Trump agenda that are against the interests of hard-pressed constituents in the district.<ref>{{cite web|url=

In addition to Joshua Guillory, Higgins faces two Democratic challengers in the November 6 nonpartisan blanket primary for his second term in Congress. Rob Anderson of DeQuincy in Calcasieu Parish, a freelance author, claims that Higgins "crossed the line" in a video about the [[Holocaust]] filmed in a gas chamber at the [[Auschwitz]] concentration camp in [[Nazi]]-occupied [[Poland]]. Former U.S. Magistrate Mildred Ellen "Mimi" Methvin (October 24, 1952), a daughter of the late [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] attorney [[DeWitt T. Methvin, Jr.]], ridicules Higgins as "less Cajun John Wayne and more Cajun Barney Fife," a reference to the former [[CBS]] [[television]] series, ''The Andy Griffith Show''. Methvin argues that Higgins casts votes for the Trump agenda that are against the interests of hard-pressed constituents in the district.<ref>{{cite web|url=

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/elections/article_8ad49a60-8a8b-11e8-8c46-2f2cfc5d085d.html|title=Candidates for Louisiana Secretary of State, Congress begin to qualify for fall elections|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 18, 2018|author=Mark Ballard}}</ref>

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/elections/article_8ad49a60-8a8b-11e8-8c46-2f2cfc5d085d.html|title=Candidates for Louisiana Secretary of State, Congress begin to qualify for fall elections|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 18, 2018|author=Mark Ballard}}</ref>