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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/>

==Congressional campaign==

==2016 congressional race==

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]].  

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]].  

In 2017, Sohail Ahmed Rana (born January 27, 1968) of Lafayette, in a "cursing" call from Fort Garland in Costilla County, [[Colorado]], to Higgins' Lafayette, threatened the life of the congressman. On July 5, 2018, he pleaded guilty before U. S. District Judge Dee D. Drell to one count of threats by interstate communications. Rana faces sentencing on October 9; Drell could sentence him to five years in prison, one year of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.katc.com/story/38589379/lafayette-man-admits-to-threatening-clay-higgins|publisher=KATC of [[Lafayette]], Louisiana|title=Lafayette man admits to threatening Clay Higgins|date=July 6, 2018|accessdate=July 6, 2018}}</ref>  

In 2017, Sohail Ahmed Rana (born January 27, 1968) of Lafayette, in a "cursing" call from Fort Garland in Costilla County, [[Colorado]], to Higgins' Lafayette, threatened the life of the congressman. On July 5, 2018, he pleaded guilty before U. S. District Judge Dee D. Drell to one count of threats by interstate communications. Rana faces sentencing on October 9; Drell could sentence him to five years in prison, one year of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.katc.com/story/38589379/lafayette-man-admits-to-threatening-clay-higgins|publisher=KATC of [[Lafayette]], Louisiana|title=Lafayette man admits to threatening Clay Higgins|date=July 6, 2018|accessdate=July 6, 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>

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>