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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 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>
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 "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=