Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle
Clay Higgins
- Office
- U.S. representative for Louisiana’s 3rd district
- Party
- Republican
- Hometown
- Lafayette, LA
- Born
- 1961
- In Congress
- House since 2017 · 9 years in office
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- FEC filing name
- HIGGINS, CLAY CAPTAIN
- Next election
- General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Louisiana, District 3
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookInstagramFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H6LA03148 · Principal campaign committee: CAPTAIN HIGGINS FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Louisiana District 3 | $904,294.13 | Running |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Louisiana District 3 | $1,029,946.49 | Running |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Louisiana District 3 | $1,057,244.85 | Running |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · Louisiana District 3 | $767,293.29 | Won the general election (67.8%) |
Total raised$1,057,244.85
Total spent$1,101,490.38
Cash on hand$27,517.17
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.
Where the money comes from
- Individual contributions$734,085.0069%
- PACs and other committees$223,950.0021%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$95,405.179%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$3,804.680%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Armed Services
- Readiness
- Seapower and Projection Forces
- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs
- Federal Law Enforcement Chairman
- House Select Subcommittee to Investigate the Remaining Questions Surrounding January 6, 2021
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
76 committees reported giving $230,254.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- HOUSE FREEDOM FUNDLeadership PAC$15,800.00
- AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- ELBERT GUILLORY'S AMERICAHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$9,000.00
- CHENIERE ENERGY, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$7,000.00
- LAKE CHARLES PILOTS INC FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,050.00
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- USA RICE FEDERATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ACADIAN AMBULANCE SERVICE EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, INC. Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- HUCK PACPAC$5,000.00
- PHILLIPS 66 PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CITIZENS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENTConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SAVE AMERICALeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- THE GUARDIAN FUNDLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- WE THE PEOPLE LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- DEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,900.00
- ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)PAC$2,500.00
Show all 76 committees
- CHEVRON EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - CHEVRON CORPORATION Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- THE GEO GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- LHC GROUP, INC. PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- VOTE TO ELECT REPUBLICANS NOW PAC (VERN PAC)Leadership PAC$2,500.00
- FIRST CAPITAL PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- FIRST IN FREEDOM PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- VA CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP FUNDLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- WINREDHybrid PAC$2,254.00
- JONES WALKER L.L.P. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,000.00
- SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL PAC (SCI-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- ANDY HARRIS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DR. BRIAN BABIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PACPAC$2,000.00
- CHIP ROY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CITY ON A HILL PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- CLYDE FOR CONGRESS, INC.Candidate committee$2,000.00
- 406 PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- CONRAD SHIPYARD LLC PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- ENABLE MIDSTREAM SERVICES LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,500.00
- BUILDING INNOVATIVE GOOD GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS PACLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- THE NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION ACTION COMMITTEE FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION (ACRE) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SEMPRA ENERGY EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE- FEDERALPAC$1,000.00
- FLORIDA SUGAR CANE LEAGUE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDConnected PAC$1,000.00
- MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN SUGARBEET GROWERS ASSOCIATION PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- THE ESOP ASSOCIATION PACPAC$1,000.00
- HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUNDLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ENTERGY CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ENPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- OSI SYSTEMS INC PAC OSI PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- WESTERN SUGAR COOPERATIVE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- WEBER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- RUSS FULCHER FOR IDAHOCandidate committee$1,000.00
- LOUISIANA HEALTH SERVICE & INDEMNITY COMPANY DBA BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD OF LOUISIANA PACPAC$1,000.00
- DELIVER. EXCEL. BELIEVE. PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- RISING PHOENIX HOLDINGS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- MISSISSIPPI FARM BUREAU FEDERATION FURTHERING AGRICULTURE FOR RURAL MISSISSIPPIANS FUND PAPAC$1,000.00
- DAM MAN PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SOUTHERN STATES PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENERAL DYNAMICS EMPLOYEE PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- SUGAR CANE GROWERS COOPERATIVE OF FLORIDA (PAC)Connected PAC$500.00
- THE GOOD FUNDConnected PAC$500.00
- NATIONAL PRO-LIFE ALLIANCE PACConnected PAC$500.00
- LEAGUE FOR SPORTSMEN, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND DEFENSE (AKA THE LEAGUE)Hybrid PAC$250.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Clay Captain Higgins$8,227.00
- Independent expenditures opposing Clay Captain Higgins$56,795.23
- Company and union communications to members about Clay Captain Higgins$232.63
FEC totals for the 2022 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- PEOPLE WHO LOVE AMERICAOpposing$56,148.00
- GOA VICTORY FUNDSupporting$6,200.00
- HOUSE FREEDOM FUNDSupporting$1,125.00
- THE GUARDIAN FUNDSupporting$902.00
- REALLY AMERICAN PACOpposing$646.00
The race
Louisiana U.S. House, District 3, 2022 · 5 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Captain Higgins (R) | $1,057,244.85 | $27,517.17 | 2022-12-31 |
| "holden" Hoggatt (R) | $207,174.00 | $6,300.56 | 2022-12-31 |
| Tia Marie Lebrun (D) | $40,499.57 | $1,340.08 | 2022-12-31 |
| Dustin Granger (D) | $38,053.00 | $0.00 | 2022-12-31 |
| Thomas Lane Payne Jr. (R) | $17,995.85 | $2,394.79 | 2022-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
No public polling found for this race.
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.
Sources and updates
- Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: CAPTAIN HIGGINS FOR CONGRESS.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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