Federal candidate · 2023–2024 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 5, 2024 (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%) |
2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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$371,419.2836%
- PACs and other committees$191,400.0019%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$467,127.2145%
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
51 committees reported giving $186,906.00 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.
- AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA, INC PAC Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- CHENIERE ENERGY, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- PHILLIPS 66 PAC Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN REVIVAL PACPAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$8,000.00
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- USA RICE FEDERATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,500.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- LHC GROUP, INC. PACPAC$5,000.00
- HUCK PACPAC$5,000.00
- HOUSE FREEDOM FUNDConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$5,000.00
- L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- ENTERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ENPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- LAKE CHARLES PILOTS INC FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,300.00
- VALOR PACLeadership PAC$3,300.00
- FREE MARKET FUNDLeadership PAC$3,300.00
- NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
Show all 51 committees
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- PLAINS COTTON GROWERS INC. PACPAC$2,500.00
- AT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- LOUISIANA RICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, INC.Connected PAC$2,000.00
- REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- CROP INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION PAC-CIPA PACPAC$2,000.00
- ELBERT GUILLORY'S AMERICAHybrid PAC$2,000.00
- LAND OF OPPORTUNITY PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- IN THE ARENA PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- FLORIDA SUGAR CANE LEAGUE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDConnected PAC$1,000.00
- UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. PAC (UPSPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CITIZENS UNITED POLITICAL VICTORY FUND Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUNDLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BEN CLINE FOR CONGRESS, INC.Candidate committee$1,000.00
- MISSISSIPPI FARM BUREAU FEDERATION FURTHERING AGRICULTURE FOR RURAL MISSISSIPPIANS FUND PAPAC$1,000.00
- SUGAR CANE GROWERS COOPERATIVE OF FLORIDA (PAC)Connected PAC$500.00
- COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LOUISIANA AGRICULTURE (CALA)PAC$500.00
- NATIONAL PRO-LIFE ALLIANCE PACConnected PAC$500.00
- CONRAD SHIPYARD LLC PACConnected PAC$500.00
- COUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CCAGW PAC)Connected PAC$6.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Clay Captain Higgins$818.73
- Independent expenditures opposing Clay Captain Higgins$0.00
FEC totals for the 2024 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.
- HOUSE FREEDOM FUNDSupporting$813.00
The race
Louisiana U.S. House, District 3, 2024 · 2 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Captain Higgins (R) | $1,029,946.49 | $324,568.04 | 2024-12-31 |
| Sadi Summerlin (D) | $9,707.25 | $4,230.15 | 2024-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
No public polling found for this race.
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 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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