won his fifth term to represent Acadiana in the U.S. House Tuesday night.
less than an hour after polls closed.
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Higgins did what the Lafayette Republican has done since first elected in 2016: win reelection without the need for a runoff.
He defeated Republican "Xan" John, of Lafayette, and Democrats Priscillia Gonzalez, of Lafayette, and Sadi Summerlin, of Westlake. Neither challenger raised the minimum amount of money to require reporting to the Federal Elections Commission.
The largely coastal 3rd Congressional District picked up Raceland and Chackbay in northern Lafourche Parish and all Terrebonne Parish when legislators redrew congressional maps in January.
Higgins, 63, is on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, the Homeland Security panel and the Armed Services Committee. He also is a member of the rightwing House Freedom Caucus.