Politician
Clay Higgins
Republican · Louisiana · ran 4 times since 2020, won 4 · incumbent
FEC candidate H6LA03148
Clay Higgins (Republican) raised $904K for the 2026 Louisiana 3rd District race, $170K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $0 for and $0 against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). They won.
Raised, all cycles
$3.8M
2026, 2024, 2022, 2020; counted once per cycle
From PAC checks
22%
$811K from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians
Outside money for
$7K
Super PACs and party groups helping
Outside money against
$56K
Spent attacking them
Every run
Each election and its result. Campaign receipts cover the whole cycle and can appear in both regular and special contests; they count once in the totals above.
| Cycle | Race | Raised | PAC share | Outside for / against | Google ads | All money | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Louisiana 3rd District | $904K | 19% | $0 / $0 | – | $904K | ✓ Won |
| 2024 | Louisiana 3rd District | $1.0M | 19% | $0 / $0 | – | $1.0M | ✓ Won |
| 2022 | Louisiana 3rd District | $1.1M | 21% | $7K / $56K | – | $1.1M | ✓ Won |
| 2020 | Louisiana 3rd District | $767K | 29% | $0 / $0 | – | $767K | ✓ Won |
Who wrote the checks
The PACs that gave the most across every run, and what kind of money it is.
Corporate $272KTrade group $163KLeadership PAC $138KMembership $95KOther $65KSuper PAC $26KUnion $4K
- American Sugar Cane League of USA, Inc PACMembership$30K
- The Eye of the Tiger Political Action CommitteeLeadership PAC$30K
- Cheniere Energy, Inc. PACCorporate$27K
- National Association of Realtors Political Action CommitteeMembershipLobbyist PAC$27K
- Freedom Caucus FundSuper PAC$21K
- American Crystal Sugar Company Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$18K
- Elbert Guillory's AmericaSuper PAC$16K
- American Bankers Association PAC (Bankpac)Trade groupLobbyist PAC$10K
- Majority Committee PAC--Mc PACLeadership PAC$10K
- Phillips 66 PACCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
- American Revival PACOther$10K
- American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action CommitteeMembershipLobbyist PAC$10K
Outside money, for and against
Super PACs and party groups that spent the most on these races.
- People Who Love Americaagainst $56K
- Goa Victory Fundfor $6K
- The Guardian Fundfor $902
Funding and votes
How their votes align with industry funding
Across 20 industry-vote comparisons with at least $10K in traced funding, they voted the industry's way 16 times (80%). This is a retrospective comparison using covered 2020–2026 runs; some money arrived after the vote. A vote can appear for multiple industries. Unknown coverage is excluded. “With industry” means its stated preferred side, and does not establish causation.
| Vote | Industry | Their money from it | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| NDAA FY2027House · 2026 · 216–212 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $14K | Yea · with industry |
| Stop Insider Trading ActHouse · 2026 · 232–198 | Reported household trades wanted nay | Unknown coverage | Yea · against |
| Faster Labor Contracts ActHouse · 2026 · 230–193 | Labor unions wanted yea | $5K | Nay · against |
| Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection ActHouse · 2026 · 216–201 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $13K | Yea · with industry |
| Year-round E15House · 2026 · 218–203 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yeaOil, gas and coal wanted nay | $81K$35K | Nay · againstNay · with industry |
| Farm, Food, and National Security ActHouse · 2026 · 224–200 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yea | $81K | Yea · with industry |
| Affordable HOMES ActHouse · 2026 · 263–147 | Real estate and construction wanted yea | $43K | Present / not voting |
| Protect America's Workforce ActHouse · 2025 · 231–195 | Labor unions wanted yea | $5K | Nay · against |
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 · 217–209 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $35K | Yea · with industry |
| NDAA FY2026House · 2025 · 231–196 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $14K | Yea · with industry |
| GENIUS Act (stablecoins)House · 2025 · 308–122 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Yea · with industry |
| CLARITY Act (crypto market structure)House · 2025 · 294–134 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Yea · with industry |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 · 218–214 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yeaWall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $35K$5K | Yea · with industryYea · with industry |
| OCC bank merger rule repealHouse · 2025 · 220–207 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $5K | Yea · with industry |
| California clean cars waiver repealHouse · 2025 · 246–164 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $35K | Yea · with industry |
| CFPB overdraft rule repealHouse · 2025 · 217–211 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $5K | Yea · with industry |
| IRS DeFi broker rule repealHouse · 2025 · 292–132 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Yea · with industry |
| Methane waste emissions charge repealHouse · 2025 · 220–206 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $35K | Yea · with industry |
| FIT21 (crypto market structure)House · 2024 · 279–136 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Yea · with industry |
| Israel Security Assistance Support ActHouse · 2024 · 224–187 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $10K | Yea · with industry |
| SAB 121 repealHouse · 2024 · 228–182 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Yea · with industry |
| Antisemitism Awareness ActHouse · 2024 · 320–91 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $10K | Nay · against |
| Israel security supplemental (Apr 2024)House · 2024 · 366–58 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $10K | Yea · with industry |
| Ukraine security supplementalHouse · 2024 · 311–112 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $14K | Nay · against |
| Protecting Health Care for All Patients ActHouse · 2024 · 211–208 | Pharma and health care wanted yea | $2K | Yea · with industry |
| Joint-employer rule repealHouse · 2024 · 206–177 | Labor unions wanted nay | $5K | Yea · against |
| NDAA FY2024House · 2023 · 310–118 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $14K | Nay · against |
| Israel aid (Nov 2023)House · 2023 · 226–196 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $10K | Yea · with industry |
| Pistol brace rule repealHouse · 2023 · 219–210 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $11K | Yea · with industry |
| Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 · 225–204 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $25K | Yea · with industry |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 · 221–205 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $25K | Yea · with industry |
| Merger Filing Fee Modernization ActHouse · 2022 · 242–184 | Tech and AI wanted nay | $2K | Nay · with industry |
| Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 · 220–207 | Oil, gas and coal wanted nayPharma and health care wanted nayWall Street and hedge funds wanted nay | $12K$1K$1K | Nay · with industryNay · with industryNay · with industry |
| Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 · 217–213 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $2K | Nay · with industry |
| Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 · 234–193 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $2K | Nay · with industry |
| Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193 | Pharma and health care wanted nay | $1K | Nay · with industry |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $2K | Nay · with industry |
| PRO Act (union organizing)House · 2021 · 225–206 | Labor unions wanted yea | $5K | Nay · against |
Constituents vs. funders
Voted the way most of their constituents wanted on 4 of 8 key votes (50%)
On 1 vote, industries that gave them $10K+ before the vote wanted the opposite of what most of their constituents wanted. They sided with the funders 1 time and with their constituents 0. Constituent views come from the Cooperative Election Study, a survey of about 60,000 adults a year. A side counts as what constituents wanted only when it leads by more than the margin of error; closer results are shown as split. Party explains most votes, and none of this shows that money changed a vote.
| Vote | Their constituents | Their funders | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 | 31% support ±16LA-03 · wanted Yea · CES 2024 · related question | $35K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | YeaWith voters |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 | 76% support ±15LA-03 · wanted Yea · CES 2024 · related question | $35K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | YeaWith voters |
| Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 | 67% support ±17LA-03 · wanted Yea · CES 2024 · related question | $25K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | YeaWith voters |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 | 67% support ±17LA-03 · wanted Yea · CES 2024 · related question | $25K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | YeaWith voters |
| Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 | 65% support ±13LA-03 · wanted Yea · CES 2022 | $12K Oil, gas and coal wanted nay | NayFunders over voters |
| Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 | 55% support ±13LA-03 · split · CES 2022 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | NayVoters split |
| Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 | 86% support ±4Louisiana (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | NayAgainst voters |
| Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 | 83% support ±10LA-03 · wanted Yea · CES 2022 · related question | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | NayAgainst voters |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 | 89% support ±4Louisiana (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | NayAgainst voters |
The revolving door
2 former aides now lobbying
Lobbyists who list a job in Clay Higgins's office among the government positions they held, and who they now work for. A listed former position does not establish contact with that office.
Kathee FacchianoFormer congressional staff
Chief of Staff, Congressman Clay Higgins; Leg Dir&Gen Counsel, Senator Rand Paul; LegDir, Senator John Boozman;LegAsst/LegDir, Congressman John Booman; LA, C…
Now lobbies for National Education Association, Coalition Of Epscor States, Convenience Distribution Association · via Van Scoyoc Associates, Capitol Decisions, INC.
Hannah BahamFormer congressional staff
Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Andy Biggs; Intern, Rep. Clay Higgins.
Now lobbies for Stonington Global Obo Beth Medrash Govoha · via 1607 Strategies, LLC
Figures are the candidate's principal committees as filed with the FEC, cycle by cycle. See About the data.
Questions people ask
- Who funded Clay Higgins's 2026 campaign?
- Clay Higgins (Republican) raised $904K for the 2026 Louisiana 3rd District race, $170K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $0 for and $0 against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). They won.
- Which PACs gave the most to Clay Higgins?
- American Bankers Association PAC (Bankpac) ($10K), Cheniere Energy, Inc. PAC ($10K), American Sugar Cane League of USA, Inc PAC ($10K), Freedom Caucus Fund ($5K), Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. Political Action Committee (Abc PAC) ($5K) in 2026.
- How much has Clay Higgins raised across elections?
- $904K in 2026, $1.0M in 2024, $1.1M in 2022, $767K in 2020. Receipts are counted once per candidate and cycle.