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Brian HigginsDEMDemocrat U.S. Representative from New York
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NYResidence (state)

Brian Michael Higgins (born October 6, 1959) is an American former politician who was the U.S. representative for New York's 26th congressional district, from 2005 until 2024. The district, numbered as the 27th district from 2005 to 2013 but as the 26th from 2013 to 2024, includes Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Following the 2022 redistricting process, the district now stretches up to Lake Ontario, taking in all or parts of seven additional towns in Niagara County. Higgins is a member of the Democratic Party, and of several congressional committees and caucuses. He was born and raised Buffalo, New York before obtaining a bachelor's and master's from Buffalo State College and an MPA from Harvard University.

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Campaign Funding

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$1,077,931
Total Raised
$903,448
Total Spent
$970,990
Cash on Hand
Financial Data Source: Center for Responsive Politics
Education5 - 5 of 3
John Fitzgerald Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
MPA Public Policy/Administration
1996
Buffalo State College
MA History
1985
Buffalo State College
BA Political Science
1984
Past Positions1 - 6 of 6
Assistant Democratic Whip
United States House of Representatives
2011
Representative
United States House of Representatives, New York
2004
Assembly Member
New York State Assembly
1999 - 2003
Member
Buffalo Common Council
1988 - 1993
Chief of Staff
Erie County Legislature
1993 - 1998
Senior Policy Advisor
Erie County Legislature
1994 - 1998
Other Experience1 - 24 of 24
Member
Saint Martin of Tours Catholic Church
Current
Historian
Irish-American Legislators Society of New York
Member
New Democrat Coalition
Member
Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition
Member
New York State Irish Legislators Association
Member
Budget Committee, United States House of Representatives
2023 - Current
Member
Ways & Means Committee, United States House of Representatives
2009 - 2010
Member
Committee Government & Oversight, United States House of Representatives
2005 - 2008
Member
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, United States House of Representatives
2005 - 2008
Former Co-Chair
Congressional Cancer Caucus
Former Co-Chair
Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition
Member
Cancer Caucus
Co-Chair
Congressional Older Cities Task Force
Former Co-Chair
Northern Border Caucus
Former Co-Chair
Congressional Great Lakes Task Force
Former Co-Chair
Historic Preservation Caucus
Former Member
Homeland Security Committee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member
Foreign Affairs Committee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member
Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, United States House of Representatives
Former Member
Border and Maritime Security Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member
Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, United States House of Representatives
Former Ranking Minority Member
Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, United States House of Representatives
Member
Northern Border Caucus
Member
Congressional Great Lakes Task Force