LegiStorm

Summary

Biographical

Family:

Education

• Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government - MPA (1996)

• State University of New York College at Buffalo - MA, history (1985)

• State University of New York College at Buffalo - BA, political science (1984)

• South Park High School (Buffalo, N.Y.) - Diploma (1978)

Office History

Election Results

• 2021 (Nov. 3, 2020 election)

  26th Congressional District of New York
  Brian Michael Higgins, 66.11%

  Democrat
  Ricky Donovan, 27.14%

  Republican
  Michael P. Raleigh, 1.37%

  Green

• 2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

  26th Congressional District of New York
  Brian Michael Higgins, 73.00%

  Democrat
  Renee Marie Zeno, 27.00%

  Republican

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  26th Congressional District of New York
  Brian Michael Higgins, 74.58%

  Democrat, Women's Equality Party, Working Families
  Shelly Schratz, 25.42%

  Republican, Conservative

• 2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

  26th Congressional District of New York
  Brian Michael Higgins, 65.10%

  Democrat
  Kathleen A Weppner, 30.42%

  Republican

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  26th Congressional District of New York
  Brian Michael Higgins, 69.71%

  Democrat
  Michael H Madigan, 23.50%

  Republican

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  27th Congressional District of New York
  Brian Michael Higgins, 57.84%

  Democrat
  Leonard A Roberto, 37.07%

  Republican

• 2009 (Nov. 4, 2008 election)

  27th Congressional District of New York
  Brian Michael Higgins, 63.27%

  Democrat
  Daniel J Humiston, 19.20%

  Republican
  Harold W Schroeder, 2.55%

  Conservative

• 2007 (Nov. 7, 2006 election)

  27th Congressional District of New York
  Brian Michael Higgins, 79.27%

  Democrat
  Michael J Mchale, 20.73%

  Republican

• 2005 (Nov. 2, 2004 election)

  27th Congressional District of New York
  Brian Michael Higgins, 47.83%

  Democrat
  Nancy A. Naples, 46.57%

  Republican

Employment History

• Buffalo (N.Y.) Common Council (1988-1994)

  Councilmember

Associated Organizations

• Brian Higgins for Congress (New York)

• New Economy PAC

Awards

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (June 2020)

• Conservative Excellence Award (American Conservative Union Foundation) (May 2017)

• Distinguished Community Health Advocate Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2017)

Official Signature

Privately Financed Travel

5 trips taken between 2005 - 2019 costing $36,511

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Congressional Staff

Caught Our Eye

• Democrats outspend GOP in Q1 office budgets

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 21, 2021
  House Democrats outspent Republicans in their official Q1 budgets, according to LegiStorm data. read more

• Late expense filings obscure just how much some House offices spend

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 16, 2021
  Some congressional member offices get dangerously close to spending their entire budgets - but you wouldn't know that from their initial expense disclosures. read more

• Former Higgins staffer catches a train back to K Street

  Posted by on Feb. 7, 2020
  Rep. Brian Higgins' (D-N.Y.) former scheduler and press assistant has traded the Capitol Subway in for a new form of transit.  read more

• Rep. Higgins staffer joins health care advocate

  Posted by Sean Myers on Feb. 5, 2016
  A staffer for Rep. Brian Higgins (D-N.Y.) has joined a health policy advocate to improve care for terminally ill patients. read more

• Members flock to Sudan and South Sudan on privately sponsored trips

  Posted by Steve Shapiro on Nov. 23, 2015
  Lawmakers and their staff took two separate group trips to not-so-glamorous Sudan and South Sudan at the beginning of the month, according to disclosures filed in the past week. read more