NY-27 Brian Higgins (Dem.)
Election Facts
Length of Time In Office:
- 3rd Term
- First Elected 2004
2008 Congressional Election Data:
- Brian Higgins (D-WFP): 185,718
- Dan Humiston (R-Ind): 56,354
2008 Presidential Election Data:
- Obama: 156,635
- McCain: 127,249
District Demographics:
- Hispanic: 5.1%
- Asian: 0.7%
- White 87.2%
- Black 5.3%
Report Card
The Twenty-Seventh Congressional District encompasses much of the City of Buffalo and surrounding areas. The district generally votes Democratic, but it has one of the smallest percentages of immigrants of any in New York. The district is over 87% white.
Brian Higgins has voted in support of immigrant rights issues since he first came to Congress, but he has never been in the lead. This tendency is most obvious in 2010, a year of large-scale agitation around immigration issue. Higgins has not yet signed on as a co-sponsor to Representative Luis Gutierrez’s Comprehensive Immigration Reform ASAP bill, nor has he added his name to the list of sponsors of the bi-partisan DREAM Act.
While past performance indicates that he will vote with the Democratic leadership on this issue, it is clear that immigration is not a primary concern for Representative Higgins.
Voting Record
Voted NO on building a fence along the Mexican border Reference: Secure Fence Act; Bill H R 6061 ; vote number 2006-446 on Sep 14, 2006 Took the PRO-Immigrant Position.
Voted NO on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project. Reference: Department of Homeland Security appropriations; Bill HR 5441 Amendment 968 ; vote number 2006-224 on Jun 6, 2006. Took the PRO-Immigrant Position.
Contact Brian Higgins
Washington, DC Office
431Cannon HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3306
Fax: (202) 226-0347
Buffalo, NY Office
726Exchange Street Suite 601
Buffalo, NY 14210
Phone: (716) 852-3501
Fax: (716) 852-3929
Jamestown, NY Office
2East Second Street Suite 300
Jamestown, NY 14701
Phone: (716) 484-0729
Fax: (716) 484-1049
