{"id":2096941,"date":"2023-11-13T09:57:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T14:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-brian-higgins-to-leave-congress-early\/"},"modified":"2023-11-13T09:57:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T14:57:02","slug":"democrat-brian-higgins-to-leave-congress-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-brian-higgins-to-leave-congress-early\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Brian Higgins To Leave Congress Early"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-brian-higgins-to-leave-congress-early%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2096941&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abril Elfi<\/a>\u00a0<br \/>3:47 PM \u2013 Sunday, November 12, 2023<\/p>\n<p>United States Representative Brian Higgins announced he will be leaving Congress before his current term is over.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Higgins (D-N.Y.) announced he will be stepping down from congress in February of 2024 after serving for 19 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter 19 years serving the WNY community in the U.S. House of Representatives, I have made the decision to step down from Congress in February of 2024. It has been the honor of a lifetime to represent my hometown &#038; I look forward to spending more time in the community I love,\u201d Higgins stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After 19 years serving the WNY community in the US House of Representatives, I have made the decision to step down from Congress in February of 2024. It has been the honor of a lifetime to represent my hometown &#038; I look forward to spending more time in the community I love. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sMSe9wvS47\">pic.twitter.com\/sMSe9wvS47<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Higgins (@RepBrianHiggins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepBrianHiggins\/status\/1723767289844023684?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The 64 year-old, who began his 10<sup>th<\/sup> term in January, said that Congress is a much different place than what it used to be.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cCongress is not the institution that I went to 19 years ago. It\u2019s a very different place today,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re spending more time doing less. And the American people aren\u2019t being served.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Higgins also stated that he wants to come back to the city and serve and said he had been viewing a few offers but has not announced what his next steps will be.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI want to come back to the city and serve this city that I have represented in Washington for the past 19 years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The congressman has been recognized with leading efforts to revitalize Buffalo\u2019s waterfront while in Congress, beginning in 2005 when he won funds from the New York Power Authority, which sells hydropower generated by water diverted from Niagara Falls.<\/p>\n<p>Higgins\u2019 resignation will almost certainly result in a special election in New York\u2019s predominantly Democratic 26<sup>th<\/sup> Congressional District, which encompasses sections of Erie and Niagara counties, as well as the cities of Buffalo and Niagara Falls.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! 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