Biography:

Thomas Higgins grew up in Miller, S.D. He moved to Minnesota as a teenager and finished high school at Hutchinson High School in Hutchison.

After graduation, he attended Wyoming Technical Institute in Laramie, Wyo., and earned an automotive technician degree.He visited Alaska in 1992 and moved there in 1994. He graduated from the University of Alaska Anchorage in 2002 with a degree in theater.

Since moving to Alaska, he has worked in tourism jobs at Denali Park and Girdwood, delivered papers and worked in management for Anchorage Publishing. He currently works as a theater technician subject to callouts by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. He is single.

Past Campaigns:

Thomas Higgins is running for public office for the fourth time. He lost his first three attempts.

In 2001, he was defeated in a bid for Anchorage Assembly.

In 2002, he ran as a Green Party candidate in the primary for U.S Senate and lost to Jim Sykes. They were friendly and underfinanced opponents. To save money, they drove from Anchorage to Kenai for a candidates' forum. If Higgins had won, he would have faced incumbent Ted Stevens, Alaska's most powerful elected official, in the general election.

Higgins ran for Anchorage mayor in 2003 and finished sixth out of 11 candidates with .23 percent of the vote.

Higgins switched switched his party affiliation to Democrat so that he could support the presidential aspirations of Dennis Kucinich. He attended the 2004 Democratic National Convention as a delegate.

Higgins tasted political success for the first time on Aug. 24, 2004 in the House primary, defeating two other fringe Democrats. He received 12,786 votes and will face incumbent Don Young, who was unopposed in the Republican primary and received 61,745 votes.

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