Education
Higgins graduated from Lathrop High School in 1976. He attended University of Alaska Fairbanks and earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery from Creighton University.
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Pete Higgins
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Pete Higgins is the youngest child of Albert and Onita Higgins. The family moved to Alaska during his childhood, settling in Fairbanks in 1967.
Achievements
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2010 Higgins was unopposed for the Senate"s Doctorate seat August 24, 2010, Republican Primary, and won with 4,756 votes, and challenged incumbent Democratic Senator Joe Thomas in the November 2, 2010 General election, but lost. Senator Thomas held that seat until 2013. 2012 Higgins won the District 5 two-way August 28, 2012 Republican Primary with 1,423 votes (5197%) over Aaron Lojewski with 1,315 votes (4803%) and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 3,950 votes (5344%) against Democratic nominee David Watts, who had previously run for the seat in 2006.
Politics
2014 Higgins was again his party"s nominee, but he lost reelection to Democrat Adam Wool of Fairbanks.
Membership
Higgins was a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015, representing District 5.
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