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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Thomas Higgins |
| Address | 3402 Dorbrandt Street #36
Anchorage, Alaska 99503, United States |
| Email | VoteHiggins@yahoo.com |
| Website | http://votethomas.com/ |
| Born |
October 22, 1964
(59 years)
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Thomas Mark Higgins
Candidate for State House
District 25-Greater Spenard
Home Address:
3402 Dorbrandt Street #36
Anchorage, AK 99503
907/575-3297 907/562-0228 fax
VoteHiggins@yahoo.com
www.VoteThomas.com
Occupation: theater technician
Self and Family:
Born: Oct. 22, 1964
Place of Birth: Miller, South Dakota
Marital status: Single-never married
Father: Vincent Higgins (Deceased)
Mother: Faith Higgins – Miller, South Dakota (retired) Siblings: 6 brothers, 10 sisters
AK Residency: 12 years
Location:
Denali National Park--May '92 to October, '92
Denali National Park--May '94 to August, '94 Girdwood--August '94 to May '96
Katmai National Park-May '96 till October '96
Girdwood--October '96 till May '97
Anchorage--May '97 till present
Schooling:
K-8: Miller Elementary Miller, SD
9th: Miller High School Miller, SD
10-12: Hutchinson High School
Hutchinson, Minnesota
Graduated 1982
Technical College:
Wyoming Technical Institute Inc. Laramie, Wyoming Automotive Technical Degree 1982
College:
University of Alaska-Anchorage
AA Degree 1999
BA Theater and Dance Department 2002
Political Campaigns as candidate:
2001 Anchorage Midtown Assembly
2002 US Senate Green Party Primary
2003 Anchorage Mayor
2004 US House of Representatives
Democrat Primary and General Election
2005 Anchorage Westside Assemble (withdrew)
2006 Anchorage Mayor
Other Political actions:
2000 Ralph Nader for President
2002 Diane Benson for Governor
2004 National Democratic Convention- Boston
Dennis Kucinich delegate
Non-Profit work and volunteering:
Anchorage Community Theatre
Alaska Theatre of Youth
Out North Theatre
Ushering in the Arts
Business and Professional Associations: International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local #918
Special Interest: Facts, knowledge, personal growth, skiing, snowboarding, fishing, peace, hiking, movie making, reading, theater,
Thomas Higgins first visited Alaska for the summer of 1992 working in the gateway community at Denali National Park; returning to work a second summer in 1994 with full intentions to make Alaska his permanent home.
In mid-summer the candidate found fulltime year-around employment at the brand new Alyeska Prince Hotel in Girdwood.
In spring of 1997 the candidate moved to Anchorage to attend UAA, where he did so until graduating in 2002 with a BA from the Theater and Dance Department.
During these years at UAA Higgins became more and more concerned with the direction of the country, the state & the city prompting him to become politically active. In 2000 Higgins became active in the Green Party of Alaska and the Ralph Nader for President campaign.
In December of 2000 Higgins was greatly distressed about the US Supreme Court’s decision that stopped the vote counting in Florida. Higgins wore this distress figuratively on this sleeve and literally on this car in the form of two 4 by 8 feet signs calling into question the constitutionality of the gw bush regime.
In the spring of 2001 Higgins made his first bid at elected office running for the Anchorage Assembly. In the fall of 2003 Higgins first heard about the presidential hopeful from Ohio Congressman, Dennis Kucinich. The more Higgins learned of Kucinich the more he believed that America needed a president like him. So in the spring of 2004 Higgins joined the Democratic Party to aid Kucinich’s presidential bid. Higgins’ leadership, honesty, vision, and gumption earned him one of five at large Kucinich delegate spots for the Democratic National Convention in Boston.
On the convention floor Higgins stood proudly with 42 other Kucinich delegates to vote NO to the “war is the answer” mentality of the Kerry/Edward ticket and YES to peace is the only option.
Higgins presently works a summer position with Northern Air Maintenance Services (NAMS), a division of Northern Air Cargo, as well as continuing his year around theater work with Out North Theater, Alaska Theater of Youth,
and most all performing arts organizations at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, through his union
IATSE Local 918.
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