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Andy Biggs

Republican · AZ · U.S. Representative, Arizona's 5th Congressional District

Andy Biggs is a Republican candidate in the August 4, 2026 Arizona primary for Governor.

Where Andy Biggs stands, based on their records

Supports

Anti-Corruption (2 records), Government Efficiency (4 records), Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record),

Opposes

Environment and Public Health (2 records), Gun Control (1 record), Women's Reproductive Rights (2 records)

Mixed record

Healthcare Affordability (2 support · 2 oppose), Civil Rights (2 support · 1 oppose), Public Infrastructure (3 support · 1 oppose)

Track record

Track record — Healthcare Affordability

Healthcare Affordability · 2 support · 2 oppose
  • Introduced a bill with Rep. Diana Harshbarger letting patients with life-threatening or severely disabling illness try treatments designed for them alone when no approved option remains (Right to Try for Individualized Treatments Act).

    June 9, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: biggs.house.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Biggs introduced the Freedom for Families Act to let workers use health-savings-account funds during up to 12 weeks of family leave.

    April 9, 2019Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: biggs.house.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Biggs joined 35 other Arizona legislators in suing to block HB 2010's Medicaid expansion over its simple-majority enactment; the Arizona Supreme Court held the group had standing and remanded the case.

    December 31, 2014Opposes Healthcare Affordability

    Source: law.justia.com · researched July 25, 2026

  • Biggs voted against HB 2010, Arizona's Medicaid-expansion and hospital-assessment legislation; the Senate passed it 18-11.

    June 13, 2013Opposes Healthcare Affordability

    Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 2 oppose
  • Biggs reintroduced six bills to end federal COVID-19 emergency declarations, vaccine mandates, and related federal restrictions.

    January 23, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health

    Source: biggs.house.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Biggs introduced the WHO Withdrawal Act to end United States membership in and funding for the World Health Organization.

    June 3, 2022Opposes Environment and Public Health

    Source: biggs.house.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Track record — Anti-Corruption

Anti-Corruption · 2 support
  • The U.S. House unanimously passed Biggs's TRUE Accountability Act requiring agencies to use Government Accountability Office fraud-prevention frameworks in emergency plans.

    June 8, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: biggs.house.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Biggs voted for the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which passed the U.S. House.

    November 18, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: biggs.house.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Track record — Government Efficiency

Government Efficiency · 4 support
  • The U.S. House unanimously passed Biggs's TRUE Accountability Act requiring agencies to use Government Accountability Office fraud-prevention frameworks in emergency plans.

    June 8, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: biggs.house.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • The U.S. House passed Biggs's Monitor Accountability Act, imposing term, fee, disclosure, public-comment, and reassignment rules on federal court monitors.

    May 14, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: biggs.house.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Introduced the One Bill, One Subject Transparency Act, proposing to limit each bill in Congress to a single subject named clearly in its title, and to keep unrelated policy changes out of spending bills (House Resolution 6635).

    May 4, 2020Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: biggs.house.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Biggs sponsored SB 1148 to provide a lower-cost administrative-hearing route for homeowners' association disputes; a House committee recommended passage 8-0.

    March 1, 2011Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: azleg.gov · researched July 25, 2026

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
  • Biggs filed articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over border and immigration enforcement.

    August 10, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: biggs.house.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Track record — Social Programs and Welfare

Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
  • Biggs introduced the Freedom for Families Act to let workers use health-savings-account funds during up to 12 weeks of family leave.

    April 9, 2019Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: biggs.house.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Track record — Gun Control

Gun Control · 1 oppose
  • Biggs voted against H.R. 7910, a package of federal firearm restrictions passed by the U.S. House.

    June 8, 2022Opposes Gun Control

    Source: biggs.house.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights

Women's Reproductive Rights · 2 oppose
  • Biggs joined an Arizona Supreme Court amicus filing opposing placement of the Arizona Abortion Access Act on the 2024 ballot.

    August 16, 2024Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • As an Arizona senator, Biggs sponsored SB 1095 legislation requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the procedure location.

    March 24, 2011Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction

Personal Income Tax Reduction · 2 support
  • Biggs voted for final House passage of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, including tax provisions, border funding, and Medicaid and SNAP changes.

    July 3, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

    Source: biggs.house.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Biggs voted for the conference report on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which passed the U.S. House 227-203.

    December 19, 2017Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Track record — Data Privacy

Data Privacy · 4 support
  • Biggs introduced the Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act to require warrants for U.S.-person Section 702 queries and restrict government purchases of personal data.

    March 6, 2026Supports Data Privacy

    Source: biggs.house.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Biggs reintroduced the Fourth Amendment Restoration Act to repeal FISA, prohibit warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens, and create penalties for violations.

    January 17, 2025Supports Data Privacy

    Source: biggs.house.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Biggs offered an amendment to require warrants for searches of Americans' communications under FISA Section 702; it failed on a 212-212 tie.

    April 12, 2024Supports Data Privacy

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Biggs voted against the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act and cited its contact-tracing and surveillance funding as a privacy concern.

    April 23, 2020Supports Data Privacy

    Source: biggs.house.gov · researched July 25, 2026

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 2 support · 1 oppose
  • Biggs introduced a House resolution criticizing state and local COVID-19 closure and stay-at-home orders as infringements of constitutional rights.

    May 8, 2020Supports Civil Rights

    Source: biggs.house.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Biggs voted for SB 1062 to expand statutory religious-exercise protections; the Arizona Senate passed it 17-13 before the governor vetoed it.

    February 19, 2014Opposes Civil Rights

    Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • As an Arizona representative, Andy Biggs advocated HB 2440 to deter strategic lawsuits aimed at chilling public participation and free speech.

    February 16, 2006Supports Civil Rights

    Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Track record — Public Infrastructure

Public Infrastructure · 3 support · 1 oppose
  • Biggs co-led a bipartisan congressional letter urging emergency federal funding for Colorado River Basin water infrastructure.

    July 24, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: biggs.house.gov · researched July 25, 2026

  • Biggs voted against the Senate-amended Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which passed the U.S. House 228-206.

    November 5, 2021Opposes Public Infrastructure

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Biggs sponsored HB 2396, enacted as Chapter 141, authorizing Arizona transportation public-private partnership agreements.

    July 13, 2009Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Biggs sponsored HB 2205, which reached the governor after allowing municipal utility workers to park emergency-deployment vehicles needed for gas, electric, or water-infrastructure repair in planned communities.

    April 18, 2006Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: azleg.gov · researched July 25, 2026

Track record — General

General · 6 records
  • Received former Arizona governor Jan Brewer's endorsement for governor after she reversed her prior opposition to his candidacy.

    July 23, 2026

    Source: tucson.com · researched August 18, 2026

  • The Associated Press reported that President Donald Trump and Turning Point USA backed Biggs in the 2026 Arizona governor race.

    February 25, 2026

    Source: apnews.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • Biggs voted against H.Res. 21, which urged Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment after the January 6 attack.

    January 12, 2021

    Source: biggs.house.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Biggs began serving as chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, a role his official biography says he held from 2019 through 2021.

    January 1, 2019

    Source: biggs.house.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Began serving as president of the Arizona Senate after being elected to the post; he remained president through the 2016 legislative session.

    January 14, 2013

    Source: apps.azlibrary.gov · researched August 18, 2026

  • Biggs sponsored HB 2119 with Representative Rick Murphy to remove open-enrollment restrictions affecting pupils transferring from districts under desegregation orders or federal civil-rights agreements.

    February 1, 2007

    Source: azleg.gov · researched July 25, 2026

Track record — Candidate Ethics

Candidate Ethics · 1 record
  • The House January 6 Select Committee subpoenaed Biggs for information about efforts to overturn the 2020 election; its final report states that he did not comply.

    May 12, 2022

    Source: govinfo.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Track record — Other records

Other records · 7 records
  • The House Judiciary Committee advanced Biggs's H.J.Res. 1, a proposed constitutional amendment fixing the Supreme Court at nine justices.

    June 5, 2026

    Source: biggs.house.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Biggs led Arizona Republican members of Congress in formal comments opposing a Colorado River operations plan that placed water reductions exclusively on the Lower Basin.

    March 3, 2026

    Source: biggs.house.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Biggs voted to declare the office of Speaker Kevin McCarthy vacant; the resolution passed 216-210.

    October 3, 2023

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Biggs objected to counting presidential electors from Arizona and five other states during Congress's certification of the 2020 election.

    January 6, 2021

    Source: biggs.house.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Biggs voted against the American Health Care Act, which passed the U.S. House 217-213.

    May 4, 2017

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Biggs offered an adopted floor amendment to SB 1530 transferring the Mining, Mineral and Natural Resources Educational Museum to the Arizona Geological Survey and changing related governance.

    May 2, 2016

    Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Sponsored Senate Bill 1210, giving the backers of a voter-approved initiative, or the lawmaker who led a referred measure, an automatic right to join court cases over that law and defend it. The House Judiciary Committee recommended passage 8-0 (SB 1210).

    February 23, 2012

    Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026

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Profile last researched July 6, 2026.