37 Facts About Andy Biggs

Republican, Andy Biggs was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 2003 to 2011 and a member of the Arizona Senate from 2011 to 2017.

Andy Biggs was president of the Arizona Senate from 2013 to 2017.

In September 2019, Andy Biggs became chairman of the Freedom Caucus, which includes the House Republican Conference's most conservative members.

When he was young, Andy Biggs went on a mission to Japan for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and learned to speak fluent Japanese.

Andy Biggs later earned his B A in Asian studies from Brigham Young University in 1982, his J D from the University of Arizona in 1984, and his M A in political science from Arizona State University in 1999.

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Andy Biggs worked as a lawyer for a firm based in Hobbs, New Mexico, before relocating to Phoenix, where he worked as a prosecutor.

In 2016, Andy Biggs ran for Congress from the 5th District to replace retiring Representative Matt Salmon.

Andy Biggs defeated Christine Jones in the Republican primary by 27 votes, triggering an automatic recount, to become the nominee.

Andy Biggs was not required to give up his state senate seat under Arizona's resign-to-run laws, since he was in the last year of what would have been his final term in the chamber.

Andy Biggs is a member of the Congressional Western Caucus and the Republican Study Committee.

Andy Biggs said he opposed the second bill because it provided benefits to domestic partners and thereby "redefined the family".

In 2020, Andy Biggs joined Representative Paul Gosar in a video falsely claiming there was widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

In December 2020, Biggs was among 126 House Republicans to sign an amicus brief for Texas v Pennsylvania, an unsuccessful lawsuit that asked the Supreme Court to overturn election results from Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, thereby denying Joe Biden from taking office as president.

Andy Biggs denied that he was involved in planning the event and the riots as alleged by Rolling Stone and a video posted by Stop the Steal organizer Ali Alexander.

Andy Biggs subsequently voted to object to Arizona's and Pennsylvania's electoral votes that day, joining 146 House Republicans.

Andy Biggs was among 60 Republicans to oppose condemning Trump's action of withdrawing forces from Syria.

In June 2021, Andy Biggs was one of 49 House Republicans to voted to repeal the AUMF against Iraq.

In September 2021, Andy Biggs was among 75 House Republicans to vote against the National Defense Authorization Act of 2022, which contains a provision that would require women to be drafted.

Andy Biggs was among 19 House Republicans to vote against the final passage of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.

In February 2022, Biggs co-sponsored the Secure America's Borders First Act, which would prohibit the expenditure or obligation of military and security assistance to Kyiv over the U S border with Mexico.

In 2022, Andy Biggs voted against a bill to provide approximately $14 billion to the government of Ukraine.

In July 2022, Andy Biggs was one of 14 House Republicans to vote for an amendment that would have removed a proposed $37 billion spending increase in the defense budget.

In July 2022, Andy Biggs was one of 18 Republicans to vote against ratifying Sweden's and Finland's applications for NATO membership.

Andy Biggs has attended a conference hosted by the Susan B Anthony List, an anti-abortion group.

Andy Biggs has received mixed ratings from special interest groups focused on abortion.

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Andy Biggs opposes a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution, known as an Article V convention.

In 2015, Andy Biggs published a book, The Con of the Con-Con, arguing against a convention.

Andy Biggs opposes wearing masks to prevent the transmission of COVID-19, encouraging Arizonans not to wear them.

Andy Biggs has called for the White House Coronavirus Task Force to be disbanded.

In June 2021, Andy Biggs was among 14 House Republicans who voted against passing legislation to establish June 19, or Juneteenth, as a federal holiday.

Andy Biggs is a former policy advisor to United Families International, a nonprofit that opposes same-sex marriage.

Andy Biggs has gone on record as opposing net neutrality, and favored FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's plan to end it.

In 2017, Andy Biggs used his powers as transportation chair and president of the Arizona State Senate to block a bill banning driving while texting for holders of a learning permit.

Andy Biggs voted against the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 which would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, to increase the per-country numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, and for other purposes.

Andy Biggs voted against the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020 which authorizes DHS to nearly double the available H-2B visas for the remainder of FY 2020.

In 2022, Andy Biggs was one of 39 Republicans to vote for the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022, an antitrust package that would crack down on corporations for anti-competitive behavior.

Andy Biggs is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.