Republican · Arizona governor · 2026
Andy Biggs
Biggs and his wife, Cindy, have six children and make their home in Gilbert.
Biography
Andy Biggs and his wife, Cindy, have six children and have made their home in Gilbert for decades.1 His path also includes an unusual financial windfall: he won a $10 million mail sweepstakes in 1993, appearing in a commercial with Ed McMahon and Dick Clark.2
A Tucson native, Biggs studied Asian studies at Brigham Young University, earned a law degree at the University of Arizona and a political science master's at Arizona State.13 He practiced law before spending eight years in the Arizona House and six in the state Senate, including four as Senate president.4
Biggs was elected to Congress in 2016 and chaired the House Freedom Caucus from 2019 through 2021.1 He currently chairs a House Judiciary subcommittee overseeing crime and federal government surveillance.1 He also helped establish the bipartisan War Powers Caucus.1 In 2023, he was one of eight Republicans who voted to remove Kevin McCarthy as House speaker.56
His gubernatorial platform proposes reducing and eventually eliminating Arizona's income tax, expanding school choice and ending state incentives for data centers.78 He also supports additional nuclear energy, stronger cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and changes to state water management.7 He faces Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs, with taxes, household costs and the direction of state government defining their competing agendas.8
Record and controversies
Ethics referral for subpoena noncompliance
The House January 6 committee referred Biggs to the House Ethics Committee in 2022 for refusing to comply with its subpoena, which sought information about efforts to contest the 2020 election.9 Biggs called the subpoena illegitimate and invoked constitutional Speech or Debate immunity in his objections.9 The committee expressly limited this referral to subpoena noncompliance; it was a recommendation for House discipline, rather than a criminal conviction.9
Colorado City bill controversy
The handling of a 2013 bill concerning Colorado City's police powers has become a campaign issue, with critics including its Republican sponsor blaming Biggs for preventing a vote while he was Senate president.10 The proposal addressed a department accused of protecting an abusive religious sect; Biggs said the police union opposed the bill and that it never came to a vote.10 This concerns his handling of legislation, rather than a finding that he committed or participated in sexual abuse.10