Have you met Andy?
The Biggs quiz ... Damn, it's 2026 already ... And what is a huge toy barn?
As we were thumbing through our usual stack of morning news links, we came across a story in Notus quoting a bevy of Republican consultant types about whether U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs can actually win a general election for governor in Arizona.
It’s a fair question, and the general consensus among the Republican insider class is a pretty hard “no.”
Their concerns are severalfold: Biggs isn’t a prolific fundraiser, like Karrin Taylor Robson.1 And he’s not a magnetic personality, like Kari Lake.
But mostly, their concerns are about Biggs’ voting record.
Unlike Robson or Lake, Biggs actually has a record — he has been involved in politics for a very long time.
He was first elected to the state Legislature in 2002 and spent 14 years there before winning an open seat in Congress representing the East Valley in 2016.
And over the years, Biggs has supported some weird stuff — ideas far outside the mainstream of a November electorate, and even outside the realm of normal for his own party.
You probably heard about his recent vote against releasing the files on Jeffrey Epstein.
He was one of only two Republicans on the House Oversight Committee to vote against subpoenaing the Department of Justice for the files. He did that even though he has repeatedly called for releasing the files, including as recently as last December, and suggested that Epstein’s death wasn’t a suicide.
But that’s really just the tip of the iceberg.
We’ve been watching Biggs’ votes for a long time.
But today, we want to test how well you know Biggs’ record.
Below you’ll find a list of nine bills. Your challenge is to tell us whether Biggs supported or opposed them. (Hint: These are not trick questions.)
Those of you who answer all nine questions correctly can claim an Arizona Agenda sticker. Just shoot an email with your snail-mail address to Info@arizonaagenda.com to claim your prize.
Ok, on to today’s quiz!
Did he really?! The Andy Biggs voting record quiz.
In 2005, state legislators passed a law to make it illegal to rape your spouse.
In 2004, someone sponsored a bill to completely eliminate school boards.
In 2011, someone offered legislation to eliminate the Arizona Board of Regents.
In 2016, someone sponsored legislation to eliminate your ability to vote in the presidential primary, turning the nomination decision over to the national party instead.
In 2005, someone sponsored legislation to eliminate primaries for U.S. senators and instead turn the nominations over to the state party.
In 2011, lawmakers sponsored legislation to require presidential candidates to show their birth certificates and/or circumcision records to Arizona officials to qualify for the ballot here.
In 2025, someone sponsored a bill to abolish the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and its functions, including settings and enforcing workplace safety and health standards.
In 2025, someone sponsored legislation to pull the U.S. out of the World Health Organization.
In 2021, members of Congress attempted to throw out Arizona’s votes for president.
Learning (the wrong) election lessons
Diving right back in: Cochise County’s two new supervisors are ready to test the limits of state election laws (again), even after two supervisors were hit with felony charges for refusing to certify the 2022 midterm election results, VoteBeat’s Jen Fifield reports. Supervisor Frank Antenori says he wants to make the case for hand-counting ballots in court, while Supervisor Kathleen Gomez said she wouldn’t have certified the 2024 election if she had been in office then.
Choosing their friends: Pinal County supervisors said ‘no thanks’ to the “enhanced voting systems” for overseas voters that the Arizona Secretary of State Office is offering, PinalCentral’s Mark Cowling reports. But they do want to get involved in a lawsuit Republicans filed against Secretary of State Adrian Fontes over his election rulebook.
Gearing up for a fight: Some Republicans are already making threats over Fontes’ draft 2025 elections rulebook, which tells county election officials how to carry out Arizona’s election laws. Senate President Warren Petersen says he’ll sue if the draft isn’t heavily amended, the Arizona Mirror’s Caitlin Sievers reports. And House Speaker Steve Montenegro announced he “filed formal concerns” over it in a press release.
Less lethal?
Progress, kind of: Phoenix police haven’t killed as many people (so far) this year compared to last year, Phoenix New Times’s TJ L'Heureux reports. Officers shot and killed 14 people in 2024, and this year, they shot and killed five people, while a sixth died from a heart attack after being hit in the chest with a less-lethal weapon.
Those are important minutes: Body camera footage shows Phoenix police waited six minutes before approaching Rocky Joe Ellis after they shot him outside an IHOP for approaching them with a hatchet, the Republic’s Elena Santa Cruz reports.
Zoning out
Not this old house: Residents of historic Phoenix neighborhoods are worried about a new law that takes effect on Jan. 1 to force cities to allow “middle housing” (AKA, duplexes, townhomes, etc.) in their downtown areas because it could open the door for developers to tear down historic homes without making homes more affordable, KJZZ’s Kathy Ritchie reports.
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In other, other news
Attorney General Kris Mayes is officially running for reelection, she announced yesterday … AZGOP Chair Gina Swoboda’s support for “guardrails” on the school voucher program wasn’t enough to cost her the support of Maricopa County Republicans (Ray Stern / Republic)… A Mexican man died of unknown causes while in ICE custody at a private prison last weekend (Paul Ingram / Tucson Sentinel) … After three hours of discussion, the Flagstaff City Council postponed a vote to renew a contract for the controversial Flock license plate readers. (Sam McLaughlin / Arizona Daily Sun) … The massive embezzlement scheme at the Santa Cruz County Treasurer’s Office cost more than stolen money — the stink from the scandal led to the county losing out on a $52 million federal grant to develop border communities. (Adrian O’Farrill / Tucson Sentinel) … And a University of Arizona researcher says that Tucson City Councilwoman Nikki Lee’s idea of building data centers in space isn’t as crazy as it may sound. (Robin Tricoles / Arizona Luminaria)
Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has some new digs.
The one-time social worker turned politician who (somewhat questionably) claimed to have grown up homeless and/or at an abandoned Florida gas station with no water is doing pretty well for herself these days.
The price tag on her new 4,085-square-foot mansion in Cave Creek was a cool $2 million, per Phoenix Business Journal’s Angela Gonzales.
The 2022 build, nestled on 1.3 acres near Tatum and Dynamite boulevards, features a pool, a spa, “lush artificial turf” and a pergola (which, according to Google, is basically a gazebo). Not to mention, no HOA and one heck of a walk-in closet.
And just like the former senator, it’s a little quirky.
As Realtor Julie Prendergast explained, the east side of the property had an open area with room for a guest casita, “or huge toy barn.”
Neat!
Robson’s swelling campaign war chest has come mostly from her own family wealth. Biggs, who won a $10 million sweepstakes in the 1990s (here’s the video), has been unwilling or unable to self-fund his campaign.
How is it that elected officials always seem to get rich being in office? Riddle me that.
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