Arizona’s Family: Andy Biggs’ "Bizarre History” Protecting Child Predators
8/18/26, 5:30 PM
New reporting from Arizona’s Family is spotlighting Andy Biggs’ decades-long history of protecting pedophiles, focusing on Biggs' lone "no" vote against a bill toughening penalties for child prostitution, which prompted the Arizona Republic to run a piece titled "Biggs Puts Pimps, Johns Ahead Of Child Protection."
This coverage comes as Biggs' decades-long record of siding with predators over their victims is coming to light. As Arizona Senate president, he blocked bipartisan legislation that would have protected girls as young as nine from sexual abuse and forced child marriage.
He was one of only two members who voted against releasing the Epstein files in committee, later dismissing accountability as a "gotcha game" and "PR stunt." Fellow Republican David Schweikert put it bluntly: Biggs "voted against protecting our children from really, really bad actors."
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Arizona’s Family: Hobbs allies accuse Biggs of ‘bizarre history’ on protecting child predators
Dennis Welch
August 17, 2026
Supporters of Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs are ramping up political pressure on her Republican opponent, Rep. Andy Biggs, ahead of the upcoming election.
The Democratic Governors Association (DGA) is leading the latest charge, accusing Biggs of voting to protect child predators.
On Monday, the DGA issued a press release citing a report from progressive organization “Meidas Touch,” along with a headline that read in part, “Andy Biggs Has A Bizarre History of Protecting Child Predators.”
Two of the accusations focus on specific committee votes taken 18 years apart — one during his tenure in the Arizona State House and another in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The first vote in question occurred in 2007 while Biggs was serving as a state representative.
At the time, the Arizona Legislature was considering Senate Bill 1268, a measure titled “Sex Trafficking; Child Prostitution.” The bill aimed to significantly boost criminal penalties for sex predators caught preying on children.
It had already passed the State Senate unanimously and appeared to be on track for similar bipartisan support in the House until it reached the committee panel featuring Biggs.
Biggs was the lone lawmaker in the entire legislature to object to the bill during the committee vote.
While Biggs acknowledged during the hearing that it was “an important bill” and “an important policy,” he voiced strong objections to some of the proposed amendments, questioning the legislative process.
The second vote highlighted by critics took place 18 years later in 2025.
Biggs, now serving in Congress, was sitting on a congressional subcommittee when lawmakers voted on a motion to subpoena Department of Justice records related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein, who died by suicide in federal custody in 2019, had faced federal sex trafficking charges involving victims as young as 14.
During the committee vote, Biggs was in the minority, becoming one of only two congressmen to vote against releasing the Epstein DOJ records. Unlike his detailed explanation during the state legislative vote 18 years prior, Biggs offered no immediate public explanation in committee.
Video of the committee vote shows the clerk recording him as voting “no.”
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