Arizona’s Family Spotlights Andy Biggs’ History of Protecting Pedophiles Over Girls as Young as Nine Years Old

Arizona’s Family is reporting on Andy Biggs’ record of blocking bipartisan legislation that would have protected girls as young as nine years old from sexual abuse and forced child marriage when he was president of the Arizona Senate. Instead of allowing the bill to move forward, Biggs chose to protect an extreme cult that enabled predators to continue abusing women and children for years.

Even fellow Republicans say Biggs had the chance to protect women and children in Colorado City and did nothing. But now that Arizona’s Family is asking questions and Biggs is facing even more backlash, all he can say is it’s an issue that he has “already addressed.”

The coverage comes as Biggs still needs to explain his well-documented history of siding with pedophiles and ignoring victims. He was one of only two members who voted against a bipartisan effort to release the Epstein files in committee, later dismissing accountability as a "gotcha game" and "PR stunt." Fellow Republican David Schweikert also criticized Biggs, saying he "voted against protecting our children from really, really bad actors."

Copper State Victory spokesperson Nicholas Simões Machado said: 

“Given a clear choice between protecting women and children and protecting the predators who abuse them, Andy Biggs chose the predators.That's exactly why Arizonans can't trust him with their families' safety. Biggs may think he’s already addressed this issue, but Arizonans deserve for him to explain why he allowed the abuse in the cult he protected to continue.”

Arizona’s Family: Andy Biggs controversy resurfaces amid Arizona gubernatorial bid 

Dennis Welch

August 10, 2026

• Host 1: We're looking at accusations that go back more than a decade involving Arizona's Republican nominee for governor. Back then, critics accused Andy Biggs of protecting child sex predators and a corrupt polygamous sect in Colorado City.

  
  

• Host 2: Those allegations are making a comeback. The latest charges coming from Governor Katie Hobbs' campaign, which is trying to make this a central issue in the high-profile campaign. Our political editor Dennis Welch joining us live here. You have covered this a decade ago. This is nothing new now resurfacing.

  
  

• Dennis Welch: Yes, yeah. This is not something that started on the campaign trail. This started 13 years ago, back when Andy Biggs was the leader of the Arizona State Senate. Now, at the time, some of his own Republicans said he had a chance to stop the abuse of children in Colorado City, but did nothing.

  
  

• Andy Biggs: Well, I can't remember the procedure. I do remember the bill.

  
  

• Dennis Welch: That was Andy Biggs late last year. I had asked him why he killed this bill 13 years ago. HB 2648 was a bipartisan bill written specifically to decertify the Colorado City Police Department. At the time, the department was accused of doing the bidding of Warren Jeffs, the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

  
  

• Andy Biggs: I do remember that we were still trying to get all the information that we possibly could on whether somebody was corrupt.

  
  

• Dennis Welch: The bill was introduced two years after Jeffs was sentenced to life in prison plus 20 years. He was convicted of sexually assaulting underage girls and forcing them into spiritual marriages. In addition to saying he wanted more information on possible corruption, Biggs is now saying he also opposed the bill because the Arizona Police Association opposed it. When asked for comment today, the Biggs campaign sent us a statement that said, in part, "Congressman Biggs has already addressed this poorly written legislation. And the Biggs campaign also said and told us that the Hobbs campaign is doing this to distract from her own record and the fact that she is under criminal investigation for an alleged pay-to-play scheme. Guys.

  
  

• Host 2: I'm wondering how much further this is going to go. Will it be dropped, kind of like okay, it's in the news now. It's 15 seconds of fame, if you will, or will this continue?

  
  

• Dennis Welch: Well, that's why you know Hobbs raised a lot of money, so they're going to probably spend a lot of money to keep this issue out there, be it in ads or whatnot, and try to keep this going. They've got a lot more money than Andy Biggs right now, so you can expect that Hobbs will continue to try to make this part of the race. There are other votes that are interesting. He's got a long history, a long legislative record in the state legislature and in Congress, and I'm sure a lot of those interesting votes, the Hobbs campaign is going to bring up and make an issue as we get closer to November.

  
  

• Host 2: Lots of fireworks as we head toward the midterms. Thanks, Dennis. 

  
  

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