Republicans and Democrats Agree: Andy Biggs Is Too Extreme for Arizona

New reporting by the Arizona Republic has confirmed what Arizonans already know: Andy Biggs is too extreme for Arizona. 

His own party is sounding the alarm too. Fellow Republican candidate Scott Neely warned that Arizona Republicans "don't need another Kari Lake loss," while Congressman David Schweikert argued that "every data point" shows Biggs cannot win a general election due to his extreme record. 

Biggs’ extreme record has earned him a reputation as one of Washington’s most partisan members of Congress who is a part of a "minuscule minority" of hardliners. Recently, he has: 

• Voted against a bipartisan bill to lower housing costs for Arizonans
  

• Voted against protecting seniors from scammers and bad actors
  

• Tanked a bipartisan deal in the Arizona Legislature to protect police officers, fire fighters, and teachers, instead choosing to shield waste, fraud, and abuse in the ESA program
  

Read more about the record that's led Andy Biggs' own party to raise the alarm on how extreme he is: 

Arizona Republic: Andy Biggs claims bipartisanship record with these Dems. They disagree 

Stacey Barchenger

July 7, 2026

• Republican Andy Biggs said during a gubernatorial debate that he can win over independent voters because of his record of bipartisanship, citing a handful of congressional Democrats he's worked with over the years.

  
  

• Some of those Democrats say Biggs' record tells a different story.

  
  

• In interviews or comments to The Arizona Republic, two of those mentioned by Biggs onstage reminded Arizonans that Biggs is one of the most conservative members of Congress.

  
  

• "Hyper-partisan members suddenly touting bipartisanship during election season really doesn't pass the smell test," Natalia Cárdenas, a spokesperson for U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, said in statement.

  
  

• Biggs, Kelly and the rest of Arizona's congressional delegation urged the federal government to release water from Utah's Flaming Gorge reservoir to help Lake Powell earlier this year. Biggs touted that at the debate, and also said he worked with Democratic Rep. Greg Stanton to request the Bureau of Reclamation release $350 million for drought mitigation.

  
  

• "I don't think there'd be very many people in Congress that would describe Andy Biggs as a bipartisan member of Congress," Stanton said, noting that Biggs fiercely opposed the bills that earmarked that water funding in the first place.

  
  

• "The original source of this money was the very bipartisan infrastructure law and the Inflation Reduction Act, both of which Congressman Biggs voted against," he said. "There are many times in which there are bills put before the Congress that are very non-controversial, and the vote will be, you know, 430 to 5, and Biggs will be one of the five. He's a former chairman of the Freedom Caucus, which is the least bipartisan group in the entire United States Congress."

  
  

• Biggs' presence in the minuscule minority on those votes has made him what one scholar dubbed the "‘no’-men of Capitol Hill.” 

  
  

• Yet it was not just Democrats raising their eyebrows at Biggs' claim. His Republican rivals seeking the party's nomination for governor also quickly dismissed him as partisan after the June 17 debate.

  
  

• Biggs' appeal to independents was notable coming from a gubernatorial campaign that has touted one analysis that said Biggs was "the most pro-Trump current Member of Congress" in 2024. Biggs ranked second only to now-Vice President JD Vance.

  
  

• In 2023, Biggs was the 389th most partisan in the 435-member House, according to The Lugar Center and Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy. The entities rank lawmakers on a bipartisan index that factors in bill sponsorships and congress-wide averages, among other factors.

  
  

• But Stanton said it was Hobbs who had a longer list of bipartisan wins, pointing to the state's latest budget as one example.

  
  

• "It's always easy to vote 'no' on everything because there's always something that you don't like about the bill," Stanton said. "But the art of governing is fighting for your values, but ultimately reaching compromise so things can move forward for the people that you represent. I think the governor's done a really good job on that. And that's not been a skill set demonstrated consistently by Congressman Biggs." 

  
  

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