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Congressman Andy Biggs officially enters 2026 Arizona governor's race

Congressman Andy Biggs speaking with attendees at the 2024 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix on Dec. 22, 2024.
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Congressman Andy Biggs speaking with attendees at the 2024 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix on Dec. 22, 2024.

Republican Congressman Andy Biggs has officially entered the 2026 Arizona governor’s race.

Biggs, who signaled his interest in running for governor last week, made the announcement at the Republican Party of Arizona’s annual meeting on Saturday.

“We should be the reddest state in the country,” Biggs said. “We should control our border; we should get better education; we should get water infrastructure in place.

Biggs added, “We could be — Arizona could be the Florida of the West.”

Biggs, who has served in Congress since 2017 after spending over a decade at the Arizona Legislature, is a past chairman of the far-right House Freedom Caucus.

Biggs supported failed efforts to overturn President Donald Trump’s loss to former President Joe Biden in 2020 and was endorsed by others involved in that effort, including state Sen. Jake Hoffman (R-Queen Creek), who faces charges in the fake electors case brought by Democratic Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes.

Biggs’ announcement comes a month after Trump backed Republican businesswoman Karrin Taylor Robson to run against Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs in 2026.

Wayne Schutsky is a broadcast field correspondent covering Arizona politics on KJZZ. He has over a decade of experience as a journalist reporting on local communities in Arizona and the state Capitol.
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