Representative Andy Biggs (R-AZ) is officially entering the 2026 Arizona gubernatorial election. He announced his bid at a recent Arizona Republican Party conference.
Conservative activist and rumored contender Charlie Kirk posted Rep. Biggs's announcement clip to X (formerly Twitter).
BREAKING: Congressman Andy Biggs has announced that he is officially running for Governor of Arizona in 2026. pic.twitter.com/jyRu1pocuk
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) January 25, 2025
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The Washington Examiner also noted that the Arizona Congressman said, "It is time to Make Arizona Great Again."
As we previously covered, Rep. Biggs's entry into the 2026 run for governor could affect the campaign of one-time Republican candidate Karrin Taylor Robson, whom Americans for Prosperity-Arizona's Director Stephen Shadegg said was the "frontrunner," as Robson had also already received President Donald Trump's blessing.
"She has done a really good job of bringing everybody into the tent, but I think she still has work to do there," Shadegg had previously told Cactus Politics.
Trump might also back Biggs as time goes on, as the Arizona Congressman has introduced multiple pieces of legislation supporting the President's agenda.
Bills range from reassigning the Secret Service's financial law enforcement duties to the FBI to amending FISA so that a warrant is required to surveil American citizens to a Constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget (and another withholding Congressional salaries if a budget resolution for 2026 is not agreed upon) and abolishing OSHA.
Such ambitious legislative goals are likely to gin up support for Biggs. However, analyst Tyler Montague pessimistically suggested his platform would turn potential moderate supporters away in a recent appearance on Arizona's 12News.
"Biggs can easily win a Republican primary, but he has the Kari Lake problem in that he does not really know how to talk to the middle," Montague said.
We still have over a year and a half before the gubernatorial primary in August 2026, so it is still too early to make predictions.
At the same time, however, Republicans have repeatedly expressed that their Party, and President Trump in particular, were given a mandate in November, so perhaps Biggs will fare better than Montague suggests.
