By the end of the first day of the 118th Congress on Tuesday, no one had garnered the required 218 votes to secure the speaker’s gavel, making it the first time since 1923 that a new Congress will need multiple ballots to choose a speaker.

Biggs has said he doesn’t want to be speaker, but that he was willing to put himself forward to keep McCarthy from the position. Andy Biggs received 10 votes for speaker on the first ballot on Tuesday - enough to keep McCarthy from winning easily. After spending several weeks leading the effort to block McCarthy from ascending to the role as speaker in the House of Representatives, Rep.

In January 2023, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy made a bid to become the next Speaker of the House. In the 2022 midterm elections, Republicans regained control of the House of Representatives. On January 25, Biggs denied the allegations. It was reported two days later that a government watchdog group asked the House Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate Biggs and two other Republican representatives over inciting the riot. During the storming of the United States Capitol during the electoral college vote counting, Biggs was moved to a secure location with many of his congressional colleagues. Pennsylvania, an unsuccessful lawsuit that asked the Supreme Court to overturn Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin election results. He also signed on the amicus brief Texas v. He is a retired attorney and was licensed to practice law in Arizona, Washington, and New Mexico.ĭuring the 2020 presidential election, he appeared in a video with fellow Arizona Representative Paul Gosar claiming widespread voter fraud. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He and his wife, Cindy, are the parents of six children. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Asian studies from Brigham Young University, his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Arizona, and his master’s degree in political science from Arizona State University. He is a member of the Congressional Western Caucus and the Republican Study Committee.īiggs is an Arizona native, having been born on November 7, 1958, in Tucson. In September 2019, Biggs became chairman of the House Freedom Caucus. He was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 22nd district from January 2003 to January 2011. He was president of the Arizona Senate from January 2013 to January 2017. Previously he served in the Arizona Senate from January 2013 to January 2017 for the 12th district and from January 2011 to January 2013 for the 22nd district. He was elected to his first term in 2016 and took office on January 3, 2017. Biggs is a United States Congressman serving Arizona’s Fifth District. A funeral service was held on Thursday, June 29th 2023 at 7:00 PM at the same location.Andrew “Andy” S.

Visitation was held on Thursday, June 29th 2023 from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM at the Cheatham County Funeral Home (117 Elizabeth St, Ashland City, TN 37015). He is also survived by several nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews, and grandchildren and other extended family. He is survived by : his fiancée Connie Ware his children, Johnny Ware, Tony Pentecost, Tommy Pentecost, Travis Pentecost, Vicky Ware and Terri Pentecost his siblings, Frankie Parker (Kim), Todd Biggs and Belinda Kirk his grandchildren, Charlie 'Boo Boo' Cox, Nathan Callis, Andrew Donald, Selena Lugo, Bryson Ware, Alicia Ramirez, Baby Johnny Ware, Jr., Karina Ramirez, Julian Ware and Jaylin Ware and his great grandchildren, Nathan Callis, Jr., Alyia Cox, Chayse 'Booki' Callis and Willow Lugo. He was predeceased by : his parents, Lawrence Biggs and Faye Biggs (Parker). Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Sonny Dwayne Biggs to show support. We are sad to announce that on Jwe had to say goodbye to Sonny Dwayne Biggs of Charlotte, Tennessee, born in Nashville, Tennessee.

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