Andy Ogles

Andy Ogles
Andy Ogles
	Official portrait, 2022
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Tennessee's 5th district
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 3, 2023
Preceded by	Jim Cooper
Mayor of Maury County
	In office; September 1, 2018 – August 30, 2022
Preceded by	Charlie Norman
Succeeded by	Sheila Butt
Personal details
Born	William Andrew Ogles IV; June 18, 1971; Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Monica Ogles (m. 1994)
Children	3
Relatives	Brandon Ogles (cousin)
Education	Western Kentucky University; Middle Tennessee State University (BS)
Website	House website

William Andrew Ogles IV (/ˈoʊɡəlz/ OH-gəlz;^[1] born June 18, 1971) is an American politician and businessman. He has been the U.S. representative for Tennessee's 5th congressional district since 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party. He was the mayor of Maury County, Tennessee, from 2018 to 2022.

Ogles has been seen as a far-right conservative.^[2]^[3] He is against abortion and same-sex marriage. He was one of the original 19 members of Congress to vote against Kevin McCarthy for Speaker of the House.

He is known as a strong supporter of President Donald Trump.^[4] During the attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, Ogles claimed that the election was stolen.^[4] He has proposed an amendment that would make Trump able to run for a third term.^[4]

References

↑ Rep. Ogles To Maria Bartiromo: Illegals Cost Tennesseans BILLIONS. Rep. Andy Ogles (TN-5). August 1, 2024. Event occurs at 00:10. Retrieved August 20, 2024 – via YouTube.
↑ Gainey, Blaise (2022-11-08). "Republican Andy Ogles wins 5th Congressional District race, flipping longtime Democratic seat". WPLN-FM. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
↑ "The 8 Types of Democrats and Republicans in the House". May 2024. Archived from the original on May 1, 2024.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Mierjeski, Justin Elliott,Joshua Kaplan,Alex (2025-03-06). "Secretive D.C. Influence Project Appears to Be Running a Group House for Right-Wing Lawmakers". ProPublica.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)