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Early life and education
Andy Ogles was born in 1971 According to his congressional campaign website, he describes himself as “a Williamson and Maury county native with deep family roots in Tennessee dating back to the founding of the state.” He attended Middle Tennessee State University and graduated with a degree in political science.

Business and Political career
Ogles has worked as a restaurant operator and a real estate investor, later becoming involved as the COO of the Abolition International non-profit, which was established to combat human trafficking. His involvement in politics first began when he became the first director of the Tennessee chapter of Americans for Prosperity, a conservative political advocacy group. He later became involved with the Laffer Center, an organization that advocates for fiscally conservative tax policy.

Ogles made two unsuccessful bids for elected office, a run for Tennessee's 4th congressional district in 2002 and a run for Tennessee Senate in 2006, and was eliminated in the Republican primary both times. Ogles saw his major first electoral success when he was elected as Mayor of Maury County in the August 2, 2018 general election, defeating incumbent county mayor Charlie Norman. During his tenure as mayor, Ogles criticized Tennessee Governor Bill Lee for not restricting local school boards’ ability to implement mask mandates in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, calling for the state legislature to pass legislation to support his proposition in a special session. Ogles initially filed to run for a second term as county mayor, but he withdrew to enter the race for for the redrawn U.S. House of Representatives seat in Tennessee's 5th congressional district. on August 4, 2022, Ogles won the Republican primary for the 5th congressional district, and he will face his Democratic opponent state Sen. Heidi Campbell in the general election in November. The district he is running in was previously a Democratic stronghold, but it has been redrawn as a seat that voted for Republican Donald Trump by twelve percentage points in the 2020 presidential election.

Personal life
Ogles lives on a farm in Culleoka, Tennessee with his wife, Monica, and their three children, Adley, Drew, and Isaac.