[2] He then attended West Chester University of Pennsylvania, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1992.

[4] Briggs served as an advisor to Congressman Joe Hoeffel and state Senator Constance H. Williams and was the Political Director of The Bonner Group, a Washington, D.C.–based progressive non-profit and Democratic political fundraising firm.

[3] He received a Juris Doctor degree from Temple University Beasley School of Law in 2004.

[7] In November 2016, he ran against Republican nominee Chira Smith and was overwhelmingly re-elected to a fifth term.

He serves on the board of governors for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, a commissioner on the Pennsylvania Commission Crime and Delinquency and vice chairman of the Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board.