I currently live in Cody, Wyoming. I was born in Cody, grew up here, and have spent nearly my entire life in Wyoming.

After graduating from high school in 2004, I moved to Las Vegas to attend UNLV’s William F. Harrah College of Hospitality, where I prepared for my future role in our family business, Blair Hotels. After graduating in May of 2009, I attended real estate school, earned my license, and built a successful real estate career in Las Vegas.

In 2014, I returned home to Cody to carry my share of the family business and continue building my life in the community that raised me. Other than my time in Las Vegas from 2004 to 2014, I have been a lifelong Wyoming resident.

I will be 40 years old.

I am a fifth-generation Park County resident, a third-generation hotelier, and a father to two young children — my son, Quin Jude, and my daughter, Brittania Adalyn “Ruthie” Blair. I was born and raised in Cody, and other than my time in Las Vegas attending UNLV’s William F. Harrah College of Hospitality, Wyoming has always been home. At UNLV, I graduated with a 3.96 GPA, completed Honors studies, and earned a Marketing minor.

I serve as Chief Marketing Officer of Blair Hotels, a family business operating five Wyoming hotels, including three in Cody. My work has given me practical experience in business leadership, budgeting, workforce challenges, tourism, marketing, and economic development.

My public service includes two terms on the Wyoming Office of Tourism Board, where I served as Vice Chair. I currently chair the Park County Travel Council and Cody Fireworks Committee, serve with the Cody Community Foundation, I serve on the committee of PEAKS to Conga and ride it each year.

The greatest challenge facing Wyoming is protecting our way of life while preparing responsibly for the future. That challenge is made harder by outside influences that do not understand Wyoming, our values, or the people who built this state.

We must protect the freedoms we hold dear: free speech, the Second Amendment, property rights, local control, and the pursuit of liberty and happiness. At the same time, we have to make sure Wyoming remains strong, competitive, and affordable for the next generation.

As a legislator, I would focus on accountability, fiscal discipline, and common sense. Every tax dollar should be spent carefully, with zero tolerance for waste, fraud, or abuse. We should make sound investments in industries that strengthen our state’s finances, encourage business, support working families, and defend Wyoming against federal overreach and the erosion of our rights.

The Legislature should focus on practical solutions that lower costs, keep care close to home, and strengthen the providers we already have.

In Wyoming, access is often just as important as affordability. We need creative, conservative solutions that improve quality of life while minimizing costs and maximizing efficiency. One example is helping seniors age in place. Supporting family caregivers, home health services, transportation, meal delivery, senior centers, and basic home modifications can help older Wyomingites stay safely in their homes longer. That is better for families, better for communities, and often far less expensive than institutional care.

We should also expand telehealth, support rural clinics and hospitals, improve EMS coverage, recruit and retain healthcare workers, and remove unnecessary barriers that make care harder to provide. The goal should be simple: better access, lower costs, stronger local care, and responsible use of taxpayer dollars.

No. I do not support selling or transferring public land in Wyoming. Public land belongs to the public, and it should remain available for the benefit of the people; not sold off, locked up, or handed over to special interests.

Pride in the land is a core Wyoming value. Our public lands support hunting, fishing, grazing, energy, tourism, recreation, conservation, and the freedom to enjoy the outdoors. They are also part of the heart and soul of what makes Wyoming special.

The best path forward is responsible, Wyoming-first management. That means keeping access open, respecting multiple use, involving local voices, protecting wildlife and natural resources, supporting agriculture and energy where appropriate, and pushing back when federal agencies make decisions without understanding the people who live here. Public land should be managed for the people, by the people.

Property tax relief is important, but Wyoming should not pretend every county has the same economy or the same options. The answer is not a blanket approach from Cheyenne. It is giving counties room to use the strengths they already have.

In Park County, that strength is tourism. The lodging tax is overwhelmingly paid by visitors, not local families. It helps market our community, support local businesses, strengthen jobs, and bring outside dollars into our economy.

That matters. Roughly 30% of Park County’s sales tax is paid by visitors, helping lower the tax burden on the people who live and work here year-round. Those visitor dollars support local services and infrastructure without relying as heavily on residents to cover the cost.

As a legislator, I would support real property tax relief while protecting local tools that allow counties to solve problems their own way. Local solutions beat one-size-fits-all government.

The Wyoming Legislature should play an important role in economic development by creating the conditions for businesses, workers, and communities to thrive. Government should not pick winners and losers, hand out unfair advantages, or subsidize business models that cannot stand on their own.

The Legislature’s role is to create the conditions where business can succeed. That means strong infrastructure, reliable roads, reasonable regulation, low taxes, access to workforce training, support for trades and agriculture, and a business climate that rewards hard work and investment.

Economic development should start with Wyoming businesses, Wyoming workers, and Wyoming communities. The state should remove barriers, protect opportunity, and make smart investments that strengthen our long-term economy, not use taxpayer dollars to fund favored projects while hard-working Wyomingites pick up the tab.

Wyoming campaigns should be driven by Wyoming people, Wyoming communities, and Wyoming interests. I am concerned when outside money flows into local races, we risk outside agendas that do not reflect our values or our way of life. Elections should not be bought by those with no real stake in the communities affected by the outcome.

I will always value local support over outside influence, and believe campaign finance rules should help voters see who is trying to shape Wyoming’s future.

If reform is needed, it should be practical and focused. Reports should be clear, public, and easy to search. Rules should be simple enough for grassroots candidates to follow, and penalties should target fraud and intentional violations, not honest mistakes. The goal should be trust, not additional bureaucracy.