Casper is home. I grew up here — attended elementary and junior high school, graduated from Kelly Walsh High School, earned my Eagle Scout, and was shaped by this community's churches, neighborhoods, and wide open spaces. I was born in Florida but my family moved to Casper when I was one year old. Wyoming is the only home I have ever known. After years away serving in the U.S. Army, my wife and I returned to Casper to put down roots and raise our son here. I am not passing through. I am home.

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I am a Casper-raised Army Ranger and proud son of legal immigrants who came to this country to build a life through hard work and sacrifice. Their story is the American Dream, and it drove me to serve. I spent 12 years on active duty as a commissioned officer in the 75th Ranger Regiment and the 82nd Airborne Division, deployed twice to Afghanistan, and earned the Bronze Star for leadership. During my final active duty assignment I worked directly with members of Congress to pass key federal legislation, then joined Senator Lummis's office to fight for Wyoming's priorities at the federal level.

I built my career through public service, earned an MBA from UW, and have sat in the rooms where laws are written. Those experiences taught me how to deliver results in high stakes environments. Wyoming has only one representative, so relationships matter. I am proud to have earned endorsements from five sitting members of Congress. That means we can deliver for Wyoming on day one.

Wyoming families are being squeezed by inflation driven by decades of reckless federal spending. Our rural communities face a healthcare access crisis. And Washington's overreach into our public lands and energy industry puts livelihoods at risk every day. These challenges are real but so is our potential. We have an opportunity to make positive lasting change with the right leadership.

Wyoming sits atop some of the greatest energy, agricultural, and natural resources in the world. As a federal lawmaker I will fight to cut spending, reduce the regulatory burdens choking our industries, and champion Wyoming's energy sector as the engine of American economic strength. I will work to expand rural healthcare access, protect our public lands from sale or exploitation, and make sure Wyoming has a seat at every table where decisions affecting this state are made.

Healthcare access is critical to Wyoming's future and it is the number one quality of life issue I hear about speaking to voters, so this is no surprise. I support building on the Republican-led Rural Health Transformation Program and ensuring those federal dollars are deployed efficiently with Wyoming in control of how they are spent.

I will push to expand telehealth services for rural residents and veterans who live hours from the nearest provider, create workforce incentives to attract and retain healthcare professionals in underserved communities, and fight for Medicaid flexibility that gives Wyoming more control and fewer one-size-fits-all federal mandates that simply do not fit life in the Cowboy State.

My years leading soldiers and working in Congress taught me the same lesson; success is never the result of one side winning. In combat and in Congress, you bring people with different priorities together around a shared goal and you get it done. I have worked alongside members of both parties and I know how to find that common ground. I am willing to do it every single day.

That said, there are things I will not trade away: Wyoming's public lands, our energy industry, our Second Amendment rights, and the livelihoods of our ranchers and farmers. On those I will stand firm regardless of political pressure. On everything else I will ask one question; does this make life better for the people of Wyoming? If the answer is yes and it requires working across the aisle, I will do it without apology.

I have met with the Northern Arapaho Business Council and am working to formally meet with the Eastern Shoshone. I remain in contact with both tribes' government relations teams and I come to this work with humility — there is always more to learn. But I also come with commitment. The federal government has made solemn promises to Wyoming's tribes through treaties and law. Those commitments must be honored, full stop. The tribes are distinct sovereign governments and I will treat them as such — as partners, not afterthoughts. Healthcare and social services on the reservation remain urgent concerns, and I will fight to ensure federal resources reach those communities with the effectiveness and respect they deserve.

Wyoming's public lands belong to the people of Wyoming and must be managed in their interest — not dictated from Washington by bureaucrats who have never set foot on them. I grew up hunting and fishing across this state, earned my Eagle Scout, and believe deeply in multi-use management: grazing, energy production, hunting, fishing, timber, and recreation must all have a place at the table.

I oppose the large-scale sale or transfer of these lands. That would be a generational mistake we cannot undo. Where existing federal disposal processes make sense, I support making them smoother and more efficient but only when Wyoming communities are the primary voice in those decisions.

I will fight to protect grazing permits, push back against federal overreach that sidelines local input, and work to give Wyoming greater flexibility in how these lands are managed. The people who live and work closest to these lands should have the loudest say in their future.

Immigration is not an abstract policy debate for me. My mother fled Cuba and my father came from Costa Rica. Both came legally, learned English, worked hard, and became proud Americans. That story is why I believe so strongly that immigration done right is one of America's greatest strengths and immigration done wrong undermines everything this country stands for.

The Trump administration has taken necessary and long overdue steps to secure our border and restore the rule of law. I support that mission fully. Congress must finish the job by funding border security, fixing the broken legal immigration system so it is faster and merit-based, and ensuring that those who want to come here the right way actually can. Wyoming benefits from an orderly, lawful immigration system that welcomes those who will work hard, assimilate, and proudly call themselves Americans.