I live in Johnson County Wyoming with my wife and two children. Like over one-half of the current Wyoming residents I was born in another state, in my case Virginia, but I moved here first as a young man and again permanently over five years ago.

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I am a retired big game and small game biologist who spent three decades managing game populations. For the last six years, I have worked as a National Director and Expert for Gun Owners of America protecting American's Right to Keep and Bear Arms. I have B.S. and M.S. degrees and over 30 years of experience in governmental policy. I am a strong believer in the United States and Wyoming Constitutions and in the right of all people to be left alone by an out-of-control government.

Some of the biggest challenges facing Wyoming include: young people leaving Wyoming for other states, maintaining enough water for current and future needs, federal overreach into every aspect of our lives, and threats against our core economic engines of coal, oil, gas, other mining, agriculture, etc. As a State Legislator I would work to reduce taxes to keep Wyoming affordable and fight regulations that stifle free enterprise and all businesses.

We need to remove unnecessary regulations that make healthcare more expensive. Many people forget that Obamacare changed American healthcare in catastrophic ways, and the state needs to work to get back to a system that allowed doctors and companies to operate without the excessive government rules and costs. I had a doctor friend who retired rather than spend millions to comply with the excessive regulations forced upon doctors by Obamacare.

I do not support efforts to sell public lands. I do believe federal lands need to be managed better - especially in terms of forest management which has been neglected for decades. I would work for state actions that could facilitate better cooperation between the state and federal government to ensure Wyoming residents benefited from public lands for hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, and other recreation. I would also work towards land swaps when those were beneficial for both the private landowner and the public. These would not be forced upon anyone, but there are cases where both the private landowner and the pubic could benefit from trading lands.

I would work to cut waste, fraud, and abuse to ensure our state workers can be compensated fairly and that we can fund essential services like roads, bridges, police, fire, and rescue.

The government should not pick winners and losers in business. It is wrong to use taxpayers money to support industry X while ignoring industry Y. We need the Wyoming legislature to remove unnecessary taxes and regulations on all businesses to allow those businesses to thrive on their own. For example, I have a close friend with a large company in Buffalo, and he would hire several high-paying positions immediately if not for unnecessary state restrictions on his business.

I ran in 2024 and raised 98% of my money from Wyoming donors. My opponent, the current incumbent, took tens of thousands of dollars in Political Action Committee (PAC) money. My 2024 records prove that I stand with the citizens rather than with the power-brokers.