I live in Laramie County, near Cheyenne. I've lived in what is now HD43 for almost 16 years, and in Laramie County since 2002. I was born in Chicago.

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As the incumbent representative for House District 43, I serve on the Corporations & Revenue Committees. During my time in office, I have sponsored or cosponsored 86 bills, 17 of which are now law. Before serving in the Legislature, I spent much of my adult life in retail banking, working in banks & credit unions. I worked my way up to executive management, retiring as Executive Vice President of a local credit union, with a strong background in personal finance, budgeting, lending, compliance, human resources, & financial analysis. I was a loan officer for many years & have experience in real estate, commercial, & consumer lending. I have a BS in business management with a minor in accounting. I've led local financial seminars & hosted two radio shows in Cheyenne to help people understand money management. I understand the financial pressures Wyoming families & small businesses face, & I believe government should budget and spend responsibly, transparently, & accountably.

Wyoming’s biggest challenge is keeping government limited, transparent, and accountable to the people who pay the bills. State government must control spending, root out waste, and limit taxpayer dollars to necessary functions. Families are being squeezed by rising costs, including property taxes, and government must not make that worse.

We also face serious challenges in education, election integrity, energy, and growth. Economic development should benefit citizens, not special interests, and Wyoming must protect its energy economy, water, and private property.

Government spending, contracts, records, and court decisions should be open to the public. I oppose government using NDAs and believe the judicial branch needs far greater transparency.

Wyoming must do better for children. Parents must remain central in education, test scores must improve, and we must protect children, born and unborn.

I don’t work for the government. I work for you.

Wyoming currently spends almost a billion dollars annually on healthcare through Medicaid, CHIP, behavioral health, aging services, and other programs. The question is not simply whether government can spend more, but whether those dollars produce better access, lower costs, and better outcomes.

The Legislature should focus on transparency, competition, and accountability. Patients must be able to understand prices before care. We should reduce barriers, support rural providers, expand telehealth where appropriate, and audit state programs for waste and duplication.

We must protect vulnerable citizens, including children, seniors, people with disabilities, and those who truly cannot provide for themselves. But we must do that in a way that preserves personal responsibility, protects taxpayers, and does not build a larger, less accountable system.

Healthcare policy should be judged by results: Can Wyoming families get care? Can they afford it? Are taxpayers getting value?

I do not support backroom deals or blanket efforts to sell off Wyoming’s public lands. Government at all levels must be transparent in all land sales, transfers, exchanges, and management decisions. That means public notice, full disclosure of appraisals and terms, and input from affected citizens.

Wyoming land should be managed for Wyoming people, not federal bureaucrats, political insiders, or special interests. That means protecting public access, private property rights, grazing, energy and mineral development, wildlife, water, recreation, and the long-term value of state trust lands.

The Legislature should require clear records, open meetings, accessible maps, disclosed negotiations, and accountability for any state land transaction. Citizens should know who benefits, what the land is worth, what access is gained or lost, and whether the deal serves the public interest.

Good land management starts with sunshine. Wyoming people deserve to see the facts before decisions are made.

Property tax relief must start with spending discipline. Counties are not all alike, but taxpayers are being asked to fund government growth faster than their income has grown. Paying rising property taxes over a lifetime is unsustainable.

Laramie County is not poor. Its FY2025 budget showed more than $292 million in total available revenue, including years of substantial cash carryforward. At the same time, major data center development could add many millions to the local tax base. Since data centers are industrial in use, they should be taxed at the industrial rate, not treated as ordinary commercial property nor receive any tax breaks of any kind.

As a member of the Revenue Committee, I helped craft the 25% residential property tax reduction & will continue looking for responsible ways to provide more relief. Local revenue needs matter, but government must go on a spending diet before asking homeowners for more. We do not have a revenue problem as much as a spending problem.

The Legislature’s role in economic development must be limited, transparent, and focused on core infrastructure, not picking winners and losers. Government should provide a fair tax and regulatory climate, roads, water, power, broadband, and public safety, then let private businesses compete.

The Wyoming Business Council needs real oversight and evaluation. It is a state agency, yet uses corporate language like “CEO,” manages grants, loans, & investments to non-Wyomingites, and has not proven taxpayers are getting results. Economic development must not be welfare for the well-connected.

I supported Speaker Neiman’s approach to move unspent Business Ready Community money into county consensus grants for capital projects, maintenance, & public infrastructure. That is a better model: local agreement and public projects.

Before spending more, the Legislature should require full reporting, ROI analysis, & a hard look at what should be kept, transferred, privatized, or eliminated.

Campaign donations must be transparent, lawful, and easy for citizens to review. I do not believe candidates should be controlled by PACs, lobbyists, or out-of-state interests. Voters deserve to know who is funding campaigns and whether elected officials represent citizens or donors.

The data I reviewed shows 4,516 PAC-related contributions from mostly unions, over 16 years, totaling $2,170,461.88, with an average contribution of $480.62. Based on contributor location, at least $1.84 million came from non-Wyoming PACs, not counting one $50,000 RGA entry with no city/state listed. Governor candidate records totaled 238 contributions and $593,931.63, averaging $2,495.51.

Wyoming’s system needs reform. Reports must be easier to search, download, and compare. PACs rarely support conservative candidates, and voters should be able to see patterns in PAC giving, independent expenditures, amendments, donor locations, and cumulative totals.