I live in Mills, in Natrona County, near Casper. I have lived there since 2009. I have lived in Wyoming my whole life. I was born in Spearfish South Dakota.

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I am a Wyoming native, husband, father of four, veteran and retired small business owner. I grew up in Greybull, graduated from Basin High School, earned a history degree from the University of Wyoming, served 12 years in the Wyoming Army National Guard and was honorably discharged. In 1999, I started Anchor Environmental, an oilfield service business, and ran it until 2020. That work taught me payroll, safety, regulation, hard decisions and the value of a handshake.

I am running because representation should be close to the people again. My strongest qualification is simple: I come from the people, with no strings tied to big money or institutions. My loyalty is to every person in Wyoming, our Constitution, our land, our water, our liberty and our children’s future.

Wyoming’s biggest challenge is broken accountability. Our federal government spends money we do not have, writes rules we did not ask for, and leaves rural communities carrying the cost. Self-government means bringing that power back to the people.

We see it in unaffordable housing, distant and expensive health care, rising grocery and fuel costs, pressure on ranching and energy, and land and water decisions made far from Wyoming.

Wyoming is the answer: energy, agriculture, minerals, public lands, water, small businesses, strong families, and people who still know how to work together.

As your senator, I would push for honest budgeting, plain-language vote explanations, term limits, rural infrastructure, responsible energy, public access, and agency oversight. I would also use GrassrootsMVT.org’s proof of concept to ask Wyoming citizens where we stand before major votes.

Health insurance is broken in Wyoming. Luke, a young man from Greybull, chooses to go without insurance because he simply can not afford it. That should trouble every one of us. When a family of four in Pine Bluffs pays around $32,000 a year while a couple in Casper pays $6,000 using a faith based group, we have to ask why geography, family size, networks, and the insurance maze create such punishing gaps.

I want to start a serious Wyoming conversation about Cowboy Care. What if Wyoming paid health premiums into a state-administered system, the state paid Wyoming providers directly, providers helped set honest costs, and Wyoming accepted part of the malpractice burden so doctors could focus more on care and less on defensive medicine?

This is not a finished plan. It is a starting point. We need hard questions, honest numbers, and public debate. The current system has failed. Wyoming needs real solutions, not sound bites. We need a senator willing to communicate with us.

Very willing. Compromise is not weakness. It is how free people govern themselves. I will sit down with anyone who is serious, honest, and working in good faith. But Wyoming comes first.

I will not trade away constitutional rights, fiscal responsibility, public access, water, land, or Wyoming’s future. Real compromise starts by listening, separating principle from pride, and finding the piece of a problem we can actually solve.

Most people in Wyoming want safe communities, honest government, affordable living, good schools, clean water, access to land, and a future for our kids. Before major votes, I want to use town halls, county conversations, and modern tools like GrassrootsMVT.org to hear where Wyoming citizens stand.

I would rather solve half a problem honestly than give a speech that fixes nothing. The work is not to win noise points. The work is to listen and serve Wyoming.

I would represent tribal interests by beginning with respect for sovereignty and government-to-government consultation. The Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes deserve a seat at the table before decisions are made.

I would hold regular listening sessions on and near the Wind River Reservation and work directly with tribal leaders on health care, law enforcement, roads, water, housing, broadband, education, veterans services, and economic opportunity.

I also want to start a serious conversation about a regional addiction treatment center in Riverton or Lander. A real center built to complete treatment: detox, inpatient care, counseling, family support, transition, aftercare, and measurable results.

Service through action. Listen first. Keep promises. Follow through.

The president has the right to choose a team. The Senate has the duty to examine fitness for public service. Both parts matter.

I would not treat confirmations as a circus or a rubber stamp. I would read the record, ask fair questions, examine competence, integrity, constitutional judgment, conflicts of interest, respect for the rule of law, and whether the nominee understands the office.

But Wyoming should not be left out. Let the nominee make the case to Wyoming. Using digital town halls, public explanations, and tools like the proof of concept at GrassrootsMVT.org, I would ask Wyoming citizens to weigh in: thumbs up or thumbs down.

If Wyoming wanted an environmental lawyer to lead Health and Human Services, Wyoming would need to signal strongly that this is the will of the people. I will do the work, guide the decision, and cast the vote under oath. But Wyoming deserves to be heard before power is handed over in our name.

Public land is part of Wyoming’s inheritance. It supports hunting, fishing, grazing, energy, tourism, wildlife, water, local business, and family memories. I oppose mass sell-offs and backroom transfers that cut Wyoming citizens out.

We just saw why this matters. Congress considered forcing the sale of millions of acres of federal public land across the West, with Wyoming included while Montana leaders fought to keep Montana protected. Wyoming should have been asked long before that proposal got anywhere near a vote.

As your senator, I would use town halls, county meetings, and tools like GrassrootsMVT.org to gauge the will of Wyoming before major land decisions are made. I support multiple use, public access, responsible energy, grazing, recreation, watershed protection, active land management, fair PILT funding, and agency accountability. Public land should be managed for the people and for posterity, not political theater or private speculation.

I would rate the current approach as heavy on enforcement and short on a lasting congressional solution. A nation has the right to know who enters, protect citizens, stop trafficking, and enforce the law. But no good comes from sowing division at the expense of another human being. Righteous anger buys no bread.

Congress needs to put this unfortunate moment in American history behind us. I would explore every serious tool: mandatory E-Verify, stronger employer penalties for knowingly hiring undocumented workers, tougher laws against trafficking and fraud, and clearer, simpler pathways to legal work and naturalization for people willing to follow the law.

I would also use technology, including the proof of concept at GrassrootsMVT.org, to gauge the will of Wyoming before major immigration votes. This issue should be handled with law, order, compassion, and care. Wyoming deserves real solutions, not slogans.