Representative, Iowa State House of Representatives, District 26, 2012-2021

Candidate, Iowa State House of Representatives, District 26, 2020

Candidate, Iowa House of Representatives, District 74, 2010

Former Member, Agriculture Committee, Iowa State House of Representatives

Former Member, Commerce Committee, Iowa State House of Representatives

Former Member, Economic Growth Committee, Iowa State House of Representatives

Former Ranking Member, Natural Resources Committee, Iowa State House of Representatives

Former Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Iowa State House of Representatives

Former Member, Transportation Committee, Iowa State House of Representatives

Former Member, Veterans Affairs Committee, Iowa State House of Representatives

Owner, Writing and Communications Business, present

Former Congressional Press Secretary/Policy Analyst

Employee, Automotive Production Plant

Heavy Equipment Operator and Maintenance Specialist, Construction

Public Affairs Director, Warren County, 2007-2011

Assistant Secretary of State for Operations, State of Iowa, 2005-2006

Member, Statewide Fire and Police Retirement System Board of Trustees, 2013-present

Member, Indianola Lions Club, 2008-present

Member, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, 2001-present

Member, Mental Health and Disability Services Commission, present

Former Coordinator, Americans with Disabilities Act, Warren County

Member, Community of Christ Church

Member, Indianola Noon Lion's Club

Former Member, Rebuild Iowa Commission

Former Member, Warren County Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Former Vice President, Disability Rights Iowa Board of Directors, 2008-2011

Member, Graceland University Alumni Board of Directors, 2003-2011

Board of Directors, Warren County Leadership Institute, 2007-2009

Awards:

Appalachian Trail Conservancy 2000-miler Award
American Cancer Society Director's Award
American Heart Association Distinguished Service Award
Named "Friend of Conservation" by Warren County Soil and Water Conservation Board
Legislator of the Year, Iowa Izaak Walton League
Legislator of the Year, Raccoon Watershed Conservation Board

Date of Wedding Anniversary:

September 7, 2002

Father's Occupation:

Former pastor, former associate professor at West Virginia University.

Favorite Quote:

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

-- Theodore Roosevelt

Hobbies or Special Talents:

I enjoy reading history, studying the natural sciences, and extended canoe, hiking, and camping excursions.

Priority Issues:

Creating jobs, ending wasteful government spending, early childhood education, primary/secondary education, post-secondary education-- college/technical/vocational training, our veterans, agriculture, Iowa's great outdoors, and ending illegal immigration.