Delegate, West Virginia House of Delegates, District 39, 2022-present

Candidate, West Virginia State House of Delegates, District 39, 2024

Delegate, West Virginia House of Delegates, District 27, 2021-2022

Candidate, West Virginia House of Delegates, District 27, 2020

Member, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

Member, Education Committee

Member, Government Organization Committee

Member, Joint Committee on Education

Member, Joint Committee on Government Organization

Chair, Joint Committee on Legislative Rule-Making Review

Member, Joint Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Member, Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security Committee

No caucus information on file.

Director G-34, Provost Marshall, United States Army Reserve, 2014-2018

Chief of Operations, United States Army Reserve Command, 2011-2013

Battalion Commander, United States Army Fort Knox, 2010-2011

Commandant, United States Army Fort McCoy, 2009-2010

Member, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA), 2017- present

Member, West Virginia Citizens Defense League (WVCDL), 2020-present

Member, National Rifle Association, 2019-present

Life Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars, 2013-present

Member, Bluefield Mercer Masonic Lodge 85, 2001-present

Life Member, Reserve Officers Association, 1996-present

Life Member, North American Hunting Club

Life Member, Reserve Officers Association

Awards:

Military Service: Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation and Achievement Medals, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Iraqi Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary and Service Medals, Korea Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Army Superior Unit Award, Combat Action Badge, Airborne Badge, Air Assault Badge, Overseas Service Ribbon, and Reserve Component Overseas Ribbon.

Priority Issues:

1) Improve Business Climate. We need tax and regulatory reforms to encourage business growth. ? This is needed to create jobs and bring people back to West Virginia. We have too much redundancy in the number of state boards and commissions in West Virginia; over three times as many as other states.

2) Improve Broadband Infrastructure. The recent Coronavirus situation has shown us that Broadband is not only essential to our economic infrastructure it is also key to our children?s education moving forward.

3) Achieve a disciplined education system. Prosperity in Southern West Virginia begins in our classrooms and key to improving our education system is reducing bureaucracy; we need to redirect state education funds from a top-heavy bureaucracy to teachers and students.

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

Having served my whole adult life for the Military I decided to run for office because serving is who I am and I want to use the skills I have acquired to continue to serve the people in Southern West Virginia in District-27 (Mercer and part of Raleigh County). I want to bring fresh ideas and conservative positive solutions to the West Virginia legislature.