My top priorities are lowering costs, strengthening rural healthcare, and supporting agriculture. I’ll keep pushing for lasting property tax relief so families can get ahead. I’m working to keep healthcare local by supporting rural hospitals, EMS, and workforce needs. As a dairy farmer, I’ll fight for producers by expanding value-added agriculture and cutting red tape. I’m also committed to public safety, strong tribal partnerships, and defending our core freedoms.
To keep healthcare affordable, we must strengthen rural care, grow our workforce, and reduce costs at the source. I support investing in local hospitals, clinics, and EMS so care stays close to home. Expanding telehealth and provider incentives helps address shortages. We also need price transparency and fewer regulations to increase competition. By focusing on prevention and efficiency, we can lower costs while improving access for North Dakotans.
Addressing housing starts with increasing supply and cutting barriers. I support reducing red tape and streamlining local permitting so homes can be built faster and more affordably. We should expand workforce housing programs and partner with local communities to meet their specific needs, especially in rural areas. Investing in infrastructure—like water, roads, and utilities—helps unlock new housing development. I also support incentives for builders and first-time homebuyers.
I support giving parents more options in their children’s education, but I believe any use of public funds outside the traditional public system must come with strong accountability. Public schools are the backbone of our communities—especially in rural areas—and they must remain fully funded and protected.
If policies like education savings accounts or similar programs are considered, they should be targeted, transparent, and designed to ensure taxpayer dollars are used responsibly and improve
North Dakota’s voting system is both accessible and secure, and I support maintaining that balance. Our no-registration system makes voting easier, while ID requirements help protect integrity. I support early voting and ensuring polling locations are accessible, especially in rural and tribal communities. My focus is simple: protect election security, expand reasonable access, and ensure every eligible North Dakotan can confidently participate in our elections.
The federal government should handle national priorities like defense and constitutional rights while respecting states’ ability to govern locally. The Tenth Amendment is clear—powers not given to the federal government belong to the states. I believe there is imbalance today, especially in healthcare, energy, and environmental regulations where federal overreach limits local solutions. We need to restore balance by empowering states while maintaining strong national protections.
Endorsements
Endorsed by District 31 Republicans, Endorsed by the Missouri Valley Lodge #3 of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP)
Campaign Phone Number
7012908264
First and foremost, I would work toward a comprehensive understanding of the state budget to include both sides of the ledger. I believe it is critical to understand where the monetary resources are coming from and where they are going. I am quite certain there are many at all levels of government who lack this understanding.
Secondly, I would work with Law Enforcement, Attorney General’s Office, the Department of Corrections and all other concerned stakeholders to improve public safety.
I would not presume to state that I or anyone else could "ensure" affordable health care. People much smarter than I have been working that issue for decades. One must bear in mind that many costs and issues associated with healthcare are driven/dictated at the federal level. ND can, however, work to make Medicaid reimbursement rates more predictable. One area of potential increased predictability would be to index Medicaid reimbursement rates to federally dictated Medicare rates.
This is another challenge that many have worked on for years. At the end of the day affordability issues stem in part from the larger economy and wages. There were several bills last session that did not make it thru for a variety of reasons that were designed to assist. In general terms this real and ongoing need may be best assisted by ensuring that the state is not creating roadblocks to communities and developers which unintentionally drive up costs.
Both of my parents were teachers who later became administrators. I believe that parents are the final authority in their children's education. I also believe we place a lot of demands and requirements on our public schools. School choice must provide adequacy and equality for all. I support school choice to the extent that all entities receiving public funds must adhere to the same set of rules as it pertains to testing, enrollment and services provided.
I am in favor of the current primary system we have in the state. I can understand the concerns of the Current Republican Party Leadership as to anyone passing a petition around and then saying they are Republican and possibly not being conservative. I have not personally witnessed that occurring but a larger concern for me is with only 700+ attendees at the last convention or even the approx. 2,400 attendees in 2022 that a small number of Republicans will decide who can run in the general.
I would prefer that the federal government stick to the enumerated powers and leave all else to the states unless an exception is identified that the states cannot execute or manage. I believe that most if not all social issues should be decided by the states.
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Endorsements
Endorsed by District 31 Republicans
Campaign Phone Number
701-426-2102
Sustaining Rural Health Care services and affordability
Funding Equity, Teacher Retention, Student Performance in Education
I cannot "ensure" anything legislatively, I can only express what I would do. With that, prescription drug affordability will have to be re-written to adhere to court decision and I will support this.
I'd work towards keeping rural critical access hospitals viable as it reduces cost to rural residents should they close.
I would address housing needs by advocating increased support to North Dakota Housing Initiative via the Housing Incentive Fund, support reduce red tape regarding housing permits and support local housing authorities.
If public funds are to be provided to non-public education, the non-public education should be accountable to the same criteria as public schools.
Based on what the SOS office is promoting, I believe North Dakota methods are safe and access is adequate.
The federal government operates under powers for national security while the state operates under powers for local governance. I believe the federal government's role in education is over reaching. I believe federal unfunded mandates is also an over reach.
Campaign Phone Number
7019950529
My priorities are to be about “What matters most to you, your families and pocketbooks”. Rural ND is about these two items:
Priorities: 1. Family Affordability: 52% of families lack resources to cover basic living costs, childcare, healthcare, and housing prices are outpacing our earnings. My first goal is to work to improve these items. 2. Community: Helping our neighbor is community. My community goal is to get out and meet you, listen, serve, and then lead. I need your vote to do this.
Healthcare is a human right, not a financial burden. I would ensure affordable healthcare by rural-focused strategies: strengthening rural health infrastructure through targeted funding, expanding the mental healthcare workforce, boosting competition in the insurance market, and using technology to bring care to underserved, rural areas. These actions would focus on making healthcare more accessible and less costly, particularly for those who face high premiums and limited access to care.
First, reevaluate the ND Housing Initiative Advisory Committee housing recommendations (Nov 2024). The proposal looked to improve housing availability, affordability and stability.
Strategies:
• Attainable Housing: Shift focuses toward "attainable" rather than just "affordable" to bridge the gap between low wages and high housing costs.
• Collaboration: Utilize the 2024 ND Statewide Housing Needs Assessment to make decisions that are evidence-based.
Growth: Support 20,000 + new units by 2027.
Considering 2025 legislative debates and outlooks for 2026, I am cautious opposition to broad, unrestricted voucher programs while being open to targeted, accountable funding for specialized needs.
I want to protect small towns from school consolidations and closures. Public funds should primarily strengthen public schools where 93-95% of ND students are educated. This ensures resources for teacher salaries and rural school infrastructure.
The Supreme Court is clear; no president has the constitutional authority to dictate to states how they can administer their elections. I love that our voting is made as convenient as possible to encourage voting. ND no voter registration, absentee voting, clean voter ID law, auditors knowing their voters, securely casting ballots are all great. I wouldn’t change anything.
Federalism is keeping the balance between State and Federal government. States are bound together by the US Constitution. People are protected by a state and a federal constitution. The 10th amendment states any powers not delegated to the federal gov’t belong to the states and the people. States’ rights control what happens within their borders. Voting process is a state right. If the president would sign an executive order on taking over election voting from our state, imbalance could occur.
Endorsements
ND Dem-NPL, VoteVets.org
Campaign Phone Number
7013400474
Listening to serve, transparency, affordability, bipartisan cooperation and representation.
It's hard to know where to begin. Capping prescription drug prices might be a good place to start. I have VA healthcare. The VA covered my $2700 ambulance ride last year. It was about an hour from start to finish. The paramedic made approximately $30 for that hour, the EMT maybe $25. Two gallons of gas at most, $10. IV start kit, saline flush, medication, $50 maximum. We're not even at $150 yet. Making EMS an essential service like the fire department might help too.
We definitely need more quantities of affordable housing, and an increased minimum wage. People working full time should be able to pay rent or mortgage and still have money for groceries.
Absolutely not. If you want your kids in private school, you pay for it.
For the most part, it works just fine. Women shouldn't need to provide any documents that men aren't required to provide.
Currently our federal government is ignoring the constitution, and our state leadership is letting them.
