I am a UT Law educated trial attorney with over 50 jury trials, small business owner, former Texas Convention delegate, University of Chicago educated chemist, former candidate for Travis County District Attorney, former Editor-in-Chief of the Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal, and President of my church, Hope Lutheran (LCMS). As a proven leader and the father of three boys we homeschool in Dripping, I am invested in the Hill Country and ready to take the skills God has given me to the next level in service to you and this community. I humbly ask for your trust, support, and vote.
Congress must restore Americans’ trust by eliminating stock trading and Representatives getting rich off of our secrets. Congress must balance the budget and tame the national debt before President Trump’s second term is up. Congress must invest more in defense spending so that we will have peace through strength and not need to use our military might. Congress must take back its legislative authority and curb the excesses of the unelected officials of the deep and administrative state. We must ban Sharia law throughout our nation and repudiate radical Islam.
Regulate the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects out of existence to protect our agricultural land, specifically by requiring reclamation bonds to be in place before breaking ground, mandatory setbacks, and training and funding for local fire departments under the NFPA 855 standard. We must fix healthcare (see answer below for specifics), and we must remove regulatory burdens to nuclear energy paired with desalination so that CD-21’s water issues can be solved quickly and safely.
Congress needs to remove middlemen and put the patient back in charge of their healthcare to allow competition to drive prices lower and market dynamics to fix our system. To that end, I am endorsed by Senator Rick Santorum, who will be advising me on a plan to institute HSA/MSA’s for all Americans with seed funding for lower income Americans, paired with catastrophic insurance that also covers well visits and preventative care. I also will fight to regulate Pharmacy Benefits Managers and make them treat independent pharmacies fairly to keep our medication costs down.
I will introduce legislation to eliminate the income tax and move our country to a consumption tax where all, including criminals and illegal aliens pay their fair share, based on what new goods they consume. I will support the Restore Trust in Congress Act to ban stock trading. I will support the PAUSE Act to stop all immigration until we can revamp and fix our immigration system. I will introduce legislation to make BESS safe and incentivize safer methods of energy storage that cannot be used as bombs.
I am a Navy Intelligence Veteran, Oil & Gas business owner, and father of four young children. I served in the first battlegroup deployed to the Middle East after the 9/11 terror attacks. I was there on day one for Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) and Operation Iraqi Freedom. After several deployments in the military and as a civilian Intelligence contractor, I came home to Texas and built a successful Oil & Gas exploration company. My background has given me a balanced perspective, the mindset to lead, the experience to manage, and the personal motivation to build a stronger future.
The next session of Congress faces urgent fiscal challenges, with federal spending, the deficit, and the national debt at the forefront. Overspending drives growing deficits, while interest on the national debt limits resources for critical priorities. Congress must take decisive action to rein in spending, eliminate waste, and stabilize the budget to prevent long-term economic strain. Nearly every other major issue from healthcare costs, to infrastructure, and national security stems from unchecked government spending. Addressing these core fiscal problems is essential to restore economic stability, protect taxpayers, and ensure future generations are not burdened by today’s unsustainable financial choices.
My top three priorities focus on restoring fiscal responsibility and making smart, practical investments. First, reducing federal spending is essential to control waste, improve efficiency, and protect taxpayers. Second, I prioritize investing in reliable water infrastructure. Such as desalination plants, because clean dependable water is critical to public health and economic growth. Unlike costly green energy programs that fail to deliver results. Third, reducing the national debt is vital to strengthening our economy, lower interest costs, and ensure future generations are not burdened by today’s overspending.
The Affordable Care Act has led to lasting problems, including higher costs, limited choices, and inefficiencies that strain families and providers. I support legislation that introduces greater free market competition in healthcare to expand options, lower prices, and encourage innovation. Congress should also focus on strengthening the patient-physician relationship by reducing bureaucratic interference. Cutting back on unnecessary middlemen such as complex administrative layers and third-party managers can lower costs, simplify care, and ensure medical decisions are driven by patients and doctors, not government mandates or corporate interests.
Congress’ greatest legislative authority is its power over federal spending. I would work to amend the federal budget to defund inefficient and unreliable green energy projects, including large scale solar farms and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). I would also reduce foreign spending and redirect resources toward water infrastructure. I additionally support legislation affirming that U.S. law and the Constitution govern American courts and public policy, not foreign or religious legal systems such as sharia law. I would also prioritize combating cartels and the fentanyl crisis through stronger border security, law enforcement coordination, and accountability.
I am a 20-year U.S. Navy veteran with leadership experience in high-pressure, mission-driven environments. I have served locally as a Boerne City Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem, where I worked on budgets, infrastructure, and community growth. As a businessman and nonprofit professional, I’ve created jobs, balanced budgets, and built coalitions across government, private sector, and faith-based organizations. I understand service, accountability, and leadership—and I’ve lived in TX-21 for over 21 years. I’m prepared to serve with integrity and resolve.
The most pressing issues are border security, inflation, national security, healthcare access, and restoring constitutional governance. Congress must address the fentanyl crisis, illegal immigration, energy independence, and reckless federal spending. We must also confront China’s aggression, support our military and veterans, and stop unelected bureaucrats from undermining states’ rights. The American people want safety, affordability, and accountability—not endless spending, globalism, or government overreach.
First, secure the southern border and remove violent criminal illegals. Second, restore American energy independence to lower costs and strengthen national security. Third, rein in federal spending and bureaucracy to protect taxpayers and future generations. These priorities reflect Texas values: law and order, self-reliance, and freedom. Everything Congress does should put Texas First and America First.
Congress must move away from one-size-fits-all government healthcare and return control to patients and doctors. I support expanding Health Savings Accounts, allowing insurance to be sold across state lines, increasing price transparency, and encouraging competition. We must improve access to mental health care—especially for veterans—without federal micromanagement. Healthcare should be affordable, personal, and market-driven, not dictated by Washington.
I would support legislation to secure the border, stop fentanyl trafficking, protect Texas energy producers, and cut federal regulations harming small businesses and farmers. I would introduce bills to expand vocational training, protect parental rights in education, support veterans’ mental health, and restore fiscal responsibility. Texans want safety, affordability, and freedom—and I will fight for policies that reflect those values.
Texas 21 isn’t just a district, it’s HOME for me. My 7 th great-grandmother settled in Fredericksburg. I was born and raised in Hays County. I’m a husband, father, and Christian conservative. I’m a decorated Marine Corps combat vet, firefighter, rancher, and businessman. I also served as a precinct chair in Harris County. My combined humble servant leadership and my faith have prepared me for this path that God has called me to serve in. I understand that elected officials are servants first. Always putting the constituency’s priorities over my own or those of lobbyists and special interest groups.
Affordability. We need to make America affordable again. Lowering housing and healthcare costs. Reigning in the rampant fraud, waste, and abuse. We shouldn’t squander tax payer dollars. Supporting President Trump. We need to codify his progress into law. Keeping our border secure. Finish the wall and expedite mass deportations. Unleashing American energy dominance and ending the new green scams. Fully restoring our 2A rights – ending the NFA and abolishing the ATF. Protecting the sanctity of life and promoting the traditional nuclear family. Fighting for our veterans!
#1: Codifying President Trump's Executive Orders. #2: Carrying forward Rep. Roy's legislation: Election Integrity, Banning Congressional Stock Trading, and Fighting Against the Islamification of America. #3: Making America affordable again by lowering costs that impact your wallet.
To ensure healthcare is effective and affordable, Congress should focus on market-based competition and transparency: Price Transparency: Mandate that hospitals and insurers disclose actual costs upfront, allowing patients to shop for value. Expand HSAs: Increase flexibility for Health Savings Accounts to put patients in control of their spending. Cross-State Competition: Allow insurance sales across state lines to break up regional monopolies. Cut Red Tape: Streamline FDA approvals for generic drugs to lower costs. Decentralize Power: Shift authority from federal bureaucracies back to the states and the doctor-patient relationship. Repeal the ACA (Obamacare).
SAVE Act, Restore Trust In Congress Act, Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act, Repeal the NFA Act, Abolish the ATF Act, Life at Conception Act, Heartbeat Protection Act, FairTax Act, Make DOGE Permanent Act, Border Safety and Security Act, Returning Education to Our States Act. Aside from introducing and co-sponsoring new legislation, I believe that the number of laws on the books is already excessive and we should also be repealing useless or liberty-robbing legislation. We need less government and more liberty!
I’m a former middle school teacher with a PhD in animal behavior - so I’m well prepared for Congress! As a scientist, I’m trained to solve problems and get results. I’ve served the public as a science and
technology expert in the federal government, helping shape evidence-based policy. At the Government Accountability Office, I advised Congress on issues like AI and protected taxpayer dollars. At the National Institutes of Health, I expanded access to healthcare. In the U.S. Senate, I drafted legislation and held Trump and corporate CEOs accountable. I know how to make government work for all of us.
We have an affordability crisis and vast amounts of wealth inequality, and people in our district are struggling: young people can’t afford housing or groceries, working families can’t afford childcare or eldercare, and seniors are still at work because their social security is not enough. It’s time to put working people back in charge to build an economy and democracy that works for everyone - not just billionaires. I would support legislation to lower everyday costs. I would also support progressive taxation policies so the wealthy pay their fair share, and consumer protections to prevent price gouging and hold corporations accountable.
My top priorities are affordability, accountability, and opportunity. As a former federal scientist from a working-class family, I know government can and should be a powerful force for good - not a weapon of oppression. I will fight to raise the federal minimum wage, lower everyday costs, and expand social safety nets like Social Security. I will demand accountability from politicians and corporations who put profits over people and are undermining our democracy. I will expand opportunity by defending human rights, protecting public education, and expanding access to affordable healthcare so everyone in our district can live with dignity and thrive.
To make healthcare more effective and affordable for working families, Congress should support a high-functioning primary care system that changes how we pay our PCPs, expand the healthcare workforce, reform healthcare pricing and Medicare physician payments, and mitigate anticompetitive incentives and practices that are driving up medical costs and debt for families. To improve access, Congress should protect and expand the ACA, CHIP, Medicare, Medicaid, and telehealth, and work to remove barriers that keep low-income, rural, and veteran communities uninsured and underserved. Most importantly, we must get profits out of healthcare, which I’m committed to doing if elected.
I would support legislation that directly lowers costs, strengthens healthcare access, and brings order to our immigration system. First, I would repeal the Trump tax cuts for corporations and the ultra-wealthy and reinvest those dollars into middle-class tax relief and deficit reduction. Second, I would extend the enhanced ACA premium tax credits so working families in CD21 can afford health insurance. Finally, I would advance bipartisan immigration reform that secures the border while creating a fair, legal, and humane pathway to work and citizenship that supports our economy and Texas communities.
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I am an engineer, program manager, and small business owner with experience at Microsoft, Cisco, and NASA affiliated research programs. I hold degrees in physics, software engineering, and business. I have led complex technical initiatives, managed budgets, and worked in highly regulated environments where accountability and outcomes matter. This background gives me a practical under-standing of how federal policy affects innovation, infrastructure, healthcare costs, and job creation for families and businesses in Texas Congressional District 21.
The next Congress must address rising costs of living, federal spending and debt, healthcare affordability, and workforce challenges. Rapid growth in artificial intelligence and data centers is placing new demands on water, energy, and infrastructure, particularly in Central Texas. At the same time, many recent college graduates are underemployed while employment based visa programs continue to expand. Congress must better align technology policy, workforce development, and infrastructure planning to ensure sustainable growth.
My top priorities are restoring fiscal discipline to reduce inflationary pressure on families, ensuring responsible artificial intelligence and data center growth that accounts for water and energy constraints, and strengthening workforce development while protecting American jobs and wages. These priorities are interconnected. Sound fiscal policy, sustainable infrastructure, and a strong domestic workforce are essential to long term economic stability and opportunity in Texas Congressional District 21.
Congress should focus on lowering costs through competition and transparency, expanding access to primary care and mental health services and reducing administrative waste. Patients need clearer pricing, more provider options, and better access in rural and underserved areas. Federal policy should support innovation and efficiency while preserving choice, improving outcomes, and ensuring mental health care is treated as an essential part of healthcare.
I would support legislation that strengthens workforce training and apprenticeships, improves water and energy infrastructure, and establishes accountability for data center water and power use. I would push reforms to employment based visa programs to ensure they address true labor shortages without undercutting wages. I would also support policies that expand mental health access, improve healthcare affordability, and enforce fiscal responsibility.
I bring over 20 years of leadership in healthcare, military service, and small business—fields directly shaped by federal policy. I have served as a healthcare CEO overseeing multi-site operations and large budgets, and as an officer in the U.S. Army National Guard Medical Service Corps supporting emergency and disaster response. As a small business owner and civic leader, I understand regulation, workforce challenges, and accountability firsthand. These experiences prepare me to legislate responsibly, conduct serious oversight, and protect taxpayers while ensuring essential services work when Texans need them most.
The next Congress must confront three urgent challenges: restoring fiscal discipline, securing the border, and strengthening national security while maintaining constitutional limits. Federal debt and deficits threaten economic stability and crowd out critical priorities. Border failures strain communities, public safety, and humanitarian systems—especially in Texas. Globally, rising threats from China, Iran, and Russia require credible deterrence without endless wars. Congress must also address healthcare workforce shortages and infrastructure resilience in disaster-prone regions. These challenges require serious oversight, measurable outcomes, and responsible governance.
My top priorities are restoring fiscal discipline, securing the border while enforcing the rule of law, and protecting critical infrastructure and emergency services. Congress must rein in spending through serious oversight, measurable outcomes, and real accountability to stop passing debt to future generations. We must secure the border with effective enforcement and lawful immigration policies that reduce chaos and human trafficking. Finally, I will prioritize infrastructure that protects lives and property—such as flood mitigation, emergency response capacity, and rural hospital access—while rejecting waste, earmarks, and federal dependency.
Congress should focus healthcare reform on three pillars: cost, access, and outcomes. Costs are lowered through price transparency, reduced administrative burden, and competition that rewards value. Access is expanded by protecting emergency and rural care and strengthening the healthcare workforce through targeted training and licensing reform. Outcomes improve when payment models reward quality rather than volume—standards I have enforced in healthcare leadership roles. Reforms must preserve patient choice, encourage innovation, and ensure federal programs are sustainable so care remains affordable without sacrificing quality or fiscal responsibility.
I would introduce legislation to eliminate federal taxes on health insurance premiums for individuals and small businesses, immediately lowering out-of-pocket costs. I would also lead a targeted overhaul of rural healthcare by preventing rural hospital closures, making telehealth permanent, reforming Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements to reflect rural costs, and expanding incentives for doctors and nurses to serve underserved communities. The bill would require transparency and measurable outcomes—access, wait times, and quality—while protecting patient choice. This approach delivers affordable coverage and reliable local care for families, seniors, and rural Texans without new mandates or expanding federal dependency.
I have a master’s degree in mathematics, and I have studied history just as extensively. I spent a total of 25 years as a public school and community college math teacher and 3 years in private schools, including a year at the university level. I am a father and grandfather. I care deeply about making this country work for everybody, and I care deeply about my generation leaving the world better than we found it. I am not entering politics as a career. I have had my career. I enter because I want to make a difference.
Making the economy work for everyone, and constantly working to end any kind of oppression or disadvantage for any one or group. On the economy, I believe saving and improving Social Security is the
fastest thing we can do, and I am certain that it can be improved. Healthcare is just as important, but not as quick a fix. On the issues of oppression, my priorities are to work for humane treatment of all who wish to move to our country, and to continually work for civil rights, LGBTQ rights, and women’s rights.
Saving and improving Social Security, immediately ending inhumane treatment of immigrant applicants, and getting the work started on transforming our healthcare system. One reason Social Security is high on my list is because I think it is something that can be done immediately. Affordable, quality healthcare for all will take more work, but can be done, and we need to begin. Working to end the extreme divide in our country is a factor within all of these priorities, but ending the divide must never be achieved by abandoning any who suffer in this economy or society.
The first step is full recognition and acknowledgement that that is not currently the case. Part of that first step includes the recognition that way too many of our healthcare dollars are going to private, profit-driven insurance companies and to additional profit-driven spinoffs of this system. We need way more healthcare professionals and fewer people handling confusing problems that result from this ultra-profit driven private system. But I also believe in Congress working to make an easy transition out of this system for those who work for a living within these industries.
While the issues I have already listed are national issues, they are also top concerns for voters in Texas Congressional District 21. They are issues that can make an immediate improvement in the well-being of people throughout the district and the country. On issues that are more specific to the district, I will work with the state legislature to create better warning systems for flood and other natural disasters. And I will work with state and local leaders to determine what Congress can do to help in all issues concerning water supply.
My upbringing as the son of a Navy pilot and school teacher taught me the value of service, teamwork, and perseverance - qualities that have guided my life on and off the field. My career in Major League Baseball and my years of community and philanthropic work have prepared me to listen, unite people, and tackle challenges head-on. I am running to bring those same steady, disciplined qualities to Congress on behalf of Texas families.
The most pressing issue facing the next congressional session is continuing to deliver on President Trump's America First policies to strengthen the economy and grow jobs. The next session of Congress must also pass legislation that guarantees secure elections including the requirement that only US Citizens are allowed to vote.
First, we must secure our southern border and restore law and order, because Texans are bearing the consequences of federal failure. Second, Washington’s reckless spending must be brought under control to stop inflation and protect hardworking families. Third, Congress must unleash American energy by cutting burdensome regulations and empowering Texas oil, gas, and nuclear production. Energy dominance strengthens our economy and our national security. These challenges demand decisive, America First leadership focused on protecting our communities, restoring stability, and putting the needs of American citizens above the interests of Washington bureaucrats.
The rampant fraud in Minnesota has exposed the need for more vigilance. I will work to track down the fraud in Medicare and Medicaid to protect taxpayers. I will ensure that Texas citizens are the only ones receiving care from those programs and will root out the waste, fraud, and abuse, which should be the primary function of every government.
My focus is to protect water resources for the residences and businesses who have been established in the Hill Country and to secure the funding to expand those resources.
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As a longtime Republican lawyer and former Federal Election Commission commissioner (2020–2025,including as chair), I bring extensive experience in election law, campaign finance, and ethics. I served as general counsel to the Texas Secretary of State, counsel to the Texas House Committee on Regulated Industries, and represented the Texas Republican Party and presidential campaigns. Nominated by President Trump and confirmed by the Senate, I’ve defended conservative principles and election integrity nationwide. Living in Hays County within TX-21, I’m prepared to fight for border security, fiscal responsibility, and constitutional rights in Congress.
The most pressing issues facing the next session of Congress are securing our southern border, reining in wasteful federal spending to combat inflation and the national debt, and defending constitutional rights including Second Amendment freedoms and the sanctity of life. As a Trump-aligned conservative, I will prioritize these to restore fiscal responsibility, protect American families, and uphold our Republic's founding principles against radical agendas.
My three top priorities for the next session of Congress are 1) secure the southern border – finish the wall, enforce existing laws, and end catch-and-release to stop illegal immigration, drugs, and human trafficking, 2) restore fiscal responsibility – cut wasteful spending, reduce the national debt, and fight inflation to protect hardworking Texas families, and 3) defend constitutional freedoms – uphold Second Amendment rights, protect religious liberty, and defend the sanctity of life. As a conservative from TX-21, I will fight for these priorities to strengthen our communities and our nation.
Congress should take these steps to make healthcare effective, affordable, and accessible: 1) promote competition – allow insurance sales across state lines, expand HSAs, and support price transparency to drive down costs, 2) reform regulations – reduce red tape for doctors, encourage telemedicine, and support tort reform to lower malpractice costs, and 3) empower patients – expand options like direct primary care and association health plans, focusing on market-driven solutions rather than government control. These conservative reforms will increase choice, lower costs, and improve care without expanding federal bureaucracy.
I would support and introduce legislation addressing the following: 1) Reimbursement for Operation Lone Star – Texas is due approximately $11 billion in the One Big Beautiful Bill but we need to ensure we receive rapid reimbursement for border security costs, 2) SAVE Act – I will push for final passage of the pending SAVE Act to require proof of citizenship for federal voter registration, and 3) Support July 4 th Flooding recovery – needed to provide swift federal aid to communities devastated by the July 4th floods for rebuilding infrastructure and supporting families.
I am a VA-trained trauma psychologist, a former federal employee and union member, and I currently work as a data analyst monitoring recruit wellness for the United States Air Force — and I run a small business. I double-majored in Government and History at UT Austin, earned my M.A. in Counseling from St. Edward’s University, and completed my doctorate at Our Lady of the Lake University. I understand how federal systems work — and where they fail the people they serve. Most importantly, I am a daughter of this district, shaped by its communities and deeply committed to serving them.
The next Congress must confront a democracy being hollowed out while families are quietly stripped of power, wealth, and security. Our economy favors corporations and billionaires, while disaster
capitalists come for our communities — buying land, housing, water rights, and even electricity capacity. Data centers and other high-demand projects threaten local resources without transparency. Meanwhile, healthcare costs force families to ration care. Corporate money, voter suppression, and rigged maps deepen distrust.
Protect the vote. Free and fair elections are the foundation of every other fight. Without the vote, we can’t defend our rights, our neighbors, or our future. We must expand ballot access, stop partisan gerrymandering, and limit corporate money. Protect working families. Tax wealth fairly, close loopholes that reward speculation over work, and reinvest in schools, healthcare, and infrastructure — so families see real affordability and access to care. Protect water and communities. Stop secret corporate deals over water, land, housing, and utilities, and support local watchdogs. We’ve been robbed of voice, wealth, and resources — and these priorities take them back.
Healthcare should be accessible, affordable, and built around patient needs — not corporate profits. Recent executive actions aim to lower drug prices, but Congress must act to ensure real relief for
everyone, regardless of insurance. We should permanently extend ACA tax credits and empower Medicare to negotiate drug prices broadly. Congress must cap out-of-pocket costs, end surprise billing, and expand mental and primary care. We must strengthen rural healthcare, telehealth, and preventive care, and support the workforce that keeps communities healthy. Care should be a right, not a burden — and Congress must rewrite the system around patients, not profits.
For TX-21, I would support legislation to expand voting access, end mid-decade redistricting, and curb corporate political spending. I would back pro-consumer laws like Right to Repair, stronger antitrust enforcement, and closing tax loopholes that reward Wall Street games instead of real work. I would introduce legislation banning NDAs that hide deals involving resources like water and utilities, and direct federal support to river authorities and groundwater districts. I would support permanently extending ACA tax credits, reducing drug prices, improving veterans’ services, and investing in rural broadband, infrastructure, and public schools — so families can thrive here, not get by.
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