Place of Birth: Fayetteville, Arkansas
Age on E-Day, 2026: 24
Permanent Residence: Bozeman, MT
Occupation: Student at Montana State University
Education: Undergraduate Student
After moving to Bozeman, I became heavily involved with organizing efforts in town and on campus, helping register thousands of students to vote. Thanks to my experiences and positions, I hear from a lot of young Montanans that are concerned about the prospects of their futures in Montana, and that feel left out of our legislative and political systems. These perspectives will help me work from an angle that is future focused and effectively includes Montanans of all ages.
Housing affordability, childcare accessibility, and state taxes.
The cost of rent and home prices are skyrocketing while wages stay flat. In order to create relief for renters and first time homebuyers, we should work to build a surplus of affordable housing in Montana and streamline zoning laws so cities like Bozeman can work effectively.
Childcare should be a tool that allows working families to get ahead. Expanding scholarship programs to help more Montanans pay for quality childcare and working toward a universal system would enable every child in this state to thrive.
The tax code should be rewritten to ensure that our public services are adequately funded and corporations pay their fair share.
Ensuring that everyone has access to safe and affordable housing is the first step in ensuring that Montanans are secure in their economic opportunities. Another key step to alleviating the burden of rising costs is expanding and establishing new benefits, like child tax credits that are proven to be effective at raising children out of poverty.
In order to ensure that care is affordable and accessible for Montanans, we should continue to protect medicaid expansion and subsidies to rural health centers that provide critical care.
I believe that mail in voting is practical and secure. Any Montanan that would prefer to vote by mail should be allowed to, as this facilitates election efficiency and voting access. Further, we should protect same-day voter registration and the ability of students to vote in elections so that every person who lives in Montana is able to vote in Montana.
On the role of money in elections, I support the Montana Plan that would limit spending by corporations in Montana's elections. Money shouldn't decide who wins or loses elections, and unlimited spending from corporate entities limits the people from enacting their full will, which is why it should be restricted.
Born in Tucson, Arizona. Age 38 on Election Day 2026. Permanent resident of Belgrade, Gallatin County, Montana. Driver with blue-collar background. Sahuarita High School graduate.
Ranch-raised, former wildland firefighter, coal miner, and heavy equipment operator. These hands-on experiences give me real-world understanding of working families’ challenges and practical problem-solving skills needed in the Legislature. Currently owner and trainer of a CDL training academy with my wife.
Top issues: cost of living/housing, healthcare affordability, taxes/spending, and public lands access.
Positions: Support price transparency to lower healthcare and living costs; cut wasteful spending and taxes; defend public lands access; limit government overreach.
Priorities:
1) Cost of living & healthcare (immediate family impact),
2) Fiscal responsibility,
3) Lands access & limited government.
Pursue healthcare price transparency to reduce costs through competition, tax relief, spending restraint, and support for energy/agriculture/resource jobs. These state-level steps lower everyday expenses, strengthen family budgets, and improve economic security without expanding government. Less government more freedom.
Support voter ID, clean voter rolls, and verified absentee/early voting to secure elections while keeping access easy for eligible voters.
For money in politics: Require full campaign finance transparency so voters can judge influence; avoid measures that restrict free speech.
