I made my first attempt at running for public office back in 2022. I wasn’t successful in that race, but I certainly learned a lot.
The greatest lesson was the mistake of not believing in …
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I made my first attempt at running for public office back in 2022. I wasn’t successful in that race, but I certainly learned a lot.
The greatest lesson was the mistake of not believing in knocking on doors and talking with my neighbors one-on-one. I thought that would be the last thing folks would want was a candidate knocking on their door at supper time after a long day’s work.
When I decided to run again for the same seat in 2024, I made up my mind that, after researching campaign strategies and attending campaign training classes, I would mount a very aggressive door-to-door campaign. I knocked on nearly 1,000 doors.
What I found is people were very friendly and extremely frustrated with their government, both state and federal.
They wanted a more conservative, simple, and common-sense form of state government.
I learned that, first and foremost, people are concerned about the out-of-control property tax increases year after year. Seniors are being forced to go back to work to keep their homes. Young families can’t afford to get started or even dream of living the “American Dream” of owning their own home.
People are tired of the fighting within our legislature on this issue. They want results, a solution, so they can budget their households from year to year. Don’t they deserve that?
I learned that the folks are concerned about our traditional industries like oil, gas, mining and agriculture. They are looking for a state legislature that will fight and protect these industries and their jobs; to stop investing their hard-earned tax dollars into “green energy” and ESG firms such as Blackrock, VanGuard and State Street. These are the very firms that are supporting the “Green New Deal” policies that are delivering a slow death to our traditional industries.
I learned that the folks are tired of illegal immigrants crossing our southern border, being issued drivers licenses in some states, finding their way into Wyoming and using those drivers’ licenses as ID and competing with them for jobs and taking advantage of our social programs and taxing our schools.
I learned they want to be able to trust our elections. With reports of illegals casting votes in previous elections and learning that there are no requirements to prove citizenship or residence, the people want to be assured that only Wyoming residents who are U.S. citizens can vote in our elections.
I learned our neighbors are concerned about the direction of the University of Wyoming. They want our university to reflect the values of our state. They have no desire to see their tax dollars being used to fund and push harmful “DEI” practices and policies.
The people spoke loudly this past election cycle. They want a legislature and policies that work for them. They want representation! They deserve representation and common-sense solutions from their government.
For these reasons, I support what is being called the “Five and Dime Plan.” This plan addresses each of the concerns I learned were priorities for the people of House District 20.
The “Five and Dime Plan” aligns with the very simple Republican Party belief of “low taxes, limited government and personal responsibility” and, if you think about it, that belief is what brought us the success and lives we live today.
Now it is up to us not to let the success we created destroy us with all these lax, loose and expensive policies. The “Five and Dime Plan” will accomplish that.