Why I’m Running
A House meant for neighbors, not celebrities
Every part of my life in aviation, emergency operations, and raising a family in Spanaway taught me that government works only when it remembers the people footing the bill. I’m running because the House of Representatives is drifting away from us. It’s time to reset it back to ordinary citizens who know the stakes.
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The hard truth about WA-10
Costs are up, wages are flat, and Congress is busy protecting a political class instead of families. Too many members treat the House like a studio set. The district becomes a backdrop, not the mission. That isn’t why we created the House and it isn’t why I’m stepping into this race.
We deserve someone who lives the same math we live: mortgage payments, childcare, and the commute on I-5. Representation should look like the people it serves, not influencers chasing cable hits.
A House meant for people like us
Washington’s 10th District is full of military families, educators, small-business owners, and neighbors who roll up their sleeves without a camera nearby. That’s the energy we need in Congress. I’ve spent decades solving problems with limited resources and no option to fail. That experience, not celebrity status, should be the qualification for office.
Real life experience
I managed crews in high-stress aviation and emergency environment, and kept people safe. The House needs that steady hand: someone who can read the details, respect the crew, and deliver results.
Rooted in WA-10
My family feels the same squeeze everyone else does. That’s why I fight for affordable housing, better transit, and schools that reflect our growth. When the people doing the work write the laws, the laws finally make sense.
Celebrity politics isn’t public service. Some folks chase attention, rack up corporate PAC money, and cling to the seat as if it’s theirs. That’s how you get gridlock, scandals, and viral clips instead of solutions. The House was never supposed to be a celebrity platform. It was a place for people who came from the community, did the work, then went home.
From the very beginning, the House of Representatives was designed for ordinary citizens, not a political class. It was built for people who lived the same realities as the people they served.
Alexis de Tocqueville noticed it right away. America’s House worked because its members came from “the common mass of the people.” The House was strongest when it reflected real life, not an upper class floating above it.
Fisher Ames, one of the very first members of Congress, said the House should carry “the people’s sense” straight into the chamber. Short terms weren’t a flaw. They were guardrails to keep the job from becoming a career.
George Washington warned what happens when people cling to power. He wrote that the “spirit of encroachment” pushes leaders toward “the ultimate term of despotism.” Stay too long, and you stop serving anyone but yourself.
Thomas Jefferson didn’t sugarcoat it. “Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.” When holding power becomes the goal, corruption follows.
And James Madison offered the antidote: frequent elections. They keep representatives in “dependence and sympathy” with the people. Serve the public or the public replaces you.
Different voices. Same message. The House was built for citizens who live under the same pressures as the people they represent. Serve your neighbors. Do the work. Go home. Not a political class. Not a lifetime career. Not the system we have now. And that’s why change matters.
My PAC-free commitment
I refuse corporate PAC money because accountability should flow to the people who sign the checks with their taxes, not to the lobbyists handing out favors. That’s the promise I make to every voter in WA-10.
No corporate PAC dollars
This campaign is funded by neighbors, not special interests. If a bill can’t be defended back home, it doesn’t get my vote.
Transparent reporting
We publish where money comes from and where it goes. Sunlight is the only antidote to the backroom politics that rot Congress.
Town hall accountability
I’ll hold regular in-person and virtual town halls, because if I can’t defend a vote directly to you, I shouldn’t cast it.
Service, delivery, and heading home
Public office should feel like deployment: you prepare, execute, serve the mission, then hand the reins to the next person. Here’s what that means for me.
Serve with urgency
Every committee meeting, vote, and late-night phone call is about WA-10. If it doesn’t help the district, it doesn’t make the schedule.
Deliver measurable wins
Transportation funding, housing support, veteran care, and small-business relief, all tracked and reported back so you know what changed.
Go home when the work is done
Hold the seat long enough to deliver, then step aside so someone else can bring their lived experience to the job. That’s how a healthy republic works.
Help me build a House that serves the people again
Talk with your neighbors, share this message, and hold me accountable. If we lead together, we can prove that ordinary citizens, not celebrities, still run this country.
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