About the Candidate
About Me
I was raised in the City of Covington (since before it was a city) here in District 47. I met my wife while we were in middle school, she grew up just a few blocks from me off of Wax Road. After growing up and watching the city grow up alongside us, I started my first business just out of high school which ultimately led to a career in real estate development. Throughout my career I delivered hundreds of homes to Washington State but each year it became harder and harder to deliver more housing. After securing my career, my wife and I settled down to start a family in Auburn. My son learned to walk in Isaac Evans Park and learned to swim at the local pool. We continue to enjoy the district’s many amenities, and hope to continue to raise our family here, we welcomed another boy just this last November.
In addition to my local roots and my professional background I also hold an interdisciplinary multi-major in Economics, Policy Analysis, Politics, and Philosophy. In the course of my studies I worked as policy staff for Senator Jeff Wilson, and worked for the Tacoma-Pierce Chamber of Commerce as a Business Advocate. More information about my professional career may be found on LinkedIn by pressing the button below.
My Campaign
The most pressing issues for the State of Washington that I see right now are addressing affordability for housing, energy, and healthcare, while protecting constitutional rights, and fostering economic growth. The state needs to get serious about the housing crisis, we need to take a more structural approach to zoning reform, rather than the endless stream of minor regulatory tweaks coming out of Olympia. Moreover, this state not only persistently flouts both its own constitution and the federal constitution itself, but also fails to adequately protect our constitutional rights to privacy, due process, and government transparency from federal overreach and instead simply pays lip service to these problems. Finally Olympia has done a remarkable job at artificially constraining economic growth with endless tax increases, artificial constraints on the energy and healthcare supply, and countless redundant and outdated regulatory barriers.
While I have a clear vision on how to restore freedom and economic vitality to our state, I would also like to hear from you about what you think the most pressing issues are. I firmly believe in listening intently to adapt my approach to meet the needs of the district. In consideration of this I prepared a policy survey so that each constituent can provide direct feedback on my policy ideas.