A hopeful vision for rural washington
I first ran for office in 2024 to fight for a hopeful vision for rural Washington. I'd watched the cost of living push seniors out of manufactured home parks and keep young families from buying their first homes. At the same time, working as a legislative assistant for then Senator Kevin Van De Wege, I heard from people all over the Peninsula who were already at work on these problems: business owners and labor leaders, conservationists and developers, Democrats and Republicans. Their approaches differed, but their goals were similar. Affordable housing, accessible healthcare, and good schools. A state government that balances its budget and lives within its means. An economy that grows without trashing the forests, rivers, and beaches that make this place worth living in.
Those values are widely shared. Most of the work to advance them is already happening across the Peninsula. My job, as I see it, is to carry that work into Olympia.
Voters elected me last year, and I got to work. I worked with childcare providers across the state to pass HB 1351, which increased childcare capacity by removing an outdated regulatory practice that was leaving spots empty. I worked with foresters and conservationists to pass HB 1563, which stabilized the insurance market for prescribed burns, a key tool for keeping forests healthy and preventing wildfire. I worked across the aisle to pass HB 2239, allowing families to bury their loved ones on family property, and HB 2269, which made it easier to build housing in rural Washington. And I worked with the Grays Harbor Chamber of Commerce and the Environmental Priorities Coalition to pass HB 2426, a commonsense, bipartisan bill to streamline part of our business permitting process.
Before running for office, I earned a PhD in political science and worked in policy and politics on both coasts before returning home to Washington to be closer to my wife Hannah. I serve on the board of the Olympic View Community Foundation, and in Olympia I'm Vice Chair of the Transportation Committee and a member of the Early Learning and Human Services and Agriculture and Natural Resources Committees.
There's more work to do, and that's why I'm running for reelection.
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