Currently holds the office of North Dakota State Senate - District 19 until December 1, 2026.
Candidate for North Dakota State Senate - District 19 in 2022 North Dakota General Election.
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Get StartedI am a devout advocate of the First Amendment. We cannot and must not allow any weakening of our God given rights to freedom of religion and freedom of speech and assembly, no matter how the attacks on such may be clothed. And as we all know, they come clothed like freedom and justice and political correctness these days. Learn more
As your State Senator, I will be committed to the importance of education and will strongly support reform that brings decision making power back to the local level. Learn more
I will support all efforts to remove the Smarter Balance Consortium, which administers the Common Core Standardized tests, as this is simply a rewrite of old federal policies that do not work. Learn more
The mission of every school in our state can be accomplished when decision making power is closest to the local school level. It is there that administrators and teachers can ensure students are engaged in an educational climate where parents are involved, their concerns are heard and students’ academic needs are most easily met. When decision making power is at the local level, teachers will once again be able to focus instruction time on the needs of their students rather than the current skewed focus driven by federally mandated Common Core State Standards and SBAC achievement testing. Learn more
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