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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • BA, Organizational/Strategic Communication, Southeastern Oklahoma State University
  • Attended, Rogers University, 2004-2006

Professional Experience

  • BA, Organizational/Strategic Communication, Southeastern Oklahoma State University
  • Attended, Rogers University, 2004-2006
  • Property Manager, Beavers Bend Getaways, 2010 - present
  • Served, United States Coast Guard, 2007-2010

Political Experience

  • BA, Organizational/Strategic Communication, Southeastern Oklahoma State University
  • Attended, Rogers University, 2004-2006
  • Property Manager, Beavers Bend Getaways, 2010 - present
  • Served, United States Coast Guard, 2007-2010
  • Senator, Oklahoma State Senate, 2014-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Oklahoma, District 2, 2020
  • Candidate, Oklahoma State Senate, District 5, 2014, 2016

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, Oklahoma State Senate

Former Member, Appropriations Committee, Oklahoma State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government and Transportation, Oklahoma State Senate

Former Member, Business and Commerce Committee, Oklahoma State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Education, Oklahoma State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Transportation Committee, Oklahoma State Senate

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Business, Commerce, and Tourism Committee

Member, Health and Human Services Committee

Member, Subcommittee on Education

Member, Transportation Committee

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • BA, Organizational/Strategic Communication, Southeastern Oklahoma State University
  • Attended, Rogers University, 2004-2006
  • Property Manager, Beavers Bend Getaways, 2010 - present
  • Served, United States Coast Guard, 2007-2010
  • Senator, Oklahoma State Senate, 2014-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Oklahoma, District 2, 2020
  • Candidate, Oklahoma State Senate, District 5, 2014, 2016
  • Member, Octavia Baptist Church

Other Info

— Awards:

  • Coast Guard Leadership Excellence Award in Yorktown in 2009

Policy Positions

2020

Abortion

Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Unknown Position

Campaign Finance

Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Unknown Position

Defense

Do you support increasing defense spending?
- Unknown Position

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Unknown Position

3. Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
- Unknown Position

Education

Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position

Energy and Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Unknown Position

Guns

Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Unknown Position

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
- Unknown Position

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Yes

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Unknown Position

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Unknown Position

Trade

Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Unknown Position