A House built for neighbors, not a political class
Every part of my life, aviation, emergency operations, raising a family in Spanaway, managing public infrastructure projects, taught me that results only happen when you stay accountable to the people you serve. I'm running because WA-10, from Lakewood and Olympia to the families near JBLM, deserves exactly that.
Goal: $10,000, funds phone banking, text outreach, voter lists, and printed flyers.
The hard truth about WA-10
Costs are up across Pierce and Thurston counties. Rents near Olympia and Lakewood have jumped 40% since 2019. Wages haven't kept pace. 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. WA-10 needs someone who lives the same math: mortgage payments, childcare, commutes on I-5 and SR-512. Representation should look like the people it serves.
A district that deserves more
Washington's 10th District is full of military families near JBLM and McChord, educators in Olympia, small-business owners in Lakewood, healthcare workers in Tacoma, and neighbors across Spanaway who roll up their sleeves without a camera nearby. That's the energy we need in Congress.
Real operational experience
I spent 20+ years managing crews in high-stress aviation and emergency operations, and now oversee public infrastructure projects this district relies on. The House needs that steady hand: someone who reads the details, respects the team, and delivers results.
Rooted in WA-10
My family lives in Spanaway. We commute the same roads, use the same schools, and feel the same cost squeeze as everyone else in Pierce and Thurston counties. When the people doing the work write the laws, the laws finally make sense.
From the very beginning, the House of Representatives was designed for ordinary citizens. It was built for people who lived the same realities as the people they served, not a political 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 were guardrails to keep the job from becoming a career.
George Washington warned what happens when people cling to power. “The spirit of encroachment" pushes leaders toward “the ultimate term of despotism." Stay too long, and you stop serving anyone but yourself.
Thomas Jefferson: “Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct." When holding power becomes the goal, corruption follows.
James Madison offered the antidote: frequent elections that keep representatives in “dependence and sympathy" with the people.
Different voices. Same message. Serve your neighbors. Do the work. Go home. That's the standard WA-10 should demand.
My PAC-free commitment
I refuse corporate PAC money because accountability should flow to the people who pay taxes, not to 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 in Spanaway or Olympia, 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
Regular in-person and virtual town halls across the district, Lakewood, Olympia, Spanaway, Puyallup. 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 WA-10.
Serve with urgency
Every committee meeting, vote, and late-night phone call is about WA-10. If it doesn't help the district, Lakewood, Olympia, JBLM communities, the South Sound, it doesn't make the schedule.
Deliver measurable wins
Housing support, healthcare access, transportation funding, veteran care, and small-business relief, all tracked and reported back so you know what actually changed.
Go home when the work is done
Hold the seat long enough to deliver real results, then step aside so someone else can bring their lived experience to the job. That's how a healthy republic works.