Four terms of work for Central Washington — bills sponsored, dollars secured, and the day-to-day fights that don't always make headlines.
A snapshot of the record I've built since voters of the 14th — and now the 15th — first sent me to Olympia.
$7.6M
Capital investments for the 15th District in the 2025–26 biennium.
4 Terms
Elected in 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024 — most recently with 74.7% of the vote.
Caucus #2
Elected Deputy Minority Leader by my Republican colleagues in December 2024.
Saved
Co-led the successful effort to keep the school open after Olympia tried to close it.
Capital projects funded in the 2025–26 state budget that benefit families, growers, first responders, and kids across the 15th District.
Total capital investments secured for the 15th District · 2025–26 biennium
Critical irrigation infrastructure that delivers water to thousands of acres of orchards, hop yards, and row crops across the Yakima Valley.
Disease testing for apples, pears, potatoes, and the rest of the science behind a $10 billion industry — protecting growers, packers, and the supply chain that feeds the country.
Continued investment in the integrity of the Roza system — keeping water in the canal where it's needed instead of soaking into the ground.
Capital funding for round-the-clock services for women and families fleeing abuse — the front-line work of keeping people safe.
A year-round facility for kids' sports, leagues, and tournaments — an investment in healthy kids and an economic driver for the community.
Capital improvements for one of our local fire stations — better facilities for the men and women who answer when our families call.
Funding for the hatchery that supports salmon recovery, sport fishing, and the ecosystem of the upper Yakima Basin.
A selection of legislation I've authored or co-sponsored. Some signed into law, others still working their way through — every one of them tied to something my constituents asked for.
Raises the maximum seating per screen from 120 to 200 for theaters that serve alcohol — letting community theaters across Yakima and the rest of the state expand without losing the customer experience that keeps them open.
Role: Co-sponsor with Rep. Jeremie Dufault
Restores legislative oversight to long-running emergency declarations. After three years living under Gov. Inslee's emergency, it became clear that no one branch of government should hold that kind of unilateral power for years on end.
Role: Prime sponsor · with Reps. Peter Abbarno & Jim Walsh
The earlier version of the emergency-powers reform package. Cleared committee with bipartisan support before stalling in the Senate. The substantive policy is identical to HB 1535 — and the case for it has only grown stronger.
Role: Prime sponsor
Co-led the legislative effort to keep the Yakima Valley School and Rainier School open after the outgoing Inslee budget moved to close them. The school in Selah serves Washingtonians with developmental disabilities — closing it was a cold, callous, reckless decision, and we stopped it.
Role: Co-led the bipartisan effort to preserve funding and oppose closure
Roles my colleagues have asked me to take on — the committees that write the budget and the leadership team that sets the caucus's direction.
December 2024 — Present
The second-ranking position in the House Republican caucus, elected by my colleagues. Day-to-day, the job is making sure Eastern Washington has a voice at the table when our caucus decides where to push, where to compromise, and where to draw the line.
2023 — 2024
The top Republican on the committee that writes Washington's operating budget. From this seat I pushed for fiscal discipline, advocated for tax relief, and made the case for spending priorities that match the values of the families I represent.
2021 — 2022
Worked on the Republican response to the budget through the post-pandemic recovery period — the years when state spending grew the fastest and oversight mattered most.
Multiple sessions
Helping coordinate the caucus's strategy on the floor — debate, amendments, and the long process of getting on the record with clarity, not just volume.
Current
Weighing the rules that affect small businesses, employers, and consumers across the state — looking for the balance between consumer safety and the regulatory weight that drives Main Street out of business.
Current
The committee that decides which bills make it to the floor for a vote. The work isn't glamorous, but it's where a lot of Olympia's worst ideas get stopped — quietly.
A representative's job isn't only to pass good bills — it's to stop bad ones. Some of the most important votes I've cast have been the ones against:
After 24 hours of debate — the longest floor session in Washington history — the bill passed 51–46. I voted no, along with eight Democrats. The threshold was set high to start, but the threshold can always be moved later. This was a foothold, not a final answer, and Central Washington should not be the next target.
An estimated $1.8 billion in additional taxes on Washington homeowners. Olympia's spending grew faster than working families' wages did in the last decade. The fix isn't to take more — it's to spend less. I opposed the bill at every step.
When the committee voted to send the Yakima Valley School closure bill to the floor — over Republican amendments to keep the school open — we couldn't sit there anymore. Closing the school was a cold, callous decision affecting people with developmental disabilities and the families who rely on the school. We pushed back, loudly, and we won.
A record is only useful if it keeps growing. Here's what I'm working on now — and what I'll keep fighting for if voters send me back to Olympia.
The bill has cleared the House before. The case for legislative oversight only got stronger after three years under one person's emergency declaration. We'll keep coming back until it's law.
Olympia keeps writing checks the budget can't cash, and the answer is always more taxes. As Deputy Minority Leader and former Ranking Republican on Appropriations, I'm pushing for budgets that live within their means.
We saved the school once. Olympia's appetite for closing it doesn't go away. I'll keep watching the budget, the closure bills, and any back-door attempt to wind it down.
Police pursuits, drug trafficking, the prosecutor's office — Eastern Washington communities need the resources and the laws that match the situation on the ground, not slogans about reform.
The Roza investments are a start. The Yakima Basin needs continued capital funding, regulatory predictability for growers, and a Legislature that understands food production isn't optional.
Every dollar buys yard signs, mailers, door-knocker materials, and the staff to organize the volunteers using them.
