Candidate for Utah House of Representatives - District 64 in 2026 Utah General Election.
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Get StartedAutomated license plate recognition (ALPR) would be a very convenient way to do equitable tolling for highway use across the state for all vehicles; but the privacy concerns are too great for me to support them. It would inherently allow tracking of citizen movements in detail without probable cause for suspicion. Learn more
Repeal or amend the school voucher program (Utah Fits All), replacing it with a similar program that draws from the General Fund rather than the income tax fund that is constitutionally required to fund only public education. Reverse the meddling in higher education for ideological reasons. Protect academic freedom and allow for free exploration of ideas and development of disciplines that aren’t just for training the workforce. Continue supporting trade and professional schools as valid forms of higher education in addition to colleges and universities. Fund and establish a new community college for Utah County with campuses in the south and northwest parts of the county, to alleviate attendance and travel pressure on UVU. Similar to SLCC in Salt Lake County. Learn more
Protect and expand public K-12 education funding. Recent funding cuts from the state and federal levels have forced districts to raise property taxes and levies. Free school lunch. If we require the kids to attend during lunch, we need to feed them. School lunch debt should not be a thing. Repeal the law (HB 29, from 2024) that allows the decision of just three districts in the state to force a book title to be removed from all public school libraries statewide. The decision of a district to remove a title from school libraries should be a local decision limited to that district, as its board only represents the citizens of that district and should not be able to make decisions for those outside it. If repeal is not possible, amend the law to require at least two-thirds of the districts in the state to agree on a title’s removal for it to be banned from school libraries statewide—a high threshold requiring considerable statewide consensus rather than the current low threshold that can be heavily influenced by a small number of activists and a handful of school board members in localized pockets of the state. Learn more
Support nuclear energy development that doesn’t consume scarce water resources or pose safety risks. Ensure developers and operators are highly qualified and professional and in it for the long term, not a group of tech bros looking to make a quick buck before their project folds. Learn more
We expand our responsible innovation, production, and use of renewable energy. Learn more
Support efforts to improve the power grid’s resiliency and transmission efficiency. Support development of battery farms and other forms of energy storage to smooth out generation and consumption cycles. Learn more
We preserve the Great Salt Lake at levels that will prevent toxic dust from polluting our air. Learn more
Water resources are sufficient and we conserve enough to send extra downstream. Learn more
We protect our public lands and beautiful wild places in the state. Learn more
Reform the antiquated water-rights system, using eminent domain as necessary to reclaim public control of water flows BUT with due fair-market compensation for current water rights holders and with legal commitments for essential uses. Set a legal minimum surface elevation for the Great Salt Lake that water managers in the basin are obligated to help maintain. Change or repeal laws that encourage wasteful water use (“use it or lose it”) or the depletion or foulement of aquifers and other freshwater sources. Fund programs that incentivize water-smart practices like replacing lawn with drought-tolerant landscaping, modernizing irrigation systems, monitoring for leaks, etc. Learn more
Authorize use of ranked-choice voting and introduce pilots of Approval and STAR Voting methods to address problems in our default “Choose-One” voting method. Learn more
Allocate Utah’s votes in the Electoral College (presidential election) proportionally based on statewide popular vote, so that a candidate getting 1/6 of the popular vote gets one electoral vote, 2/6 gets two, etc., with leftover electoral votes going to the statewide popular vote winner. This would replace our winner-take-all system and immediately make every Utahn’s vote sought after rather than being taken for granted or ignored. Learn more
Propose amendment to state constitution to allow for recall elections, so an official may be removed from office when found to be unfit, corrupt, incompetent, abusive, criminal, or otherwise has lost the trust of their constituents. Learn more
Propose a state constitutional amendment to prohibit use of partisan data in drawing political districts, to require nonpartisan criteria for choosing district boundaries, and to require all district map drawing to be done via a public process, fully transparent and subject to meaningful public input. Oppose efforts to repeal Prop 4’s anti-gerrymandering provisions. Encourage Utah’s federal delegation to support a nationwide anti-gerrymandering law, undoing all the gerrymandering done in Republican- or Democratic-controlled states. Learn more
We have fair and proportional representation, no party or faction being unduly privileged above another. Learn more
Encourage transit-oriented residential development to avoid congestion pressure on roadways. Critically examine Public Infrastructure Districts and how they are used—whether they are properly disclosed to home buyers, whether the cost/risk is fairly transferred to those benefiting from them, and whether they should be continued or reformed or abolished. Learn more
Study the main factors driving up housing costs and driving down availability, to make sure proposed solutions align with realities in the market. Allow conversion of low-density residential lots to high-density units under certain conditions. Explore ways to disincentivize residential property investment practices that box out would-be homeowners in favor of short-term rentals, speculators, multi-state or international conglomerates, etc. Learn more
Dependable and low-cost transit options. Learn more
Fund mass transit improvement and extension to south Utah County and elsewhere, to alleviate traffic congestion and move people more efficiently. More bus routes, FrontRunner extension, RideShare, Park and Ride lots. Support further build-out of bike trail networks across the county to allow commute by bike. Learn more
Growth happens without outpacing infrastructure. Learn more
Stop cutting income taxes to score political points—it drains our public education system of funding which districts have to make up for by jacking up property taxes, putting a heavier burden on those who have less ability to pay the increases. Property taxes are more regressive than income taxes. Keep the state tax on Social Security benefits, but increase the income threshold for qualifying for the tax credit and tie it to the rate of inflation / cost of living. (Initially I was opposed to taxing benefits entirely, but some admittedly cursory research has me leaning towards this as the fairer approach.). Learn more
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