Currently holds the office of South Dakota House of Representatives - District 15 until January 4, 2027.
Candidate for South Dakota State Senate - District 15 in 2026 South Dakota General Election.
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Get StartedPolice are asked to carry burdens they were never trained for, and a mental health crisis deserves a health response, not a squad car by default. And when people leave prison with housing, work, and support, they're far less likely to return, which is safer and cheaper for all of us. Learn more
Policy only works if people can actually get help when they need it, and access, affordability, and timeliness are the difference between prevention and tragedy. And police shouldn't be our default response to a mental-health emergency. A health crisis deserves a health response. Learn more
South Dakotans voted for Medicaid expansion, and protecting those services and implementing them well, instead of slow-walking them, is essential. Care you can't afford isn't really care. Learn more
Housing is the biggest thing I hear about in our district, and I hear it as a renter myself. We haven't built enough of the housing working people can actually afford, and when rents jump, renters feel it right away while property tax "relief" rarely reaches them. Learn more
Smaller data centers have been useful here. Hyperscale is a different animal, and it deserves scrutiny at every step. Learn more
I'll keep backing the solutions that actually move people toward stability, from documents to shelter to the mental health and addiction care that so often sits underneath it. Learn more
Real relief comes from the state paying for what it mandates, especially education, and from cutting the grocery tax, which hits working families and renters hardest and reaches people a property tax cut never touches. Learn more
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