Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives - Idaho 1st Congressional District in 2026 Idaho Primary Election.
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Get StartedSmall businesses are the lifeblood of our economy, but the rules increasingly favor those large enough to write them. Concentrated markets shape the regulations that govern them; competition stops being honest and smaller businesses can't compete on merit. Tariffs make it worse: large businesses absorb the costs or pass them to consumers; small ones can't absorb them at all — and businesses large enough to navigate the exclusion process may see those costs refunded while the small ones don't see a dime. Honest competition also requires government to do certain things: fund the public infrastructure and basic research that large incumbents can provide for themselves but small businesses cannot. I support restoring free markets through antitrust enforcement, trade rules that serve Idaho producers, and public investment in the infrastructure and research that lets small businesses compete on the merits of their ideas. Learn more
Idaho's agricultural exports are not a sideline — they are essential to our economy. Tariffs raise the costs of fertilizer and other raw materials, invite retaliation, and destroy confidence in the reliability of our supply. When markets move elsewhere, they are not readily recovered. Other federal policies and proposals further increase the stress on our agricultural industry, threatening access to public lands and the existence of an adequate agricultural workforce. Learn more
We spend more per person on health care than any comparable country — and get worse outcomes. The reason traditional solutions haven't worked is that health care doesn't behave like a normal market: adding competition doesn't automatically bring prices down, and in rural Idaho there often isn't any competition to add. That structural reality requires targeted, sustained action — on hospital and physician costs, prescription drug pricing, and the insurance marketplace. Getting this right is a long-term project. My proposals are a serious start. Learn more
Housing is the top budget priority for Idahoans three years running, and with good reason: more than half of renters say they can't afford to buy because prices are too high. A workforce that can't afford to live where it works is a workforce that moves, and those who build the economy ought to be able to live in it. The federal government can help by removing obstacles that drive up building, outfitting, and insurance costs for new housing. Learn more
Idaho's farms, dairies, and food processors depend on workers that the domestic labor market doesn't supply in adequate numbers. Restricting that labor doesn't protect American jobs — it leaves crops in the field and businesses on the edge of failure. We need to match legal immigration pathways to what the economy actually needs. We also need enforcement that is fair and consistent — because uncertainty drives workers underground and makes the planning that businesses depend on impossible. Learn more
Social Security faces a funding shortfall by 2033. Congress has known this for decades and done nothing, because fixing it requires both parties to give something up. Social Security is not charity — it is an entitlement to what we paid in over long years of labor. It is the safety net that lets people take risks, knowing that a lifetime of work won't end in poverty. I support a bipartisan reform framework that preserves the program along its principles of adequacy and equity, for the next 75 years and beyond. Learn more
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