What priorities and vision do you have for the office of Colorado State Senator, and how would your personal and professional experience contribute to that?

Colorado should stay affordable, safe, and free. I’ll defend TABOR, stop new taxes and hidden fees, cut red tape that drives up housing and energy costs, and audit waste. Public safety comes first: back sheriffs, hold violent and repeat offenders accountable, and make schools hard targets with real security. The Second Amendment is not negotiable enforce the law against criminals, not law-abiding owners. Parents, not Denver, should direct education. Energy, water, forest health, and wildfire prevention matter across rural SD4.

I’ve built a family firearms business, met payroll, and fought at the Capitol as an unpaid advocate. That experience plus being a father in this district is how I’ll represent Fremont, the mountains, and the rest of Senate District 4.

Colorado's Sunshine Law and Taxpayer Bill of Rights are examples of accountability measures that Colorado's electorate voted into law. What are your beliefs on ethics in government, and how would you seek to improve accountability and transparency as they relate to the office of Colorado State Senator?

Sunshine Law and TABOR exist because voters demanded limits and light. I will defend both. Ethics means serving the public, not parties or special interests. Hidden fees, raided refunds, and bills written to dodge a vote are a breach of trust.

As senator I will protect TABOR, require honest fiscal notes, support audits of waste and fraud, and keep meetings and records open. Conflicts should be disclosed. Decisions that raise costs belong on the ballot, not in a back room.

I have met a payroll and worked unpaid at the Capitol. I know how process gets used to hide costs. The job is simple: make government easier to watch, harder to cheat, and accountable to Senate District 4—not Denver.

What are your thoughts on the establishment clause; and if elected, what will you do to protect your constituents' rights to freedom of religion, speech, peaceable assembly, and petitioning the government for a redress of grievances?

The Establishment Clause stops government from creating a state church. It doesnt require hostility toward faith. Every person should be free to worship, speak, gather peacefully, and ask government for change.

If elected I will oppose bills that punish churches, silence prayer, or force people to violate conscience. Peaceable assembly and petition are how rural Colorado is heard. I will protect those rights instead of burying them.

Public officials work for the people. Criticism of government is a right. I will vote against laws that pick winners among beliefs or speech, stand with local communities against Denver control, and treat the First Amendment as written so families in Senate SD4 can live and worship freely.

In light of recent Colorado legislation and US Supreme Court's rulings regarding our nation's historical tradition of firearms regulation, what steps would you take to protect the rights of the people while addressing gun violence?

The Supreme Court has been clear. The right to keep and bear arms is a constitutional right rooted in history, not a privilege Denver can shrink each session. Colorado gun bills punish lawful owners while criminals ignore every rule.

I will oppose bans and permit schemes that treat honest citizens as the problem. Enforcement should target illegal possession, straw purchases, and violent offenders. Repeat criminals belong in prison. Victims deserve more protection than offenders.

School safety is part of this. Make schools hard targets with trained staff, real security, not shared coverage and press releases.

As a father in this district, I will vote to restore focus on crime, not on stripping rights from people who follow the law

There has been a rise in incidences of anti-Americanism and antisemitism in Colorado and across our nation. What do you view as the causes, and what should be done to address these issues?

Anti American and antisemitic hate has grown because too many schools and public institutions stopped teaching our history, excused radical ideology, and treated violence as speech. When America is framed only as a villain, and Jews are targeted on campus and in the street, leaders who look away own part of the result.

The answer is not more slogans. Enforce the law against assault, threats, vandalism, and intimidation. Protect synagogues, churches, and schools. Demand honest civic education: the Constitution, the Holocaust, and why this country is worth defending. Parents should know what children are taught.

I will stand with Jewish neighbors and with every Coloradan who wants a state that rejects hate and remembers who we are.

If elected, what initiatives would you champion to improve Colorado's economy, including policies on water, energy, and other resources, and how would you make your office more fiscally responsible?

Colorado families cannot thrive if energy, housing, and government keep getting more expensive. I will defend TABOR, stop hidden fees, demand honest fiscal notes, and push audits that cut waste before we ask taxpayers for more.

On energy I support all of the above: oil, gas, and responsible renewables that actually lower bills. Locking up production raises costs and weakens rural jobs.

Water rights are property rights in Senate District 4. I will protect them, back storage and forest health, and treat wildfire prevention as public safety, not an afterthought.

Government should get out of the way of job creators. Fewer mandates, faster permits, and a Senate office that spends less time growing programs and more time watching the books.

If elected, how would you help improve the educational outcomes for Colorado's students, and what is your position on parental authority in K-12 education, including school choice and parental notification?

education. I support parental notification and consent, opt out rights, and real school choice including charters and homeschooling. Families deserve options when a school fails their kids.

Outcomes improve when we put reading, math, history, and civics first and drop political agendas from the classroom. Teachers should be free to teach. Parents should see curriculum and be told about serious issues involving their child. No secrets from families.

I will back transparency, accountability, and local control so Senate District 4 boards and parents decide what happens in their schools. Safe schools and strong basics are how students succeed, not more mandates from Denver.

If elected, how will you seek to protect the lives of the most vulnerable in our community, including the unborn, victims of trafficking and abuse, senior citizens, and those experiencing mental illness?

The most vulnerable should never be an afterthought. I will protect the unborn, stand for policies that value life, support mothers, and reject treating children as disposable.

Victims of trafficking and abuse need the law on their side. Prosecute predators, strengthen penalties, and put victims ahead of offenders. Senior citizens deserve safety in their homes and communities, not policies that excuse crime or inflate the cost of living.

Mental illness requires care and accountability. Help people get treatment. Do not confuse compassion with releasing dangerous people back onto the street.

As a father in this district, I will vote to protect children, victims, and families first, and to make SD4 a place where the weak are guarded, not ignored.

What are your priorities for addressing crime in Colorado, including issues such as cybercrime and the slavery of human trafficking, and how do you view the role of state policy in addressing immigration-related challenges and coordination with federal authorities? Also, what is your opinion regarding sanctuary city (or county) policies?

Crime policy should protect victims, not repeat offenders. I will back sheriffs and police, restore real consequences for violent crime, and treat human trafficking as slavery. Predators belong in prison. Cybercrime needs trained investigators and stronger cooperation across agencies so fraud and exploitation are not ignored.

Immigration is a federal duty, but Colorado cannot sabotage it. State policy should help federal authorities enforce the law, not hide status or release people who should be held. I oppose sanctuary city and county policies. They undermine sheriffs, reward illegal entry, and shift costs and risk onto local families.

Senate District 4 deserves safe communities and a state that works with the law, not around it

Do you believe that elections should be conducted differently in order to ensure integrity and confidence? Should people be required to show proof of citizenship in order to register to vote, and/or be required to show a Government-issued ID to cast their vote?

Yes. Elections only work if people trust the result. Every legal vote should count and illegal votes should not. I support requiring proof of citizenship to register and a government issued ID to vote. That is ordinary accountability, not suppression.

Same day registration, loose mail rules, and weak verification invite doubt. Citizens should have a clear chain from registration to counted ballot. Noncitizens must not vote in Colorado elections.

I will back common sense integrity measures, defend lawful access for every eligible voter, and reject the idea that asking for an ID is an attack on democracy. Confidence comes from rules people can see and trust in Senate District 4 and across the state.

Many Christians are concerned about ideologies that place the state, the collective, or religious law above individual liberty and limited constitutional government. Do you believe socialism, communism, or political movements seeking to impose religious law — including Islamic Sharia law — are compatible with America's constitutional representative democracy? Why or why not?

No. Socialism and communism put the state or the collective above the person. That clashes with a Constitution built on individual rights, private property, and limited government. America is a representative republic, not a system where the party or the plan owns your life.

The same is true of any movement that wants religious law, including Sharia, to rule civil society. Faith is protected. Theocracy is not. No religious code should replace equal protection, due process, free speech, or the right of every citizen to live under one set of laws.

I will defend constitutional liberty in SD4: worship freely, speak freely, and keep government from imposing either a political creed or a religious legal system on the people.