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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Member, Becker City Planning Commission

Former Member, Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance Committee, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance Committee, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Former Member, Public Safety and Security Policy and Finance Committee, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Education

  • Bachelors, Political Science/Mass Communications, Saint Cloud State University

Professional Experience

  • Bachelors, Political Science/Mass Communications, Saint Cloud State University
  • Paramedic, North Memorial Health Care, 1988-present

Political Experience

  • Bachelors, Political Science/Mass Communications, Saint Cloud State University
  • Paramedic, North Memorial Health Care, 1988-present
  • Representative, Minnesota State House of Representatives, District 15B, 2012-2019
  • Candidate, United States Senate, 2018

Former Committees/Caucuses

Member, Becker City Planning Commission

Former Member, Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance Committee, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance Committee, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Former Member, Public Safety and Security Policy and Finance Committee, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Bachelors, Political Science/Mass Communications, Saint Cloud State University
  • Paramedic, North Memorial Health Care, 1988-present
  • Representative, Minnesota State House of Representatives, District 15B, 2012-2019
  • Candidate, United States Senate, 2018
  • Member, Charter Schooling
  • Member, Sherburne County Tea Party

Other Info

Personal Hero and Why:

Jim's hero, Winston Churchill.

Policy Positions

Minnesota Congressional Election 2018 Political Courage Test

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No

2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- No

3. Other or expanded principles
- I support cutting areas of redundant, wasteful spending. I do not support cutting spending to personnel or to other areas of need.

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

3. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- Parents, teachers and local school boards should make these decisions.

Energy & Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- No

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- No

3. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Yes

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Yes

3. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Marijuana

1. Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Yes

2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- Unknown Position

3. Other or expanded principles
- This question is too general in nature. It needs to be more specific. Each situation is different.

Administrative Priorities

Please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
- 1. Stop the Refugee Resettlement Program and fix our immigration problems.2. Reduce the size and scope of government, work with our President, not against him.3. Reduce taxes and our national debt.