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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • Attended, Fashion Merchandising, Iowa State University, 1980-1982

Professional Experience

  • Attended, Fashion Merchandising, Iowa State University, 1980-1982
  • Project Manager, Advoca, 2009-present
  • Realtor, Keller Williams Classic Realty, 2006-2008

Political Experience

  • Attended, Fashion Merchandising, Iowa State University, 1980-1982
  • Project Manager, Advoca, 2009-present
  • Realtor, Keller Williams Classic Realty, 2006-2008
  • Assistant Minority Leader, Minnesota State House of Representatives, 2015, 2019-present
  • Representative, Minnesota State House of Representatives, District 35B, 2008-present
  • Candidate, Minnesota State House of Representatives, District 35B, 2020

Former Committees/Caucuses

Member, Andover Parks and Recreation Commission

Former Chair, Civil Law and Data Practices Committee, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Former Member, Commerce and Regulatory Reform Committee, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Former Member, Education Finance Division, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Former Member, Government Operations and Elections Policy Committee, Minnesota State House of Representatives

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

Former Member, Rules and Legislative Administration Committee, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Education Policy

Member, Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Division

Member, Legislative Commission on Data Practices

Member, Ways and Means

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Attended, Fashion Merchandising, Iowa State University, 1980-1982
  • Project Manager, Advoca, 2009-present
  • Realtor, Keller Williams Classic Realty, 2006-2008
  • Assistant Minority Leader, Minnesota State House of Representatives, 2015, 2019-present
  • Representative, Minnesota State House of Representatives, District 35B, 2008-present
  • Candidate, Minnesota State House of Representatives, District 35B, 2020
  • After School Care Coordinator, Meadow Creek Christian School
  • Member, Meadow Creek Church

Other Info

— Awards:

  • House, Monk

Favorite Book:

Atlas Shrugged, Anything by Joel Rosenberg

Favorite Movie:

Princess Bride, Remeber the Titans

Favorite Quote:

"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" Ronald Reagan

  • "Too many people, especially in government, feel that the nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program." Ronald Reagan
  • Favorite TV Shows:

    House

  • Monk
  • Favorite Type of Music:

    Anything but RAP

    Policy Positions

    Minnesota State Legislative Election 2008 Political Courage Test

    Abortion

    Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding abortion.

    1. Abortions should always be illegal.
    - X

    2. Abortions should always be legal.
    - No Answer

    3. Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy.
    - No Answer

    4. Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape.
    - No Answer

    5. Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered.
    - No Answer

    6. Abortions should be subject to a mandatory waiting period.
    - No Answer

    7. Require clinics to give parental notification before performing abortions on minors.
    - No Answer

    8. Other or expanded principles
    - No Answer

    Budget and Tax

    State Budget: Indicate what state funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category, you can use a number more than once.

    1. Education (Higher)
    - Maintain Status

    2. Education (K-12)
    - Maintain Status

    3. Emergency preparedness
    - Maintain Status

    4. Environment
    - Maintain Status

    5. Health care
    - Maintain Status

    6. Law enforcement
    - Maintain Status

    7. Transportation and Highway infrastructure
    - Maintain Status

    8. Welfare
    - Greatly Decrease

    9. Other or expanded categories
    - No Answer

    State Taxes: Indicate what state tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category, you can use a number more than once.

    1. Alcohol taxes
    - Slightly Increase

    2. Cigarette taxes
    - Maintain Status

    3. Corporate taxes
    - Greatly Decrease

    4. Gasoline taxes
    - Slightly Increase

    5. Income taxes (incomes below $75,000)
    - Maintain Status

    6. Income taxes (incomes above $75,000)
    - Maintain Status

    7. Property taxes
    - Slightly Decrease

    8. Sales taxes
    - Maintain Status

    9. Vehicle taxes
    - Maintain Status

    10. Other or expanded categories
    - No Answer

    11. Should state sales taxes be extended to Internet sales?
    - No

    12. Should accounts such as a "rainy day" fund be used to balance the state budget?
    - No

    13. Should fee increases be used to balance the state budget?
    - Undecided

    14. Other or expanded principles
    - No Answer

    Campaign Finance and Government Reform

    Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding campaign finance and government reform.

    1. Do you support limiting the number of terms for Minnesota governors?
    - No

    2. Do you support limiting the number of terms for Minnesota state senators and representatives?
    - No

    Do you support limiting the following types of contributions to state legislative candidates?

    1. Individual
    - No

    2. PAC
    - Yes

    3. Corporate
    - No

    4. Political Parties
    - No

    5. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
    - Yes

    6. Do you support imposing spending limits on state-level political campaigns?
    - Yes

    7. Should Minnesota participate in the federal REAL ID program?
    - Yes

    8. Should Minnesota allow homeowners whose mortgage is in foreclosure a one-year deferment on their primary residence?
    - No

    9. Other or expanded principles
    - No Answer

    Crime

    Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding crime.

    1. Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and hiring of additional prison staff.
    - No Answer

    2. Establish the death penalty in Minnesota.
    - X

    3. Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.
    - X

    4. Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders.
    - No Answer

    5. Decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana.
    - No Answer

    6. Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults.
    - X

    7. Support state and local law enforcement officials enforcing federal immigration laws.
    - X

    8. Support hate crime legislation.
    - No Answer

    9. Other or expanded principles
    - No Answer

    Education

    Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.

    1. Support state funding of universal pre-K programs.
    - No Answer

    2. Support federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students (No Child Left Behind).
    - No Answer

    3. Support state education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students.
    - X

    4. Support requiring public schools to administer high school exit exams.
    - X

    5. Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any public school.
    - No Answer

    6. Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any private or religious school.
    - X

    7. Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries.
    - No Answer

    8. Support using a merit pay system for teachers.
    - X

    9. Provide state funding for tax incentives and financial aid to help make college more affordable.
    - X

    10. Support allowing illegal immigrant high school graduates of Minnesota to pay in-state tuition at public universities.
    - No Answer

    11. Other or expanded principles
    - No Answer

    Employment

    Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding employment.

    1. Increase funding for state job-training programs that re-train displaced workers and teach skills needed in today's job market.
    - No Answer

    2. Reduce state government regulations on the private sector.
    - X

    3. Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses.
    - X

    4. Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for children in low-income working families.
    - X

    5. Increase state funds to provide child care for children in low-income working families.
    - No Answer

    6. Increase the state minimum wage.
    - No Answer

    7. Support laws that prevent employers from dismissing employees at will.
    - No Answer

    8. Support financial punishments for those who knowingly employ illegal immigrants.
    - X

    9. Support increased work requirements for able-bodied welfare recipients.
    - X

    10. Increase funding for employment and job training programs for welfare recipients.
    - No Answer

    11. Other or expanded principles
    - No Answer

    Environment and Energy

    Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy.

    1. Promote increased use of alternative fuel technology.
    - X

    2. Support increased production of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil, etc).
    - X

    3. Support providing financial incentives to farms that produce biofuel crops.
    - No Answer

    4. Use state funds to clean up former industrial and commercial sites that are contaminated, unused, or abandoned.
    - No Answer

    5. Support funding for improvements to Minnesota's power generating and transmission facilities.
    - No Answer

    6. Support funding for open space preservation.
    - No Answer

    7. Limit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases linked to global warming.
    - No Answer

    8. Enact environmental regulations even if they are stricter than federal law.
    - No Answer

    9. Other or expanded principles
    - No Answer

    Gun

    Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding guns.

    1. Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows?
    - Yes

    2. Should citizens be allowed to carry concealed guns?
    - Yes

    3. Should a license be required for gun possession?
    - Yes

    4. Do you support current levels of enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
    - Yes

    5. Do you support current state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
    - Yes

    6. Other or expanded principles
    - No Answer

    Health

    Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health.

    1. Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms, or state-funded care where necessary.
    - No Answer

    2. Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government.
    - X

    3. Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits.
    - X

    4. Allow patients to sue their HMOs.
    - No Answer

    5. Require hospitals and labs to release reports on infections that are a risk to public health, while not compromising patient confidentiality.
    - X

    6. Legalize physician assisted suicide in Minnesota.
    - No Answer

    7. Support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes.
    - No Answer

    8. Other or expanded principles
    - No Answer

    Social

    Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding social issues.

    1. Should Minnesota recognize civil unions between same-sex couples?
    - No

    2. Should same-sex couples be allowed to marry?
    - No

    3. Should Minnesota provide state-level spousal rights to same-sex couples?
    - No

    4. Do you support a moment of silence in public schools?
    - Yes

    5. Do you support voluntary prayer in public schools?
    - Yes

    6. Do you support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods?
    - Undecided

    7. Do you support abstinence-only sexual education programs?
    - Yes

    8. Should the state government consider race and gender in state government contracting and hiring decisions?
    - No

    9. Do you support affirmative action in public college admissions?
    - No

    10. Should Minnesota continue affirmative action programs?
    - Yes

    11. Do you support state funding of stem cell research?
    - Undecided

    12. Do you support state funding of embryonic stem cell research?
    - No

    13. Do you support allowing pharmacists who conscientiously object to emergency contraception to refuse to dispense it?
    - Yes

    14. Other or expanded principles
    - No Answer

    Legislative Priorities

    1. 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.
    - No Answer

    State Bills