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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • Attended, East Preston High school

Professional Experience

  • Attended, East Preston High school
  • Section Leader, Mettiki Coal
  • Baseball Coach, Preston High School

Political Experience

  • Attended, East Preston High school
  • Section Leader, Mettiki Coal
  • Baseball Coach, Preston High School
  • Senator, West Virginia State Senate, District 14, 2016-present
  • Candidate, West Virginia State Senate, District 14, 2020
  • Delegate, West Virginia State House of Delegates, 2013-2016
  • Assistant Majority Whip, West Virginia State House of Delegates, 2015-2016

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Economic Development Committee, West Virginia State Senate

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Agriculture and Rural Development Committee

Chair, Energy, Industry and Mining Committee

Member, Government Organization Committee

Member, Joint Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

Chair, Joint Committee on Energy

Member, Joint Committee on Government Organization

Member, Joint Committee on Labor and Worker Safety Issues

Member, Joint Committee on Technology

Member, Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Chair, Joint Legislative Oversight Commission on State Water Resources

Member, Judiciary Committee

Member, Military Committee

Member, Natural Resources Committee

Member, Subcommittee on Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources

Member, Workforce Committee

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Attended, East Preston High school
  • Section Leader, Mettiki Coal
  • Baseball Coach, Preston High School
  • Senator, West Virginia State Senate, District 14, 2016-present
  • Candidate, West Virginia State Senate, District 14, 2020
  • Delegate, West Virginia State House of Delegates, 2013-2016
  • Assistant Majority Whip, West Virginia State House of Delegates, 2015-2016
  • Member, Brookside Church of the Brethren
  • Teacher/Ministerial Board Member, Brookside Church of the Brethren.
  • Board Member, Brooksie Ministerial Board
  • Member, National Rifle Association
Policy Positions

West Virginia State Legislative Election 2012 Political Courage Test

Abortion & Reproductive

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

2. Should abortions be illegal after the first trimester of pregnancy?
- Yes

3. Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape?
- No Answer

4. Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered?
- Yes

5. Do you support requiring parental notification before an abortion is performed on a minor?
- Yes

6. Do you support requiring parental consent before an abortion is performed on a minor?
- Yes

7. Do you support the prohibition of public funds for abortion procedures?
- Yes

8. Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions?
- Yes

9. Other or expanded principles
- [c) Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape?] Candidate checked both "Yes" and "No"

Budget, Spending, & Tax

State Spending:

Using the key, indicate what state funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category; you may use a number more than once.

1. Education (higher)
- Slightly Increase

2. Education (K-12)
- Slightly Increase

3. Environment
- Maintain Status

4. Health care
- Slightly Increase

5. Law enforcement/corrections
- Slightly Increase

6. Transportation/infrastructure
- Greatly Increase

7. Welfare
- Greatly Decrease

8. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer

State Taxes:

Using the key,indicate what state tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category; you may use a number more than once.

1. Alcohol taxes
- Maintain Status

2. Cigarette taxes
- Maintain Status

3. Corporate taxes
- Maintain Status

4. Gas/Oil taxes
- Maintain Status

5. Property taxes
- Slightly Decrease

6. Sales taxes
- Maintain Status

7. Income taxes (low-income families)
- Maintain Status

8. Income taxes (mid-income families)
- Slightly Decrease

9. Income taxes (high-income families)
- Slightly Increase

10. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer

Budget Stabilization:

Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing West Virginia's budget.

1. Tapping into West Virginia's "rainy day" fund
- No Answer

2. Increasing tuition rates at public universities
- No Answer

3. Reducing or eliminating public worker collective bargaining
- No Answer

4. Reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions
- No Answer

5. Instituting mandatory furloughs AND/OR layoffs for state employees
- No Answer

6. Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients
- No Answer

7. Other or expanded principles
- Become a more Business Friendly State which would create more Jobs and more Tax revenue.

Campaign Finance & Government Reform

Do you support limits on the following types of contributions for state candidates?

1. Individual
- Yes

2. Political Action Committee
- Yes

3. Corporate
- Yes

4. Political Party
- Yes

5. Should candidates for state office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits?
- Yes

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

7. Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting?
- Yes

8. Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls?
- Yes

9. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Crime & Public Safety

1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- Yes

2. Do you support reducing prison sentences for those who commit non-violent crimes?
- No

3. Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders, such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment?
- Yes

4. Do you support decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana?
- No

5. Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult?
- No

6. Should a minor who sends sexually-explicit or nude photos by cell phone face criminal charges?
- Yes

7. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police?
- Yes

8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Economic

1. Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector?
- Yes

2. Do you support increased state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers?
- Yes

3. Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits?
- No

4. Do you support providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation?
- Yes

5. Do you support increased spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation?
- Yes

6. Do you support providing direct financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure?
- No

7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Education

1. Do you support the national Common Core State Standards initiative?
- No

2. Do you support a merit pay system for teachers?
- Yes

3. Is the tenure process for public school teachers producing effective teachers?
- No

4. Should parents be allowed to use vouchers to send their children to any school?
- No

5. Do you support state funding for charter schools?
- No

6. Do you support the state government providing college students with financial aid?
- Yes

7. Should illegal immigrants who graduate from West Virginia high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities?
- No

8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Environment & Energy

1. Do you support state funding for the development of alternative energy?
- Yes

2. Do you support state funding for the development of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil)?
- Yes

3. Do you support increased regulations on mountaintop removal mining and disposal?
- No

4. Do you support increased regulations on hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" in the Marcellus Shale?
- Yes

5. Do you support state funding for improvements to West Virginia's energy infrastructure?
- Yes

6. Do you support state funding for open space preservation?
- No

7. Do you support enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change?
- No

8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Gun

1. Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
- No

2. Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows?
- No

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

4. Should a license be required for gun possession?
- No

5. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Health

1. Do you support a universally-accessible, publicly-administered health insurance option?
- No

2. Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform?
- Yes

3. Do you support interstate health insurance compacts?
- No

4. Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance?
- No

5. Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits?
- Yes

6. Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes?
- Yes

7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Social

1. Should marriage only be between one man and one woman?
- Yes

2. Should same-sex couples be allowed to form civil unions?
- No

3. Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in West Virginia's anti-discrimination laws?
- No

4. Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in West Virginia's anti-discrimination laws?
- No

5. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Legislative Priorities

In the following area, on an attached page, or via e-mail, 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.
- I would like to make it my top priority to bring new Business in to West Virginia and to help new start up Business. I Think we need to Stop the over regulating of Business in West Virginia and start using a common sense approach in making Regulations