Issues

People over Politics: Government should work for people, not against them. That means practical solutions that help our most vulnerable neighbors live with dignity and stability.

Community over Chaos: A community’s character is measured by how it treats the people who need the most support. Seniors who built this place, people with disabilities navigating broken systems, and working families doing everything right but still falling behind all deserve a representative who shows up for them.

Too many Tennesseans are one crisis away from losing their footing, and too often the systems that are supposed to help make things harder instead. I’ll fight for policies that protect seniors who want to age in place, support people with disabilities through better caregiver pay and shorter waitlists, and ease the childcare and housing pressures facing working families. Just as important, I’ll be a hands-on advocate helping constituents navigate state systems and cut through bureaucratic red tape. Government should make life better for the people it serves. That’s the job.

What I’ll Fight For

Protect seniors through tax relief, healthcare access, and transportation options that let them stay in their homes and communities.

Improve disability services by fighting for better caregiver pay, shorter waitlists, and accessible infrastructure.

Ease the childcare and housing pressures on working families who are doing everything right but still struggling to keep up.

Be a hands-on advocate who helps constituents navigate state systems so government works for people, not against them.

Every person in District 14 deserves a representative who fights for them, not just the ones who can afford a lobbyist.

People over Politics: Support teachers, strengthen classrooms, and keep public funds in public schools, not unmonitored voucher programs with zero accountability.

Community over Chaos: Public education is the great equalizer: the promise that every child, regardless of zip code or family income, deserves access to a quality education. That promise is under threat, and I will fight to protect it.

People over Politics: Plan ahead so our roads can keep up before growth gets out of hand.

Community over Chaos: Farragut families deserve roads that work and a government that takes congestion seriously before it gets worse, not after.

People over Politics: Protecting our land, water, and communities isn’t a partisan issue. It’s a Tennessee value, and it starts with being honest about what we’ve already lived through.

Community over Chaos: East Tennesseans don’t need to be convinced that climate change is real. We watched Hurricane Helene wash away roads, cut off communities, and take everything from our neighbors. That’s not a future threat. That already happened here.

The question isn’t whether extreme weather is coming. It’s whether we’ll be ready for it when it does. At the state level, I’ll fight for the investments that protect this region before the next disaster strikes: stormwater systems, resilient roads and bridges, flood mitigation, and real disaster preparedness. I’ll support solar energy expansion, grid resilience, and clean energy jobs that keep dollars and opportunity here in Tennessee. We can lower costs and reduce emissions through energy efficiency and renewable power while protecting the mountains, waterways, and communities that make this place worth fighting for. Responsible stewardship of our land isn’t radical. It’s what Tennesseans have always done.

What I’ll Fight For

Invest in flood mitigation, stormwater infrastructure, and resilient roads and bridges so communities aren’t left vulnerable when the next storm hits.

Support solar energy expansion and grid resilience to lower costs and keep clean energy jobs in Tennessee.

Push for disaster preparedness funding that reaches communities before they need it, not after.

Protect our mountains, waterways, and green spaces for the people who live here and the generations coming after us.

East Tennessee is worth protecting. I’ll fight like it.

People over Politics: Close Tennessee’s coverage gap so working families can get the care they need without choosing between a doctor’s visit and keeping the lights on.

Community over Chaos: Healthy families build stronger communities. When people can afford to see a doctor, get a prescription filled, and manage a diagnosis without going broke, everyone benefits.

Healthcare is not a luxury. It is a basic condition for living a dignified life, and far too many Tennesseans are one diagnosis away from financial ruin, or going without care entirely because they can’t afford it.

Tennessee’s refusal to expand Medicaid has left hundreds of thousands of our neighbors uninsured and has pushed rural hospitals to the financial breaking point. Across the state, rural hospitals are closing or cutting services because they are absorbing too much uncompensated care with no relief in sight. That is a policy failure with real human consequences, and it is one our legislature has chosen to leave in place year after year.

Healthcare decisions belong between patients and their doctors, not insurance company spreadsheets.

What I’ll Fight For

Close the coverage gap by pushing for Medicaid expansion so working Tennesseans who fall between the cracks can get covered.

Protect rural hospitals from the financial damage caused by uncompensated care loads that expansion would relieve.

Ensure that healthcare decisions stay between patients and their doctors.

Fight for prescription drug pricing transparency at the state level so Tennesseans aren’t paying more than they should.

No one in District 14 should have to ration medication or skip a diagnosis because their legislators decided politics mattered more than their lives.

People over Politics: Immigration policy should be built on facts and fairness, not fear. Tennessee deserves representatives focused on kitchen table issues, not scoring political points on the backs of families.

Community over Chaos: Strong communities are built on dignity and decency. Using vulnerable people as political props doesn’t make District 14 safer. It just distracts from the real work our families need done.

Immigration is one of the most complicated and emotionally charged issues in American politics, and it deserves honest engagement rather than fear-based rhetoric. I believe in a nation that is both secure and humane. Those values are not in conflict.

What is happening in Tennessee right now is neither secure nor humane. It is political theater, coordinated from Washington and performed at our expense. My opponent is on video telling supporters that House leadership spent six weeks working directly with Stephen Miller to craft legislation designed to make Tennessee a national model for immigration crackdowns. This is the same Stephen Miller who has stated he wants zero refugees or immigrants in this country regardless of legal status.

I did not run for state legislature to take orders from Stephen Miller. And I will not.

This is not an abstract national debate. The federal government is actively searching for a lease in West Knoxville and Hardin Valley to house an ICE facility, right here in our community. The proposed site would include dedicated space to question detainees, secured entry points, and restricted parking, and it cannot be within 200 feet of a school, daycare, hospital, or church. That requirement alone tells you something about what this facility is designed to do. ICE is already using the Knox County Detention Facility for short-term detainee housing. This infrastructure is being built in our backyard, and our current representation helped lay the groundwork for it.

I oppose legislation that requires schools to check students’ immigration status, which has already been flagged as unconstitutional and would cost Tennessee over $1 billion in federal funding. I oppose punishing local governments and law enforcement agencies that decline to do the federal government’s job for them. And I will use every tool available to me as a state representative to push back on Tennessee being used as a staging ground for a national deportation agenda.

Our legislature should be focused on fully funding our schools, reducing the cost of groceries, fixing our roads, and making healthcare accessible. Instead, they are coordinating with the White House on legislation built to divide us.

What I’ll Fight For

Oppose using Tennessee as a model or staging ground for Stephen Miller’s national immigration agenda.

Push back on ICE facility expansion in West Knoxville and Hardin Valley.

Vote against unconstitutional legislation that targets students, families, and local governments.

Hold my colleagues accountable when they use immigration as a distraction from failing to deliver on the issues that actually matter to families in District 14.

Tennessee deserves a representative focused on the people who live here, not the agenda of someone in Washington who has never set foot in Farragut.