Welcome!
I was Jackson County’s and the area’s only local Democratic candidate in 2022 on the ballot after the violent attack on our nation. I proudly ran for 3rd District County Commissioner. Hailing from the great town with a big heart & a lot to give, Duke America. I have called SW Oklahoma home since my family crossed the Red River into Oklahoma from Quanah, Texas when I was a young child. After graduating Eldorado High School where I was educated in a wonderful small rural public school with the finest educators, I have since attended WOSC & Cameron Universtiy with focus on Computer Science & Accounting. My career has varied from helping on the farm, managing commerical real estate, working for Bar-S Foods, Monunment Installation, Printing Press Operator, Bookkeeping & Tax Prep, and Accounting.
It has been my strong love for self-learning that has drove my interest in everything from State Statutes, Municipal Finance, Commmunity Organizing, Small Busines Development, World History, Politics, and everything inbetween that has put me on this path towards public service in one form or another.
My wife and two wonderful kids always keep me busy & engaged in our community. It is because of them that I have achieved all that I have in life as well as the blessing from living in SW Oklahoma. Its for my family and the great people & families that I know in the area that has inpsired me to stand up for what’s right. For the last few decades we have witnessed the decline from being top in the nation in Education, the Economy, and as well as numerous other unnecessary declines in quality of life and it all that points back to the long standing Republican Trifecta that has greatly mismanaged the bounty our state provides.
After witnessing all the election lies in 2020 put out even by our own local Republicans who we know knew better and then witnessing little organizing going on in our area, that I finally HAD ENOUGH! Together with the strong remaining members of the Jackson County Democratic party, we re-organized our local county party in 2023.
This year I was elected County Chair of the Jackson County Democratic Party. I have strived to represent our local Democrats well! We represented the county party at the 3rd Congressional District(CD3) Convention in Stillwater back in April. Then I again represented us at the Oklahoma Democratic State Convention in Tulsa this June. I served on the Constitution & Bylaw committees at both the CD3 & State Convention. Worked with a great committee chair both times & the State Party chair to make sure ALL OF RURAL OKLAHOMA was represented.
In that process, we created the County Chairs Association, helped make this & future conventions more efficient & orderly, and gave all proposed amendments fair consideration. Looking forward to a historic election year in 2024. Guiding us along are the successes in other states to keep the wayward Republicans in check by limiting them to a small majority. So now it is our turn to stand up for what we believe in rural Oklahoma.
GREAT PUBLIC EDUCATION, A FAIR DEAL FOR ALL AMERICANS, RURAL INVESTMENT, STRONG MILITARY & DEFENSE, AND TO FINISH THE JOB TO BUILD BACK BETTER!