Where I Stand
Emergency Medical Services
When you call 911, someone should come... but South Dakota law doesn't require anyone to, and the vast majority of our ambulance services run on aging volunteers who can't be replaced fast enough. I've spent my career on that ambulance, and I'll fight to make EMS an essential service with real funding, so whether you live depends on your zip code's luck no longer.
Property Taxes
Strong local services shouldn't mean taxing you off your own land. I'll work to cap how fast your assessments can climb, so your bill never outruns what you can afford.
Property Rights
Your land is not theirs to take. No eminent domain for private corporate gain.
Agriculture and the Farm Economy
Rural Healthcare
Data Centers
Transparency and Accountability
Family farms built South Dakota, and they shouldn't be squeezed out by foreign buyers or a handful of packers setting the price. I'll back homegrown agriculture, real competition in the cattle market, and South Dakota ethanol in every tank we can fill.
When the nearest ER is an hour away, your hometown hospital isn't optional. I'll fight to keep rural hospitals and clinics open, along with the doctors, nurses, and families that come with them.
Digital Assets, Innovation, Consumer Protection
Data centers should pay their own way, full stop. It's time we put reasonable restrictions on them, such as noise abatement standards and environmental impact studies, to protect the state that we love.
I want to clear the scammers and fraudsters out of crypto so a legitimate, innovative industry can have its day. South Dakotans lost a fortune to fraud last year, and the fix is regulatory clarity, not killing the technology. I support a real digital-asset framework: clear rules of the road for honest operators, strong consumer protection against scams, and responsible support for blockchain innovation under public oversight.
If they're spending your tax money, you shouldn't have to sue to find out where it went. I'll push for open books and real accountability, because government works best in the sunlight.