About Me

I grew up in a middle-class family in Northeast Wisconsin. My mom was a nurse and my dad was a UPS driver. Growing up, I had common-sense values instilled in me, along with the typical underpinning of the American Dream: that if you worked hard, lived responsibly, and kept going, you could get ahead.

More and more, it seems like that American Dream has become harder to reach, especially for young families, small business owners, and people who are simply trying to build a good life without government making it more expensive and complicated.

In 2009, I moved to Minnesota for college, attending Northwestern College in Roseville and graduating with a degree in Marketing. It was there that I met my wife, Elsie, and we were married in 2014. My career has taken quite a few turns, but in 2016 I founded a digital marketing agency in Minneapolis. It was through that experience that I learned the powerful tool of entrepreneurship. Nothing gets me more excited than building something, bringing innovation to it, and empowering others to help it grow.

In early 2023, I became an owner of Platform Marketing, a digital marketing agency dedicated to real estate agents. The business has grown significantly, being named to INC 5000’s list of fastest growing companies in both 2025 and 2026.

Our family moved to North Branch in 2020 from Bloomington after experiencing the intensity of COVID restrictions and the deterioration of public safety. We chose Chisago County because this is a special place. We fell in love with our neighborhood, our church, and newfound friends in an area unlike any other in the state. Daily, we witness why we love North Branch and this county. We are not alone; many young families are moving to this area for the same reason: because the people are good neighbors, and we share similar values.

That is why I first ran for office, and it is why I continue to serve.

I have now had the privilege of representing Chisago County in the Minnesota House for a full term. These first two years have been filled with unexpected twists, hard fights, real wins, frustrating setbacks, and a deeper appreciation for just how much work it takes to move government in the right direction.

When Republicans entered the 2025 session, we only controlled one half of one-third of state government after two years of total one-party DFL control. Even with that limited leverage, we delivered meaningful wins for Minnesota taxpayers. We ended free health insurance for illegal immigrant adults, a benefit most Minnesota citizens themselves are not entitled to. We achieved the largest spending cut in Minnesota history, about $5 billion, which was a critical first step after the previous biennium saw historic budget growth. We also held the line against some of the most damaging tax increases that would have made life even more expensive for Minnesota families.

On the Education Finance Committee, we protected non-public pupil aid, blocked burdensome homeschool mandates, supported consolidation aid, and helped advance education innovation provisions. I believe strongly that parents should remain the primary decision-makers for their children, that schools need flexibility instead of more unfunded mandates, and that every student deserves the chance to succeed.

In 2026, House Republicans came into session with clear priorities: fight fraud, deliver tax relief, lower costs for families, help counties, modernize government systems, and restore accountability. The end-of-session agreement delivered meaningful wins on many of those priorities.

We secured hundreds of millions of dollars in tax relief for Minnesotans, including property tax relief, car tab fee reductions, and the end of the Twins Ballpark tax. We also helped Minnesota businesses through federal tax conformity, extended the pass-through entity tax provision, and delayed costly PFAS reporting requirements that would have placed another burden on job creators.

We advanced major fraud-fighting reforms, including the establishment of an Office of Inspector General with independent oversight and real investigative authority. We also locked in Medicaid work requirements connected to federal reforms, strengthening accountability, encouraging workforce participation, and helping protect these programs for the people who truly need them most.

Locally, I was proud to help secure critical infrastructure investments, including funding for a sewer line project in Taylors Falls and a portion of the interchange project in North Branch. These projects matter for public safety, economic development, and the long-term growth of our communities.

Just as importantly, we stopped a long list of bad ideas from becoming law: massive gun control packages, attacks on vaccine exemptions, efforts to dramatically increase car tab fees, proposals like a “climate superfund” tax that would have driven up costs for Minnesota households, new taxes and mandates on small businesses, unrealized gains taxes, and more top-down mandates on schools and counties that would eventually land on property taxpayers.

But the work is not done. It is never done.

Minnesota still has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. Families are feeling the cost of groceries, gas, housing, taxes, and nearly everything else. Small businesses are being crushed by mandates, taxes, and red tape. Counties and schools continue to face unfunded mandates that put more pressure on property taxpayers. Our schools need more funding flexibility. We need to do more to protect students and improve school safety. We need to make Minnesota a place where families, entrepreneurs, and job creators can thrive again.

I did not run for office to go along to get along. I ran because I believe this state is worth fighting for, Chisago County is worth defending, and the values we share deserve a clear voice in St. Paul.

I love Chisago County. I love Minnesota. And I believe our best years are still ahead if we are willing to make different decisions than the ones that put us in this position.

I am grateful for the privilege to serve, and I am asking for your continued support as we keep working to restore fiscal sanity, defend families, protect taxpayers, and make Minnesota a place where the American (and Minnesotan) Dream is still possible.