Senator, Iowa State Senate, District 19, 2023-present

Senator, Iowa State Senate, District 40, 2012-2023

Candidate, Iowa State Senate, District 19, 2022

Candidate, Iowa State Senate, District 40, 2020

Supervisor, Mahaska County, 2010-2012

Vice Chair, Agriculture Committee

Chair, Education Committee

Member, Natural Resources and Environment Committee

Co-Chair, School Finance Formula Review Committee

Member, Transportation Committee

Former Chair, Natural Resources and Environment Committee, Iowa State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Iowa State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Veterans Affairs Committee, Iowa State Senate

Farmer, Rosewood Farms, present

Manager, VG Farms, 2006-2010

Sales/Production Manager, Wake’s Incorporated, 1976-2006

Member, Central Iowa Detention Center, present

Member, Farm Bureau, present

Member, Oskaloosa Rotary Club, present

Former Member, AHEAD Regional Housing Trust Fund

Former Member, Area 15 Regional Planning Commission

Elder/Deacon, Bethel Christian Reformed Church

Former Member, Christian Opportunity Center

Former Board Member, Eighth Judicial District Department of Correctional Services

Former Member, Human Services Resource Council

Former Board Member, Oskaloosa Christian School

Former Board Member, Ten-Fifteen Transit

Awards:

Herbert Hoover Uncommon Public Service Award, 2019

Number of Grandchildren:

4

Priority Issues:

Make job creation Iowa's highest priority
Support manufacturing, agriculture, and other industry
Reform regulatory processes and procedures
Reform the education system