Representative, North Carolina State House of Representatives, District 86, 2009-present

Former Member, Transportation Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Candidate, North Carolina State House of Representatives, District 86, 2024

Member, Appropriations Committee

Chair, Committee on Education, K-12

Member, Committee on Education-Community Colleges

Member, Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform Committee

Member, Health Committee

Co-Chair, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Education

Member, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services

Member, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid and North Carolina Health Choice

Chair, Judiciary 3 Committee

Chair, Judiciary 4 Committee

Member, Regulatory Reform Committee

Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Appropriations, Education

Former Vice Chair, Appropriations Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Energy and Public Utilities Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Joint Legislative Task Force on Education Finance Reform, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Judiciary IV Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil Matters, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Regulatory Reform Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Appropriations, Education, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Appropriations, Health and Human Services, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Appropriations, Information Technology, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Appropriations, Transportation, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Mental Health, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Attorney, Mitchell, Blackwell, & Mitchell, 1973-present

Former Adjunct Professor, Business Ethics and Business Law, Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory

Served, United States Army Reserves

Member/Sunday School Teacher/Choir Member/Planning Committee Chair, Faith Community Church, present

Trustee/Former Vice Chair, Valdese General Hospital, present

Member, Board of Trustees, Western Piedmont Community College

Former Member, Burke County Advisory Board, BB&T

Former Member/Vice Chair, Burke County Board of Education

Former Vice President, Burke County Chamber of Commerce

Legal Counsel/Board Member, Hospice of Burke County

Former President, Valdese Swim Team

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

"I continue to believe that our state and Burke County urgently need new leadership in Raleigh. Problems of healthcare cost and access, loss of jobs, poor tax policy and continued educational failures- such as the persistent drop out problem- demand new approaches and new leadership. There is no reason to believe that sending the same people back to Raleigh to pursue their same policies and practices for another 16 or 20 years will suddenly produce different results. I will work hard to bring the kind of new leadership to Raleigh that can help bring the improvements that we'd all like to see. During the course of the upcoming campaign, I look forward to discussing with Burke County citizens their concerns, the needs of our state and county, and my ideas and qualifications."