Candidate, Minnesota State House of Representatives, District 41B, 2018

Candidate, Mayor of Columbia Heights, 2016

Member, Columbia Heights Charter Commission, 2011-2015

Candidate, Minnesota State House of Representatives, District 41B, 2014

Candidate, Minnesota State House, 2008, 2010, 2012

Delegate, Republican Party, 2008-2011

Candidate, Minnesota State House of Representatives, District 50A, District 50A, 2008, 2008, 2010

No caucus information on file.

Union Master Carpenter, Commercial and Institutional Construction

Security Supervisor, Whelan Security, 2009-2014

President/Owner, Corporate Construction Services Incorporated, 2004-2008

Superintendent, CM Construction, Cope Builders, 1994-2004

Carpenter, 1981-1995

Carpenter Apprentice, 1977-1981

Member, Columbia Heights Toastmasters, 2011-present

Member, Saint Anthony Chamber of Commerce, 2010-present

Member, Columbia Heights Police Reserve, 2007-present

Member, Carpenters Union of Minnesota, 1977-present

Member, Community Emergency Response Team

Congressional District 5 Chair, Constitution Party of Minnesota, 2011-2015

Board Member, Legislative Evaluation Assembly, 2013-2015

Member, Columbia Heights Sister Cities, 2013

Member, Lions Club, 2008-2010

Member, Police Reserves for Columbia Heights, 2007

Favorite Food:

My wife's cooking

Favorite Quote:

"Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote
that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an
individual - or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he is
executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for
which he is accountable to God and his country."

Samuel Adams, Founding Father
Essay Boston Gazette, April 16, 1781

Favorite Vacation Spot:

Caribbean

Favorite Websites:

Avalon Project, by Yale Law School: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/

First Job:

self made job: news paper delivery on bicycle
official: grocery bagger and shelf stocker at Trader Joe's Santa Ana, California

Number of Grandchildren:

13

Personal Hero and Why:

Ron Paul, he actually lives on principle in a world of fluid opinion.

Pets (include names):

Cleo

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

I learned this year "We the People" must rule government. Keep in check to our constitution state and federal or government becomes dictator of the people.

Government needs citizens involved who are committed to the oath of office. People who recognize the Constitutional limits of power a public servant has in our Republic form of government. People willing to hold to those principles no matter the winds of resistance.