I first moved to Durham in 1985. Though I’m now retired, I’ve had several jobs working with large segments of our citizens, which has instructed me tremendously on how people live and what they need to succeed. When you deliver pizza for seven years as I have, you’re invited to homes of people in every segment of our community. That experience has given me the insight to understand how best to fight for the needs of every person, and the openness to listen to any constituent about how I can best serve them.

I run because democracy demands there be choices on your ballot. Democrats and Republicans have failed us. The ability to improve your own life and provide for yourself and your family becomes more difficult every day. I offer an alternative to the idea that we need more government to fix our problems, because that clearly has not worked. We need to drastically reduce the size and scope of state government so you can be free to make those decisions yourself.