The cost of living on the west side is squeezing families at the grocery store, in the property tax bill, and at the kitchen table where families figure out how to make ends meet.

I hear it from neighbors across the west side: housing costs have climbed out of reach for too many working families. Groceries cost more than they did a few years ago and wages haven't kept pace. Seniors on fixed incomes are watching their property tax bills rise year after year, threatening the homes they've owned and maintained for decades. And Utah is one of the few states that still taxes Social Security benefits!

These are real pressures on real people, and they deserve a representative who takes them seriously. As your representative, I will fight to:

• Protect seniors from rising property taxes that threaten to price them out of their own homes

• End the tax on Social Security benefits

• Support policies that bring down the cost of housing and keep the west side accessible for working families and first-time homebuyers

• Advocate for working families facing the everyday squeeze of grocery, utility, and healthcare costs that keep rising faster than paychecks

 The west side has always been a community of hardworking people who take care of each other. They deserve a legislature that takes care of them back.

HD 26 is a working community. The families of Magna, West Valley City, and west Salt Lake City get up every day, work hard, and deserve a representative who fights for their economic security — not just the interests of those already at the top.

I spent 28 years running several small businesses on the west side. I understand what working families face because I've lived it alongside them. I know that when wages don't keep up with the cost of living, when healthcare is out of reach, and when workers have no seat at the table, families fall behind.

As your representative, I will advocate for fair wages, worker protections, and economic policies that build real opportunity in our district. I believe in supporting local small businesses, labor organizations, and ensuring that the growth happening across the valley lifts up the workers who make it possible.

Every family in our community deserves to feel safe in their neighborhood, on their street, and in their community spaces. Public safety is a fundamental responsibility of government, and it's one I take seriously.

I believe in well-resourced, community-centered public safety that meets the real needs of our diverse district. That means ensuring our first responders have the tools and support they need, investing in proven prevention strategies that address the root causes of crime, and building the kind of trust between residents and public institutions that makes neighborhoods stronger.

The right to vote is the most fundamental right in our country. In Utah, we've built something to be proud of: a robust mail-in voting system that makes it easier for working families, seniors, rural residents, and busy parents to participate in our elections. It's efficient, it's secure, and it works.

That system is under threat. Efforts to roll back mail-in voting, add unnecessary barriers, or cast doubt on our elections without evidence will make it harder for certain people to vote. I will not stand for that.

As your representative, I will protect Utah's mail-in voting system, oppose any legislation designed to suppress voter participation, and fight to ensure that every eligible Utahn can make their voice heard without obstacles.

The strength of our nation rests on a system of checks and balances that has held this country together for 250 years. When elected officials undermine the independence of our courts, attack the judiciary for doing its job, or treat constitutional safeguards as inconveniences to work around, they're doing lasting damage to the institutions that protect all of us.

Utah's legislature has increasingly borrowed tactics from the most extreme corners of Washington politics: consolidating power, sidelining the courts, and making it harder for the other branches of government to function as intended. That's not conservatism. That's not Utah values. That's an erosion of the constitutional foundations every Utahn depends on.

As your representative, I will stand firmly for an independent judiciary, the separation of powers, and a government that answers to the people it serves. The courts are not the enemy. They are a cornerstone of our republic, and I will fight to protect them.

Our district lives with the consequences of environmental decisions made elsewhere. The Great Salt Lake — one of Utah's most iconic natural landmarks — is shrinking at an alarming rate, and its decline threatens air quality, public health, and the broader ecosystem for millions of Wasatch Front residents. HD 26 sits at the front lines of that crisis.

Beyond the lake, our communities deal with some of the worst air quality in the nation. Inversions trap pollution in the valley each winter, and the people of the west side — already bearing a disproportionate environmental burden — feel it most. Clean air isn't a political issue. It's a health issue, a quality-of-life issue, and a moral issue.

As your representative, I will push for meaningful protections for the Great Salt Lake, advocate for clean air standards that actually protect our families, and support smart, sustainable development that doesn't sacrifice our environment for short-term gain. I want my grandchildren and great-grandchildren to inherit a valley they can breathe in.

HD 26 is one of the most diverse districts in Utah. Our neighbors speak different languages, come from different backgrounds, practice different faiths, and have built lives here through hard work and perseverance. That diversity is one of our district's greatest strengths.

I believe every person in this community deserves to be treated with dignity, equality, and respect — full stop. That means fighting for policies that protect civil rights, opposing discrimination in any form, and ensuring that the voices of all our residents are heard in the halls of the legislature