Growing up on the Hi-Line, I’ve watched entire schools disappear.

Grassy Butte Grade School was gone before I even started. Joplin merged with Inverness, then Chester, now both are gone. I graduated from Blue Sky High in Rudyard, just like my dad did and my son went to North Star High. Where will my grandson go?

These schools are the heart of our communities. Keeping them open means keeping families and towns alive. That’s why I’m focused on protecting the Hi-Line and its future.

Montana families deserve security. Let’s keep our homes and our future safe.

When you make your living on the Hi-Line, you learn quickly, if something’s not working, you fix it. You don’t wait around, and you don’t keep spending money hoping it will resolve itself.

That’s a mindset I believe should carry over into how we govern. We should be focused on solving problems, saving taxpayers money, and making our state a better place to live.