Washington is profoundly broken. Money and back room power networks conspired to create a permanent political class, and we are suffering the consequences. I'm tired of excuses and half-measures. I served almost two decades in the Marine Corps and the CIA; I will not sit idly by, or patiently wait my turn, while our country withers.

 

We were already long overdue for a new generation of leaders before the Trump era. Now more than ever, we need elected officials who will fight the corporate greed that hollows out our local communities to build more data centers. We need elected officials who will defend USAID and American soft power without being dogwalked into forever wars or a genocide in Gaza. We need elected officials who remember that "service" requires sacrifice.

 

I have a vision not just for Virginia, but for redefining what it means to be a "public servant." I want to make them remember their oath. I want to prove to ourselves and the rest of the country that government can, and should, embody integrity and service to others.