06/11/2026
A Note on Transparency and Facts
For more than a year, a small number of individuals and anonymous and pseudonymous social media pages have repeatedly circulated false information about me, my family, and other public officials who refuse to submit to their demands.
I generally choose not to respond to rumors because I believe elected officials should focus on serving the community rather than engaging in online drama. However, some of the material being shared included unrelated private information that has nothing to do with my service on the School Board. Regardless of political affiliation, I do not believe anyone's personal information should be posted online. We should all be able to agree on that.
Because inaccurate claims continue to be repeated, I decided to obtain my own records directly from the official Virginia Department of Elections website. The only information I redacted from the attached screenshots is my voter ID number and home address.
These records speak for themselves.
For over a year, some people have claimed that I participated in eight Democratic primaries. My official voting history clearly shows that claim is false. In reality, over the last eleven years, I have participated in four primaries, three Democratic primaries and one Republican primary.
I remember several of those votes clearly.
In 2016, I voted for Bernie Sanders because I did not want another Clinton presidency.
In 2017, I voted in the Republican primary and supported Bryce Reeves for Lieutenant Governor.
In the March 2020 presidential primary, I voted for Tulsi Gabbard, who now serves in President Trump's administration.
In the June 2020 local primary, I supported Joel Griffin. I have long admired the work that Joel and the Griffin family have done through Gwyneth's Gift, and I was proud to support someone who has given so much back to our community following an unimaginable tragedy.
I honestly do not remember every vote I cast nearly a decade ago, and I suspect most people do not. What I do know is that my official voting record does not remotely resemble the version that has been circulated online.
I have always tried to vote my conscience and support the candidates and causes I believe are best for the country, the Commonwealth, and our community.
I also think context matters.
Beginning around 2015, I served as an Officer of Elections in Spotsylvania County. For years, I helped conduct elections and worked the polls. Much of my absentee and early voting history reflects the fact that I was serving the voters of this community on Election Day.
I continued serving until the COVID era. During that same period, I was building businesses here in Spotsylvania County. Today, those businesses provide more than twenty jobs in our community, and next week we will expand into Stafford County as well.
I have always believed that giving back to the community takes many forms. Sometimes that means volunteering in our elections. Sometimes it means creating jobs and investing locally. Both matter.
I also want to address another false narrative that continues to be repeated.
I have LGBTQ family members and close friends from many different backgrounds. Like many people, I have hosted private social gatherings among adults in my home.
Some individuals have attempted to portray those gatherings as something they were not. The reality is much less sensational. My private life, my friendships, and lawful gatherings among consenting adults have nothing to do with how I govern or the policies I support as a School Board member.
As I have said before, my private life and personal friendships are not my public policy.
I believe adults should be free to live their lives as they choose, and I believe every person deserves dignity and respect. I also believe parents should raise their own children, teachers should focus on education, and schools should remain focused on helping students learn, grow, and succeed.
The people spreading these stories know the difference between my private life and my public responsibilities. They simply hope others do not.
People are free to disagree with me. Healthy disagreement is part of democracy. But disagreement should never require dishonesty.
I was elected to serve every student and every family in Spotsylvania County, not just those who agree with me politically. That commitment has not changed, and it will not change.
The truth is that people are more complicated than political labels.
I can be a conservative and believe in individual liberty.
I can support parental rights and still treat LGBTQ people with dignity and respect.
I can disagree with someone on policy without questioning their worth as a human being.
And I can refuse to participate in a culture that demands hatred as proof of loyalty.
At the end of the day, I trust the people of this community far more than I trust anonymous and pseudonymous social media pages.
Facts matter.
Truth matters.
Character matters.
Service matters.
I have spent years serving this community as an Officer of Elections, as a business owner creating local jobs, and now as your School Board representative.
I am not perfect, and I have never claimed to be. But I will always strive to be honest, transparent, and faithful to the people I was elected to serve.
And I believe most people in Spotsylvania can still recognize the difference.
