Where Dan stands, in his own words.
Pillar 1: Data Centers & Economy
Real solutions, not cheap slogans.
Dan grew up working trades, built infrastructure, and started businesses of his own. Today he teaches entrepreneurship at LCCC and mentors Wyoming founders. He knows how Wyoming builds an economy that works, because he's out there building it.
On data centers: Wyoming families deserve action on data centers now. Data centers aren't new here. But Wyoming's rules were written back when a large power customer used five megawatts. Today's projects need gigawatts. Other states have spent the last two years writing rules for this scale but Wyoming has failed to keep up. Dan's answer is to make the rules match the demand. Siting standards should protect existing neighborhoods and rural land as projects get larger. Water use and discharge need standards written, with real enforcement behind them. When a project needs a power plant's worth of electricity, the company covers that cost, not the family down the street. And when national security isn't at risk, the terms should be public. Local governments decide if and where. The state's job is to set the rules of the game.
On housing and property taxes: Rising costs need real answers, not slogans. Dan will bring honest analysis to solutions that actually stick, and that means keeping all taxes low. Trading property tax relief for a sales tax hike doesn't help working families; it just shifts who pays.
On red tape: Dan will cut the licensing barriers and red tape holding back Wyoming's workers and small businesses.
On jobs: Wyoming has a real shot at building a serious startup and tech economy. Dan mentors the next generation of founders directly and knows what it actually takes to grow good jobs here, not just chase companies that are already fully funded elsewhere.
Economic freedom starts with good jobs, fair taxes, and the room to build something of your own.
Pillar 2: Veterans + Service
He serves. He shows up.
Dan serves as a Space Operations Officer in the Air Force Reserve. His father served Cheyenne for 29 years as a firefighter. His grandfathers served in WW2 and one worked at the VA. Courage and service run in the family: showing up, doing hard things, and sticking around to see it through.
On military families: Being pro-military means more than a yard sign. It means real healthcare, housing, wages, and stability for military families and spouses, and cutting the red tape that keeps them from working here when they stay in Cheyenne.
On Wyoming's role: Space, defense, and technology aren't just military issues, they're Wyoming economic issues.
What Dan believes: Courage isn't being loud. It's showing up and doing the hard, unglamorous work, in uniform, and in the legislature.
Pillar 3: Education That Works
Wyoming kids. Wyoming careers.
Dan's mother founded Cheyenne's first Montessori school. His grandfather helped design LCCC’s buildings. Dan directs LCCC’s Wyoming Center for Business and Economic Analysis, teaches there, and coaches cross-country at East High School. His family worked to build educational options in Cheyenne. He’s running to make sure education keeps working for your family.
On preparation: Wyoming kids deserve to be prepared for Wyoming careers in technology, trades, energy, finance, agriculture, and more.
On choice: Dan supports real options for families, including homeschool, charter, and private education, with accountability for results.
On process: Good education policy means working with families, educators, and industry, not around them.
