Candidate for
United States Representative; District 10

Most of what is wrong with Washington is caused by partisanship. The best way to end the partisanship is to elect independent candidates who are not connected to either the Republicans or the Democrats.

Agriculture is the heart and soul of the Central Valley. We cannot abandon it. We can make it better. We can make it the engine of our economic recovery. And, we must make agriculture our most trusted and powerful tool of American foreign policy.

Government cannot right every wrong or cure every sorrow. But, when government does act it must be fair. I will support public policies that protect the rights of individuals -- their civil rights, their right to religious freedom, their rights to equal opportunity.