PRIMARIES -Early voting begins April 27th, & Voting Day is May 19th

Voter Guide and Community Question and Answer

Voter Guide QnA

1. What motivated you to run for this position?

Witnessing my communities suffer increasingly at the hands of poorly managed legislation is unbearable. With my educational background, I felt I have the skills and tools necessary that Congress has been missing. Skills to bring us together and begin a generation of accountability. With four Bachelor’s degrees in business leadership and a Master’s in Adult Organizational Learning and Leadership, I feel its best put to use, as well as it is my civic duty, to protect my community and the nation at large.

The corruption and adulteration of our public goods and infrastructure that we depend on is unacceptable.

Our communities in Idaho are some of the most vulnerable economically, our hospitals, schools, public lands and our infrastructure depend on stable moderate policy that meets or exceeds expectations.

Cuts to Medicaid closes hospitals, schools cannot keep their doors open without levies and our forests burn without federal funds. Our public lands are in danger of being sold to the highest bidder for their natural resources.

When risk goes unmanaged, we each pay the price.

A lack of unions, pensions and job security results in a dependence on social services, when such services are “cut” the communities supporting small businesses no longer have the income to do so. Our best and brightest leave our communities for better opportunities elsewhere, all the while our population soars, property prices rise and price us out of our own childhood areas.

2. What experience has prepared you to serve?

My life has prepared me to serve through persistence, independence, and a commitment to improving the systems I engage with. Navigating both the public school system and higher education as a neurodivergent individual required me to advocate for myself consistently, often in environments that were not designed to support my needs or potential.

Challenges taught me to understand complex institutions, question ineffective policies, and push for better outcomes—not just for myself, but for others facing barriers. I developed the ability to navigate bureaucracy, stand firm under pressure, and take initiative in shaping my own opportunities.

Throughout my journey, I encountered resistance, skepticism, and threats including being discouraged. Rather than accept those limitations, I continue to expand my knowledge and skill set, demonstrating adaptability and a long-term commitment to growth.

My experience shaped my leadership approach: I lead by example, challenge systems when they fall short, and focus on practical improvements that benefit the broader community. I’m motivated not by titles or recognition, but by the opportunity to contribute to stronger more effective and inclusive economy.

I’m here to lead by example, to make changes necessary for our economy to thrive and our country to maintain its leadership.

3. What do you see as the most significant issue facing your constituents, and how do you plan to address it?

Economic Recovery

A U.S. senator’s role in economic recovery is indirect but powerful:

I can inject or withdraw economic support (spending & taxes)
I can shape incentives that drive business and consumer behavior
I can set the legal and regulatory framework for markets
I can oversee and influence key institutions
I can negotiate the scale and direction of recovery efforts

Individually, my power is limited—but collectively, We the people and the Senate determine how fast, how fair, and how sustainable an economic recovery is. I have been preparing to lead a swift sustainable and fair recovery all my life, one might say its my calling or purpose.

4. If elected, what is the first policy you would seek to implement or change?

If elected, the first policies I would pursue would be reforming campaign finance and establishing reasonable term limits for Congress. Addressing the influence of money in politics—particularly by overturning or restricting the effects of Citizens United—would help restore fairness and public trust in our electoral system.

At the same time, implementing intelligent term limits for members of Congress would encourage fresh perspectives and reduce the risk of entrenched power. Opening the door to younger generations is essential; we need talented and forward-thinking leaders to step in earlier, not after decades in the system. Just as the executive branch has term limits to prevent stagnation and over-consolidation of power, the legislative branch would benefit from similar safeguards.

The current lack of term limits in the Senate, in particular, creates vulnerabilities—both politically and socially—by allowing long-term incumbency to become disconnected from the evolving needs of the public.

5. How would you balance community needs with budget constraints, particularly during times of rising costs?

We need to be deliberate and transparent about priorities by directing limited resources toward essential services like public safety, infrastructure, health, and housing—based on real community input. At the same time, we should ensure that large businesses benefiting from the community contribute fairly through taxes, fees, or partnerships that reinvest locally. We must actively control costs by using competitive bidding, reviewing contracts, and eliminating inefficiencies. We should also invest in preventative measures like maintenance, energy efficiency, and public health to reduce long-term expenses. Above all, we need strong accountability and transparency so decisions are fair, not driven by insiders, and truly serve the community

My background uniquely prepares me to take on this challenge. With the four bachelor’s degrees in business, operations management, marketing analytics, human resource management, and management information systems, I bring a comprehensive, data-driven approach to budgeting—combining financial discipline, operational efficiency, workforce insight, and analytical decision-making to ensure community resources are used effectively and responsibly.

6. With multiple candidates on the ballot, why should voters choose you?

Voters must choose me, I will bring advanced education, real-world resilience, and a clear, practical approach to strengthening our economy and communities.

My background includes four bachelor’s degrees in business-leadership and a master’s in Adult Organizational Learning and Leadership. That postgraduate work is important—it focuses on how organizations actually function, how people learn and adapt within them, and how to implement lasting, effective change; it’s about improving systems, aligning people with goals, and ensuring policies translate into real-world results.

Economic recovery, isn’t about passing legislation—it’s about designing policies that institutions can implement that communities benefit from. My training allows me to evaluate systems— in government, healthcare, education, or the workforce— structured to succeed or set up to fail, and then make the correct adjustments.

Adult organizational learning emphasizes accountability, continuous improvement, and data-driven decision-making. That means listening to constituents, measuring outcomes, and adapting policies when they’re not delivering.

With experience navigating systems and advocating for meaningful change, I offer a leadership style grounded in persistence, clarity, and action. I’m focused on building an economy that is stable, inclusive, and sustainable—and on ensuring that the policies we pass don’t just sound good.

Community Communication QnA via email response

Constituent Email

I read your comments about gun rights, which I totally agree with, I am a gun owner myself.

However, having said that I would always support a candidate who recognizes that we have issues of too much gun violence in our country with people who have access to guns that should not have access.

Would you support measures to tighten gun control, and/or to ensure that guns are not accessible to mentally unstable people, or people with a tendency for gun violence and children as well making parents who do not store weapons safely directly accountable to the full weight of the law if their children kill/injure others in advertently because if carelessly stored weapons?

While I must fully support our second amendment rights as they stand it’s imperative we all must maintain our public duty of care, as such those who own weapons or any tools that may be hazardous to the public good must be held accountable when negligence leads to tragedies, that said my focus is on preventing tragic situations from occurring via economic recovery, preventative medicine and an education system built to advance cognitive development for everyone

What steps would you take, if any to implement gun controls without affecting the 2nd amendment rights of responsible gun owners?

My expertise lies in leadership, given my base I would not be likely to implement controls directly instead I would lead other Senate Committee’s to take action on such initiatives so that I can focus on matters concerning our economic outlook

Would you support the banning of weapons of war, assault rifles etc.?

While I believe weapons of war are unnecessary, I cannot support policy that is impractical to enforce and marginalizes members of my communities such as assault rifle bans or registrations, while these appear to be sensible, I fear such protections are necessary when authoritarian regimes and foreign powers seek to undermine the American publics sovereignty

Also, Nick, you’re a highly educated person, with seemingly strong ties to big corporations, Micron, Boeing, etc., that sounds similar to me as Fulcher and his connections to big corporations.

How would you convince voters that you would not be influenced by the interests of these corporations in your legislative capacity?

I don’t have ties, I have experience developing and running statistical models from scratch, Micron and Boeing was intern work I was not paid nor given credit or recognition for

My experience shaped my leadership approach: I lead by example, challenge systems when they fall short, and focus on practical improvements that benefit the broader community. I’m motivated not by titles, money, or recognition, but by the opportunity to contribute to stronger more effective and inclusive economy.

Finally, I didn’t see anything in you “Imperative Initiatives” about taxation! What action would you take balance the tax scales more fairly, meaning to tax the rich and relieve tax for the working and middle class in order to create a more fairly balanced taxation scales?

Honestly, a lot of tax policy is currently outside my wheel house so to speak, in a broad sense I believe in progressive taxes that redistribute wealth from high income individuals to those who need to spend those funds, historically extremely high taxation rates for the top 10 % of earnings has been used to drive economic recovery efforts and I intend on following suit, Microsoft Amazon, Apple, Tesla, all the major players need to sign contracts requiring them to directly reinvest in the communities they profit from and that assets belonging to companies shown to be illicitly laundering monies and goods overseas must be seized as accountability is a demand that must be taken seriously.

How do these things look like: -

economic recovery,
preventative medicine and an
education system built to advance cognitive development for everyone.

The problem I see with number 3, is that due to every person being totally different. Some people, through no fault of there own can not be “Educated” as everyone would like, that is why we have people who are brilliant scholars and others who drop out of high school.

What I am witnessing, is the major decline in rational and critical thinking. Which, I believe, is due mainly to the times we live in where young people are glued to the crap they see on their phones, believe and follow bad information, let AI do the thinking for them. Technology and Lawsuits are killing humankind all over the world, especially here in America both physically and psychologically. With battery powered bikes and scooters, cars fitted with so-called safety features, man no longer need to expend energy or think about what they’re doing anymore, it’s all done for them.

I don’t see a way that any legislation can fix things and get us back to where we need to be, really.

Lets address the elephant in the room, you infer, the major decline in rational and critical thinking. Stem from poor technology “hygiene”, this is a false dichotomy, the loss of rational and critical thinking is by design a result of , No child left behind, a program that reshaped American institutions in the image of the soviet unions education system, it shifted focus away from cognitive development to standardized testing resulting in a regression of cognitive potential (I’ve spent my life studying this from within the institutions) this regression presents itself as the loss of rational and critical thinking you are so keen to observe.

While technology is both a blessing and a curse, context is the discriminating factor, our public institutions including that of all American media have become adulterated and weaponized by adversaries in an unspoken cold war, our institutions share 1 objective, Conformity

You say “I don’t see a way that any legislation can fix things” legislation can fix the root cause by restructuring our education paradigm. Currently we anaesthetize our youth in public daycare limited by ones age, what needs to happen is to empower individuals to take initiative over their own education by developing a system paid for by taxation, compulsory to everyone and free at the point of delivery.

This is a federal issue, technology allows us to deliver the best instruction for an individual’s needs while allowing each person to advance at their own pace, if used appropriately technology can motivate and drive cognitive development instead of hindering it.

I barley graduated high school with a 1.8 GPA, initiative over my education was yielded to me not by the universities, but by my persistence for dramatic cognitive growth and a resistance to conformation, I am not a product of the system. I am a product of my own action and I seek to empower individuals to follow my lead,

Educators need to transition into Lead content developers paid by the quality of content produced and mentors within the schools paid Per-diem, with mandated annual raises while recognizing seniority, commitment and the ability to motivate self-initiated learning endeavors.

What would “economic recovery” look like?

Economic recovery isn’t just GDP growth—it is stability at the household and community level. Concretely, it would mean:

Stable, living-wage jobs with predictable hours and benefits
Lower cost burdens for healthcare, housing, and education
Stronger local economies, where small businesses can survive and grow
Reliable public systems—schools, hospitals, infrastructure—that don’t operate in crisis mode
Reduced dependency on emergency assistance because people can sustain themselves

In short: fewer people living in chronic financial stress and fewer communities on the brink.

How does that relate to gun violence and mass shootings?

Economic stability helps address upstream conditions that can contribute to violence:

Chronic stress and instability → Financial insecurity is linked to higher rates of domestic violence, substance abuse, and some forms of community violence.
Social fragmentation → When jobs disappear and institutions weaken, communities lose cohesion and support networks.
Reduced access to care → Economic instability often means less access to mental health services and early intervention.

A stronger economy can:

Increase access to mental health care and crisis services
Support community-based intervention programs
Reduce desperation-driven crimes and some escalation pathways

However, for mass shootings specifically, economic policy must be paired with:

Effective crisis intervention systems
Responsible firearm policies and enforcement
Threat assessment and prevention programs in schools and workplaces

So the honest answer: economic recovery is a foundation, not a standalone solution.

How would I initiate economic recovery?

This is where my background in Adult Organizational Learning and Leadership becomes a real differentiator— recovery is a matter of system design, not just spending.

Three actionable pillars:

1. Stabilize critical systems

Protect funding for healthcare (including Medicaid), schools, and infrastructure
Prevent service collapse in rural and vulnerable communities
Ensure federal funds actually reach intended outcomes through oversight

2. Strengthen the workforce and local economies

Incentivize job creation in high-need areas
Support small businesses with access to capital and reduced administrative burden
Invest in workforce development and retraining programs aligned with real labor market needs

This is where my degree applies directly: Aligning education systems with workforce demand and ensuring programs actually lead to employment.

3. Improve accountability and efficiency in government spending

Use data-driven evaluation to measure program effectiveness
Eliminate inefficiencies and reinvest in high-impact areas
Increase transparency, so communities see where money goes and what results it produces

My leadership training emphasizes continuous improvement—policies shouldn’t just be passed, they should be monitored, adjusted, and made to work.

To summarize

Economic recovery means building stable systems where people can work, afford to live, and access essential services. That stability reduces the conditions that contribute to violence—but preventing tragedies like mass shootings also requires targeted intervention, mental health support, and responsible public safety policy. My approach is to strengthen both the economic foundation and the systems that protect our communities.

How would Preventive Medicine work?

What Preventive Healthcare Systems Looks Like

1. Neighborhood-Based Care (the backbone)

Instead of relying heavily on hospitals, you build dense, local access points:

Small clinics every few miles (walkable or short transit ride)
Mobile units that visit underserved areas weekly
Home visits for elderly, disabled, or high-risk patients

2. Universal Preventive Checkups (but risk-based)

Not “everyone gets everything,” but structured schedules:

Annual basic checkups for most adults
More frequent monitoring for high-risk groups
Automated reminders via apps, calls, or mail

Examples:

Blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes screening
Cancer screenings based on age
Mental health questionnaires

This aligns with guidelines from organizations like the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

3. Smart Data + AI Layer

System does:

Flags unusual lab trends early
Identifies high-risk patients (e.g., prediabetes → diabetes risk)
Alerts care teams—not random public alerts

Example:
If someone’s blood sugar trends upward over time:
→ System alerts clinic
→ Patient gets contacted
→ Intervention happens before full diabetes develops

Important constraints:

Strong privacy protections
Human oversight (AI suggests, doctors decide)

4. Targeted Outreach (not blanket interventions)

Instead of general “patrolling” systems, prevention works best when targeted:

High-risk patients get proactive follow-ups
Schools get nurses + mental health screening programs
Workplaces offer optional wellness checks

So instead of diabetic alert dogs in public (not scalable), you’d use:

Wearables or continuous glucose monitors for diagnosed patients
School nurses trained to recognize symptoms
Screening programs for at-risk populations

5. Mental Health as Core Prevention

A realistic system would include:

Routine mental health screening in primary care
Easy referrals to therapists
Short wait times (key problem today)

But not forced therapy. Instead:

Opt-out screening (default is participation)
Early intervention for anxiety, depression, substance use
Crisis intervention systems when needed

Think of it like:
Mental health = as normal as checking blood pressure

6. Public Health Layer (population-wide prevention)

This operates above individual care:

Vaccination campaigns
Nutrition programs
Anti-smoking initiatives
Clean air/water enforcement

Organizations like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention already do this, but your system would integrate it more tightly with local care.

Would you be really pushing legislation that would benefit the lower 60%, giving them the tax breaks they truly need?

Hope I am not being too contentious here Nick.

Cheers, Andy B

You’re not contentious Andy, I appreciate your questions, yes I’m here to develop legislation that benefits our communities the lower 60% make up the these communities and the super wealthy can afford to support these initiatives and taxes if they intend on doing business in our country.