OFFICIAL STATEMENT · APRIL 2026

OFFICIAL STATEMENT

A New Call to Serve

Campaign Suspension Statement

Today marks 6 years since I joined the Washington Army National Guard.

Joining the military has been the best decision I have ever made in my life. It was not something I had planned (enlisting at 30 when already a lawyer), but it’s been a testament that God’s plans are greater than mine.

When I went through basic training, the relationships I built with my battle buddies and the stories we shared reminded me of my purpose again. There is a certain kind of person who joins and stays in the military…people who have faced adversity and chose discipline and service. These are the people that make the military great. This is the reason why I love the military.

My battle buddies’ stories resonated with me because they were familiar. They reminded me why I wanted to become a prosecutor in the first place, not because I thought the system was great, but because I saw the system as broken. I wanted to become a prosecutor when I was 12 years old, because the system had failed me and my family; and I realized the only way to change the system was to become it.

God's plans are greater than mine.

WHY I CHOSE THIS PATH

I am proud of the prosecutor I became. I lived up to my values. I held people accountable and still had compassion. I was transparent and honest in the decisions I made and why I made them. I was reasonable and efficient, because I understood the anxiety with all parties involved in having to be a part of a system that doesn’t seem to work to anyone’s benefit.

"The only way to change the system was to become it."

Coming back to Clark County was one of the most disheartening experiences of my career. It was re-traumatizing to return to the same system that failed me as a child, and see that the same things are still happening.

I witnessed victims (disproportionately people of color) come into the system looking for help, and not receive the advocacy they deserve.

I saw cases where intervention could have made a difference and it did not. I have seen outcomes that did not have to happen.

I have never seen so many homicide victims whose situations did not need to escalate to that point.

I saw politics over people and law enforcement prosecuted for doing their job, while not prosecuting cases when they are a victim on or off duty.

My personal and professional experiences are what pushed me to run

WHERE SERVICE CALLS ME NOW

Going up against a system that is entrenched in injustice and works together to keep people in it instead of out of it is exhausting. The community deserves better, and I know they can tell the difference between virtue signaling and sincerity. I take pride in the genuine conversations I started about accountability and outcomes.

Ironically, I don’t face those same challenges in the military because I’m surrounded by strong, confident, mission oriented and disciplined individuals that share my same values of living your beliefs out loud.

Jan 7

ORDERS RECEIVED

That brings me to 7 January. I got a call from my commander to come back on orders at the request of TAG. I cannot emphasize enough how much I respect and revere this commander. This is the same individual I would run into a burning building with, and the same person I have given up my campaign to execute this mission. Coming back on orders was not on my 2026 bingo card, especially with how much effort I put into my campaign, but it’s something I take seriously.

"I have given up my campaign to execute this mission."

I am honored to have been asked to step into this role. I was chosen because I can do it, and I will. This is exactly what I signed up for, and it is why I raised my right hand and took this oath, and I am proud of that. This is a mission worth fighting for, and I am fully committed to seeing it through.

With that said, this serves as my official and only statement regarding my campaign suspension.

I am not going to split focus. This job requires full commitment, and so did the campaign.

Not now does not mean never.

My service is going from a local level to State and nationwide. It is my privilege to serve my constituents in this capacity. The issues that led me to run are still there. That has not changed. But this is where I am being called to serve right now.