One Year Later. Built to Last.
One year ago today, on August 16, 2025, we launched this campaign in Wayne, Oklahoma, with a simple belief. A belief that Oklahomans deserve a representative who will meet them where they are. This journey did not start in a consultant’s office; it began at my kitchen table and has evolved from a kitchen-table conversation about the state of our education and constitutional protections into a grassroots, people-led movement challenging the status quo in Oklahoma’s Fourth Congressional District.
To mark this anniversary, I set off on a 500+-mile bike tour across the district, trekking through 14 counties over 11 days, starting in Tinker and Norman and heading down to Marietta, then back up through Lawton and Chickasha. Those Oklahoma hills haven't been taking it easy on me, but why I am doing this always gets me to the next mile. From a personal tour of The Toy & Action Figure Museum in Pauls Valley, to fried pies and great conversation in Ardmore, and certainly the “best BBQ in Oklahoma” down in Marietta, this tour was about re-establishing real connection and having the conversations that should be shaping the decisions made in Washington.
What We’ve Accomplished Together
In just twelve months, we have proven that when you organize everywhere, you win big. We won our landslide victory in the June Primary on the ground, and our metrics show the strength of this movement. To date, this campaign has:
Knocked over 9,500 doors
Made over 45,000 phone calls.
Sent over 132,000 text messages to 88,000 unique recipients.
We may not be able to outspend a 23-year incumbent, but we have already shown we can out-organize him. My opponent is banking on his decades in office and his millions in corporate funding to keep his seat, while we have teams deployed in every corner of this district. Let’s show him what happens when you get caught sleeping.
Action Over Rhetoric
The current administration and its candidates will say whatever it takes to keep voters reeled in. Even Donald Trump recently spoke about oil and gas companies making “too much money,” saying they should “give some of that back to the public.” Don’t let that rhetoric fool you. The American people are tired of seeing the very large gaps between what Donald Trump says and what he actually does. He may be saying that oil companies are making too much money, but what he is actually doing is starting a reckless war in Iran and having closed-door meetings with oil companies. He’s not just jacking up the price at the pumps but at everything you buy that requires the transportation of goods. Truthfully, none of that talk will lower your rent, mortgage, or grocery bill. Only action will.
If I am elected, I won’t answer to corporate interests; I will answer to you and to the communities that elected me. And in many ways this makes our movement stronger, stronger than Tom Cole’s. It’s time to prove to him that his millions and over two decades in office are not a match for people who have had enough.
We need to open the door to policies that will truthfully get us to a better place. We need to provide for the majority of Americans by guaranteeing healthcare, raising wages, and strengthening workers' right to unionize.
Some will think this movement is too “woke” for them, and others believe we aren’t “left enough.” Still, I will say this: Tom Cole continues to stand firmly behind this administration as it gets us into a reckless war and collaborates with big companies to keep everything from groceries to rent sky-high. So, I hope everyone considers whether they are more interested in how we are going to bring down their bills and ensure they can afford to see a doctor.
Let this be a new generation that becomes decisive at the polls, because our future depends on it. We can no longer be ignored, sidelined, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that have come before us, from everything from the economy to the climate. We must take the reins.
The Work Ahead: 11 Weeks to a New Beginning
We are even more optimistic today because we know this movement is coming from the ground up. Our philosophy is simple:
Listen: Go to the people, in their cities and counties.
Learn: Understand the unique challenges facing our 14 counties.
Take those stories to Washington: Fight for solutions that reflect our community.
Come back home: Return to the district to be held accountable.
Listen again: Start the process over to ensure we never lose touch.
To prove my commitment, I am not stopping with the bike tour. I am diving right back into a round of town halls across the district, one every Thursday until Election Day to ensure this movement doesn’t miss anyone! With only 11 weeks until November 3, we are all in. This campaign is a new beginning for Oklahoma politics, but we need your hands and your hearts to finish the job.
We aren’t slowing down, just getting started. Before, we were only talking to democrats; now we are talking to everyone because that is what it is going to take. It’s going to take everyone tired of party politics and politicians putting the people they are supposed to serve in the back seat. Are you ready for a new beginning?
Join us today:
Volunteer: Help us reach the next 10,000 doors.
Donate: Help us keep our organizers on the ground reaching voters in every corner of the district.
Come to an Event and Invite a Friend: Help us fill out our next event and bring someone new to the fight.
It will be the greatest privilege of my life to represent you in Washington and finally give you a seat at the table. I have many aspirations for my country, as do you; now it’s time to take your stories and our aspirations to D.C., to be in the arena to try to make the country a better place, challenges and all. Let’s outwork them.
