Issues

• Return the state to a physical, fiscal sound position by keeping expenditures below revenue levels.
• Decentralized control of school funding.
• Stop placing requirements on school districts without allocating the associated funding. [Unfunded mandates]
• Develop a favorable business environment to retain quality jobs in the state and stop the brain drain.

Biography

• Graduate of Monticello high school
• Married to his wife Jacky for 27 years
• Two children: Amy graduated from Iowa State and is enrolled in law school at the University of Iowa. Ben is a senior at Iowa State.

Experience

• Completed two years at Iowa State
• Assumed responsibility of the family farm at age 25
• Served on the Monticello School Board for nine years; 5 years as president
• President of the Jones County Pork Producers
• President of the Iowa Farm Business Association

Memberships

• Pork Producers and Cattlemen’s Association
• Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
• St. Matthews Church