Work Hard. Play by the Rules. Never Give Up.


Those lessons I learned growing up in Michigan guided me through life and 20 years of service helping to give people a voice:

Becoming the first generation in my family to graduate from college; Working in Iraq in 2005 to help create a democracy so our troops could come home sooner; working with a team to invest in, and grow, U.S. manufacturing companies.

Now I am running for State Representative of the 103rd District to:
1.) Create a Northern Michigan where our families can stay and succeed.
2.) Keep Northern Michigan both beautiful and profitable.
3.) Re-build our government to become as hardworking and honest as the people who pay for it.

We can do this by investing in, and protecting, our two greatest resources: our people and our land. Please join with me to help move Northern Michigan forward.

My family ties to Northern Michigan go back five generations. I am married to Julianna Smoot, and live in Kalkaska County.