What are the most important issues facing Idaho right now? I can talk to you about my primary concerns, but I need to hear your opinions on these critical issues as well.

1.) The Economy ― Idaho needs more jobs, and the best way to ensure that we get them is to lower taxes and eliminate regulations. We can make Idaho the most business-friendly state in the nation simply by removing the many regulatory and financial obstacles that the state has placed in the path of creating and expanding businesses.

2.) State Sovereignty ― James Madison said, "The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government, are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite." The State of Idaho is being dictated to and generally denied its sovereignty by an overbearing and out-of-control Federal Government that has grown significantly beyond the bounds which were intended by the framers of our Constitution.

3.) Our Second Amendment Rights ― Even here in Idaho, where our sacred right to keep and bear arms is upheld better than in many places, we are still restricted both by Federal and State laws which infringe upon our Constitutional rights. Two primary issues which need to be addressed at the State level are Constitutional Carry and Campus Carry. Constitutional Carry is the doctrine that the concealed carry of firearms should not require a government license but may be done by any person who can legally possess a firearm in any case. Campus Carry is the doctrine that State funded colleges and universities, as subdivisions of the State, should not enact rules or regulations which penalize students, faculty, or other employees or guests who carry firearms in a manner which they would be legally allowed to do off campus.

4.) Individual Freedom ― For far too long, our Country has been drifting away from the principles of individual freedom and personal liberty that it was founded to protect. Our State has too many regulations, requires too many licenses and permits, and places too many controls on individual choices that are none of its business.