Representative, North Carolina State House of Representatives, District 16, 2019-present

Candidate, North Carolina State House of Representatives, District 16, 2024

Vice Chair, Appropriations Committee

Member, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety

Member, Judiciary 2 Committee

Chair, Pensions and Retirement Committee

Chair, Subcommittee on Appropriations, Justice and Public Safety

Member, Wildlife Resources Committee

Former Member, Health Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Matters, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Select Committee on Disaster Relief, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Select Committee on School Safety, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Appropriations, Capital, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Emergency Management Coordinator, Pender County

Former Deputy/Dispatcher, Pender County Sheriff's Office

Former Police Officer, Topsail Beach

Sheriff, Pender County, 2002-2018

Member, North Carolina Local Government Employees’ Retirement System Board, present

Former Volunteer, Hampstead Volunteer Fire Department

Former President, North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association

Former Chief, Pender East Emergency Medical Services

Former Member, Scott's Hill Fire Department