[1] Prior to campaigning for public office in 2018, he taught history and government at Denison High School.

[8][9][10] Also in 2023, he authored Senate Bill 870, which would restrict the DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) Offices in colleges and universities.

[11][12] It came along other anti-DEI legislation from Danny Williams and Shane Jett at the Oklahoma capitol after Superintendent and Secretary of Education Ryan Walters "called for a 10-year review of all expenditures related to DEI over the last decade at Oklahoma higher education institutions" in early 2023.

[13] In 2024, he introduced SJR 30, a constitutional amendment, which would "bring a state question to Oklahomans that would ban all abortions and determine that the legal classification of a person begins when sperm meets egg.

"[14][15] He also seeks "to narrow the existing medical exception by outlawing abortions to save the life of the mother based on psychological conditions.