Senator, North Carolina State Senate, District 3, 2023-present

Former Deputy Majority Whip, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, North Carolina, District 1, 2026

Candidate, North Carolina State Senate, District 1, 2024

Senator, North Carolina State Senate, District 1, 2022-2023

Representative, North Carolina State House of Representatives, District 6, 2019-2022

Member, Agriculture, Energy, and Environment Committee

Chair, Appropriations Committee on General Government and Information Technology

Member, Education/Higher Education Committee

Member, Environmental Review Commission

Member, Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee

Member, Joint Legislative Emergency Management Oversight Committee

Member, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety

Member, Pensions and Retirement and Aging Committee

Member, Regulatory Reform Committee

Chair, State and Local Government Committee

Member, Transportation Committee

Chairman, Appropriations on General Government and Information Technology, North Carolina State House of Representatives, 2025-present

Member, Education/Higher Education Committee, North Carolina House of Representatives, 2025-present

Member, Regulatory Reform Committee, North Carolina House of Representatives, 2025-present

Chairman, State and Local Government Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives, 2025-present

Member, Transportation Committee, North Carolina House of Representatives, 2025-present

Member, Agriculture, Energy, and Environment Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Elections and Ethics Law Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Energy and Public Utilities Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

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

Former Vice Chair, Joint Legislative Committee on Local Government, North Carolina House of Representatives, 2011-2013

Owner/ President, The Pool Guy Aquatic Services, 2001-present

Owner/ Vice President, Brindley Beach Vacations and Sales, 2004-2015

Customer Service Manager, B&B on the Beach, 1997-2001

Field Service Engineer, Plasser American Corporation, 1988-1994

Sergeant, United States Army, 1984-1988

Chair, Currituck County Commission, 2016

Chair, Northeast Workforce Board, 2009-2015