×
Sign Up to Send a Dairy Farmer to Congress
Meet Blake
I’m a husband, father of three boys, second-generation dairy farmer, small business owner, and Vice Chair of the Cooperative Board of Agri-Mark. I was born and raised on a farm in the North Country and I’ve been deeply rooted in this community my whole life – as a JV basketball coach, Lisbon Central School Board Member, and founder of a non-profit supporting kids with pediatric cancer and their families.
Why I'm Running
To Work Hard
Not enough of the people who are supposed to be representing us in Washington have calluses on their hands or know what it means to put in a real day’s work. Out-of-touch politicians on both sides of the aisle spend too much time fighting with each other and jockeying for power. But on the farm, when you’re making small square bales of hay, milking cows, or shoveling stalls, you don’t ask the person next to you which party they belong to, you just get to work. That’s exactly what I’ll do.
To Help Our Neighbors
Having grown up here, I’ve seen how Washington has neglected communities in the North Country. Over the last six years alone, our region has lost more than 700 local dairy farms, and families have been forced to leave for higher-paying jobs elsewhere – but it doesn’t have to be this way.
To Deliver Results
My goal is to be a bridge between our region and Washington. I’ll be an honest voice to uplift farmers, families, veterans, and small businesses while keeping bureaucracy in check. There is simply no excuse for the gridlock that has failed to deliver even the most common-sense solutions to help North Country families to not just get by – but to actually get ahead.