a new way forward

Across Southern Minnesota, people are working harder than ever just to stay afloat. Building a stable future is getting tougher. Small businesses are shutting their doors, families are priced out of homeownership, and institutions like our schools and hospitals are stretched thin. These problems aren’t new to us, but they keep getting worse year after year. Billions of taxpayer dollars are wasted on broken programs, and could be better spent to help revive the American economy.

We have faced these challenges for years as politicians in Washington, who are supposed to represent their constituents, instead serve the agendas of their party and the large donor class. Many people feel that there is a need for a major shift in Congress.

Our country is heading into a time of major change. Rapid advances in technology, automation, and infrastructure demand representatives who think ahead, not just react after the damage is done.

I’m Oliver Morlan, a working-class Minnesotan, not a career politician. I grew up in Zumbro Falls, went to school in Rochester, and help run my family’s small business. I’ve seen the challenges we face and the lack of change needed to fix it. I’m running to replace Brad Finstad as the Republican Candidate for this district, to fight for common-sense solutions, and real accountability. It’s time to put people over politics and bring integrity back to public service.

Issues

Restoring Fiscal Responsibility

The Federal Government is addicted to printing and spending money. Our deficit as a nation is now nearly two trillion ($2,000,000,000,000) annually, and our debt is set to reach forty trillion in the near future. This trend is killing your buying power as an American citizen. The more dollars they print and place into circulation, the less your money is worth. Meanwhile that same elite is rearranging their wealth into foreign and digital currencies.

  • We need new leaders who are willing to end reckless omnibus spending packages that our current “representatives” pass without a second thought, and corporate and foreign subsidies have to be completely eliminated.

  • The entire federal budget needs to be reevaluated, and a real audit performed at the Federal Reserve including our gold reserves.

  • All Medicaid and Social Security fraud needs to be rooted out and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Putting an end to lobbyists

Political Action Committees (PACs) and Super PACs are the organizations behind the funneling of millions of dollars from corporate and foreign interests to the campaigns of our politicians. This campaign formally rejects all attempts to be bought out by any organization, and will not be pressured into supporting a political position over money or any other means.

Removing lobbying from politics is tricky, especially from a first amendment perspective, but we can render the worst aspects of it useless.

  • The Drain the Swamp Act would end the pipeline that is politician to career lobbyist.

  • The REINS Act would take away the powers of unelected bureaucrats in our federal agencies to change regulations at the behest of lobbyists.

  • Expanding the Foreign Agents Registration Act to include organizations like AIPAC. No foreign nation should be given special privileges to bribe our politicians.

American FIRST FOREIGN POLICY

For decades, our politicians have used the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Department of Defense to destabilize entire regions of the world under the guise of "national security." These Cold War-era interventionist games have left our soldiers to clean up the mess and us the taxpayers to foot the bill for the inevitable blowback.

Our government is still putting us through endless conflict scenarios based on outdated politics that do nothing to keep our families in Minnesota safe. It is an absolute betrayal that terrorist organizations like Al-Qaeda and ISIS, who have directly killed American service members, have been funded and armed by our own government for years. Last year the current dictator of Syria Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former Al-Qaeda terrorist, was actually welcomed into the White House and greeted by the same politicians who claim to be fighting a war on terror.

We need to dismantle the "regime change" industry that treats our soldiers like disposable pawns in a global game of chess. I will fight for the Defend the Guard Act to ensure that the Minnesota National Guard is never sent into these undeclared, illegal foreign hostilities unless Congress officially declares war. We must stop the billion-dollar handouts to foreign nations and redirect every bit of that focus toward securing our own borders. Washington’s obsession with policing the globe has only resulted in massive debt and more enemies. It is time to bring our resources home and finally put America first.

Bracing For The Future

Across the country our infrastructure is failing. Tens of thousands of bridges in America are in need of repair, and our power grid is in some areas decades out of date.

Modernizing our energy infrastructure is a national security imperative. We must transition from a fragile, centralized power grid to a resilient network of localized microgrids. By incentivizing community-based energy production, we ensure that a single point of failure cannot plunge an entire region into darkness. This decentralized approach fosters innovation where local needs dictate solutions, rather than top-down federal mandates.

As we look toward the future, our infrastructure must handle emerging technologies without sacrificing our fundamental rights. While robotics and automated systems offer potential gains in logistics, they also pose risks to labor and liberty. We must implement strict regulations to ensure these technologies are never weaponized to create a high-tech surveillance state. Government use of automated data harvesting and predictive algorithms must be restricted to protect the digital privacy of every citizen.

The integration of artificial intelligence must be approached with extreme caution. We cannot allow algorithms to replace human judgment or transparency in our governance. Our focus must remain on building a foundation that serves the individual, not a centralized bureaucracy. By prioritizing essential physical repairs and securing our digital borders against overreach, we can build a future where our bridges are safe and our personal freedoms remain intact. Progress must be defined by human agency and local control.

health Above Profit Margins

We are facing a chronic disease epidemic fueled by a toxic food supply and a "medical martial law" system that grants blanket immunity to Big Pharma and Big Chemical Manufacturers. It is a disgrace that the federal government protects companies like Bayer while they flood our land with glyphosate and other pesticides linked to cancer. I am fighting for the No Immunity for Glyphosate Act and the PREP Repeal Act to strip away these liability shields. If a corporation poisons our soil or harms our citizens, they must be held accountable in a court of law.

Real healthcare starts with the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) agenda. That is to restore our soil through regenerative agriculture and decentralize our food system. I support the PRIME Act and the Interstate Milk Freedom Act to get the federal government out of the way of local farmers selling clean, healthy food directly to their neighbors. We must end the regulatory capture of the FDA and EPA, which currently act as lobbyists for the very industries they are supposed to oversee. It is time to stop subsidizing chronic illness and start protecting the families of Minnesota over the balance sheets of the global elite.

Making Healthcare Affordable

Healthcare is unaffordable because of government mandates and insurance monopolies. We don't need more subsidies; we need price transparency and competition. I will fight to expand Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and remove "Certificate of Need" laws so doctors can work for patients, not for D.C. bureaucrats or insurance companies.

I will also pursue cutting the costs of prescription medications. Americans should not have to pay ten or sometimes twenty times more for prescription drugs than consumers in Europe do. At the same time, bringing down the cost of prescription medication would help ease the burden placed on our Medicaid services.

By prioritizing transparency and individual choice, we can dismantle the bureaucratic barriers that inflate costs. Ending the drug price disparity and repealing restrictive laws will force providers to compete for your business, driving quality up and prices down. It is time to move away from a system controlled by lobbyists and toward one that puts medical decisions back where they belong: between you and your doctor.

nonpartisan education

The American education system has drifted away from its primary mission: preparing children for the real world. We need to move past centralized mandates and return to a "back to basics" approach that prioritizes mastery in reading, writing, and mathematics. Classrooms should be places of academic excellence, not arenas for political or social agendas. By focusing on objective, foundational skills and a fact-based understanding of civics, we empower students to think for themselves rather than telling them what to think.

It is also time to stop pushing a one-size-fits-all college track that leaves too many young people with crushing debt and no clear career path. Federal policy must treat trade schools, apprenticeships, and technical certifications with the same respect and support as a four-year degree. Elevating vocational training isn't just about jobs; it’s about respecting the diverse talents of our students and rebuilding the American workforce from the ground up.

Real accountability starts with parents, not bureaucrats in D.C. We need to restore local control by ensuring that funding follows the student, giving families the freedom to choose the environment (public, private, charter, or home school) that works best for them. This competition naturally forces schools to improve and stay transparent. Finally, we must protect our children's digital privacy by banning the collection of student data for anything other than direct instruction. By getting back to basics and putting parents back in charge, we can build a system that actually serves the next generation.

Protecting Our Land, Lakes, and Rivers

“The Land of 10,000 Lakes” is not just a slogan; it is Minnesota’s heritage. It represents the rivers where we caught our first fish and the woods where our families have hunted for generations. But today, this legacy is under threat. We are watching our nation's topsoil wash away, carrying runoff that chokes our waterways, while microplastics and industrial chemicals infiltrate even our most remote streams. At the same time, our wildlife is being decimated by diseases like CWD, and our federal wildlands are being eyed by multinational corporations looking to trade our natural heritage for a corporate bottom line.

Protecting our environment shouldn't mean more federal red tape; it should mean a return to true stewardship. By supporting regenerative agriculture, we can rebuild our soil so it acts as a natural filter, keeping our water clean and our economy strong. We must empower local hunters and conservationists to manage our wildlife with common-sense, local action rather than top-down mandates. Most importantly, we must ensure our public lands stay in public hands, preserved for the people, not sold to the highest bidder. If we act now to restore our land and protect our waters, we can ensure that the great American outdoors remains a source of freedom and pride for our grandchildren to inherit.