Jason is serving his first term in the Iowa House.  He was elected in 2008.

Jason continues to farm with his parents as they have farmed together for the past 13 years.  Jason served seven years in the Iowa National Guard.  He has been and continues to be a member of the Horn Memorial Hospital Foundation.

Jason and Amy have been married for 13 years and have two daughters: Josie and Camryn. They are members of Immanuel Lutheren Church in Schleswig where Jason serves as an elder, a Sunday School Teacher, and is also one of two Sunday School Superintendents.