Jonathan is a fifth generation farmer. He, alongside his dad Gary, owns and operates Shell Farms and Greenhouses in Garrard County. They grow flowers, corn and pumpkins and raise cattle. Jonathan was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 2012, becoming the youngest member of the General Assembly. Before the 2016 election, he was tapped by Republican leadership to spearhead candidate recruitment. Through Jonathan’s successful efforts, Kentucky elected its first Republican House Majority in nearly 100 years. The following year, Jonathan’s colleagues elected him Kentucky’s first-ever Republican House Majority Floor Leader. Jonathan developed and executed legislative strategies to pass policies into law that focused on job creation, support for farmers and cracking down on opioid traffickers.