Paul Milde (politician)

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Paul Vincent Milde III (born 1967) is an American politician. [1] A Republican, he was elected to serve as the delegate of Virginia's 64th district in the 2023 Virginia House of Delegates election. [2]

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Stafford Board of Supervisors

From 2006 to 2017, Milde served as the supervisor of the Aquia district on the Stafford County Board of Supervisors. [3] Milde was first elected to the Board of Supervisors in 2005, defeating the incumbent, Kandy A. Hilliard. [4] Milde would remain in the position until 2017 when he declined to run again for supervisor, instead running for the Virginia House of Delegates to represent Virginia's 28th district. [5] Milde, however, would not run in the 2017 Virginia House of Delegates election as he lost the Republican primary to Bob Thomas. [6]

Milde would again run for the Aquia District supervisor in 2021. [7] Although he defeated the Republican incumbent, Cindy Charlene Shelton in the Republic primary, he would go on to lose to independent candidate, Monica Lynn Gary. [8]

Virginia House of Delegates

Milde ran as a Republican candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates in 2017, however, he lost the primary election to Bob Thomas. [9] Thomas would continue to the general election and win the seat, serving as the delegate for Virginia's 28th district from 2018 to 2020. [10]

In an upset election, Milde would defeat Thomas, now the sitting delegate, in the 2019 Republican primary to be party's nominee the 28th district. [11] Milde would continue to the general election but lost to Democrat, Joshua G. Cole. [12]

In November 2022, Milde announced he would run again for the House of Delegates in the recently redistricted 64th district. [13] The Republican primary for the race would be cancelled as Milde had no qualified opponents. Milde would defeat Democrat, Leonard Lacey, in the general election. [14]

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