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Mike Wilnau
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Mike Wilnau (Republican Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 11th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.[source]
Wilnau also ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 7th Congressional District. He will not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 3, 2026.
Wilnau completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Mike Wilnau was born in Winter Park, Florida. Wilnau's career experience includes working in manufacturing. He earned a degree from Lake Technical College in 2017.[1]
Elections
2026
U.S. House Florida District 11
See also: Florida's 11th Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for U.S. House Florida District 11
Incumbent Daniel Webster, Barbie Harden Hall, Mike Wilnau, and Ralph Groves are running in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 11 on November 3, 2026.
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U.S. House Florida District 7
See also: Florida's 7th Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for U.S. House Florida District 7
Incumbent Cory Mills, Jennifer Adams, George Bock, Marialana Kinter, and Noah Widmann are running in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 7 on November 3, 2026.
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 | Marialana Kinter (D) | |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mike Wilnau (R)
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2026
U.S. House Florida District 11
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Mike Wilnau completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Wilnau's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I’m a native Floridian, a husband, father of four and will be the first Republican member of GenZ. I owe everything I have to this Country; I grew up in poverty, reliant on church donations and the kindness of strangers. In early 2025, I purchased my first home- climbing my way out of childhood poverty to join the middle class- proof the American dream isn’t dead yet.
I achieved this with trade school, not Law school. I’ve spent a decade in the private sector, forging a career in the manufacturing industry. In the same way I’m self taught in robotics, I’m self taught on the United States Constitution.
I am committed to domestic diplomacy and finding creative solutions to the biggest issues facing our nation. I’ve drafted legislation I’m prepared to bring to the house floor on day one including unilateral election integrity, an immediate solution to restore and bulletproof Americas manufacturing base, and a constitutional amendment affirming the American people’s right to Transparent Legislation, an effective abolition of the Omnibus bill, enforcing line item voting and veto’s.
My number one priority is restoring the American Dream and leaving behind a More perfect union to the generations to come.- One of the primary roles of our federal Government is to ensure domestic tranquility. If we reflect over the past decade or so, how do we think our government has performed? It’s clear the division in our country has been fueled by culture wars, inflammatory rhetoric and a bipartisan consensus that “the other side hates you”.
I believe that by offering leadership by example, accurate representation and creative solutions, we can restore hope in the hearts and minds of the American people and make the American Dream attainable again.
Our inaction will prove more damaging in this time than anything else. We, the people must regain control of the narrative and work on fixing what’s been broken. - In the 2024 election cycle, restoring American manufacturing was one of the main talking points. Since my entire career thus far has been on the shop floor, I know the ins and outs of the process of building, repairing and streamlining these systems. I have personally decommissioned, packaged, relocated and reinstalled the entire contents of a manufacturing facility in a matter of weeks. The idea that it will take years and trillions of taxpayer dollars to restore the American manufacturing base, is simply false. I have legislation drafted to incentivize American companies to relocate and begin production within 18 months of enactment, including funding for job specific trade school programs in high skill, high wage careers.
- Election integrity is paramount to the continuation of America as we've known it. The people have to trust the process if we want them to participate. I’m committed to finding a solution to this issue and restoring trust in the most sacred right of self governance.
Federal power is too great and too centralized. I want to strengthen the states, turning over many of the federal programs to individual states.
I believe we can have a surplus again. We can’t simply grow ourselves out of a nearly 40 trillion dollar debt. We have to grow and we have to also cut spending for the sake of the way of life for future generations.
A current figure I look up to is Tim Tebow. Growing up in Central Florida during his time in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium was an incredible atmosphere to grow up in! His commitment to defending the most vulnerable people and combatting human trafficking is something I fully support.
The most important characteristic of a representative in a constitutional republic, is integrity.
When my future grandkids talk about me after I’ve left this earth, I want them to be able to say “Grandpa fought for our liberty”.
The majority of my life has been in a post-patriot act America.
That being said, a willingness to listen to the other side is paramount. In my experience, we typically agree on the diagnosis, but may disagree on the prescription. If we can begin to agree on what the root cause problems are, we can begin to find solutions.
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U.S. House Florida District 7
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Mike Wilnau did not complete Ballotpedia's 2026 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 4, 2025
