Like millions of Americans, I find myself politically homeless. I’m not a lawyer. I’ve never held office. I’ve spent my thirty-year career keeping banks, airlines, and critical systems secure and running. In 2024 I chose to make a life here in Sarasota and start a small business. What I found were the same problems I’d heard from neighbors everywhere I’ve lived, and the same ones I hear now from Sarasota to Punta Gorda. Skyrocketing insurance costs. Groceries that cost more every week. A Congress no longer accountable to regular Americans. I’m running because this district doesn’t need another politician. It needs a representative who will work for all Americans, outside of party, to get things done.
Meet MichaelFive fights. One promise: I work for you.
Groceries, prescriptions, insurance premiums, and no cuts to the Social Security and Medicare you earned.
Learn MoreThe failures Floridians live with every hurricane season, treated like the emergencies they are.
Learn MoreThirty years in cybersecurity, put to work for your data, your grid, and your utility bill.
Learn MoreOpen party primaries to all voters, term limits, no congressional stock trading, no budget, no pay.
Learn MoreNo more blank checks. Congress debates and votes before Americans fight or fund a war.
Learn MoreEvery candidate makes promises. Mine start with what I won’t do in office: no disappearing after Election Day, and no games with your vote.
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See EventsFlorida redrew its congressional map, and plenty of voters aren't sure which district they're in anymore. The new District 17 covers western Sarasota County, all of Charlotte County, and northern Lee County, from the City of Sarasota through Nokomis, Osprey, and Englewood, down through Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda to North Fort Myers and Fort Myers.
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