Paul Milde (politician)

Paul Milde
Milde in 2024
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
from the 64th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 10, 2024
Preceded byEmily Brewer (redistricting)
Personal details
PartyRepublican

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]

Career

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 remained 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 lost the Republican primary to Bob Thomas.[6]

Milde ran again for the Aquia district supervisor in 2021.[3] Although he defeated the Republican incumbent, Cindy Charlene Shelton, in the Republican primary, he lost the general election to independent candidate Monica Lynn Gary.[7]

Virginia House of Delegates

Milde ran as a Republican candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates in 2017, losing the Republican primary to Bob Thomas.[6] Thomas subsequently won the general election and served as the delegate for Virginia's 28th district from 2018 to 2020.[8]

In an upset election, Milde defeated Thomas in the 2019 Republican primary to be party's nominee for the 28th district.[9] Milde continued to the general election but lost to Democratic candidate Joshua G. Cole.[10]

In November 2022, Milde announced he would run again for the House of Delegates in the recently redistricted 64th district.[11] The Republican primary for the race was cancelled as Milde had no qualified opponents. Milde defeated Democratic candidate Leonard Lacey in the general election.[6]

Personal life

Milde has resided in Stafford County since 1989, where he lives with his wife and three children.[12] Milde is an avid scuba diver, certified by the National Association of Underwater Instructors, and is a licensed pilot.[12]

In 1986, at the age of 18, Milde was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, a felony, in Prince William County, being sentenced to six years in prison with five suspended.[13] In 1995, he pleaded guilty to attempted burglary as an accessory after the fact, a misdemeanor, and was sentenced to 360 days in prison with 340 days suspended.[13] Milde's criminal convictions emerged during his initial 2005 campaign for Stafford County Board of Supervisors, where Milde was criticized by Stafford County Republican activists for not previously disclosing the existence of the convictions.[13] Milde claimed the knowledge and support of William J. Howell, then-Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, and of Robert Hunt, then-member of the Stafford County School Board for Aquia, although Hunt declined to explicitly support Milde in an interview with The Washington Post.[13]

During his 2019 primary campaign against Bob Thomas for the House of Delegates, Milde's criminal history once again emerged, with the Thomas campaign attacking Milde as a "trainwreck."[14] Milde publicly claimed that the burglary conviction came from failing to disclose a confession made to him by a Narcotics Anonymous member to the police, a claim at odds with his then-fiancée's sworn testimony in 1994 that Milde had been an active participant.[14] Milde explained the cocaine conviction but not the burglary conviction in a campaign statement and attacked Thomas for "voting with the Democrats to advance their liberal agenda."[14]

References

  1. ^ "Paul Milde III". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  2. ^ "Virginia State Legislature Election Results". The New York Times. November 7, 2023. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Paul Milde announces run for Aquia District supervisor in Stafford". InsideNoVa.com. March 10, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  4. ^ "2005 Board of Supervisors General Election Stafford County Aquia". Virginia Department of Elections. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  5. ^ Branscome, Jeff (February 21, 2017). "Stafford Supervisor Paul Milde to run for House of Delegates". The Free Lance–Star. Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  6. ^ a b c Branscome, Jeff (June 13, 2017). "Howell's preferred successor Thomas wins GOP House primary". The Free Lance–Star. Archived from the original on October 18, 2025. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  7. ^ Baron, James (November 3, 2021). "Gary's upset of Milde highlights tight races in Stafford". The Free Lance–Star. Archived from the original on February 26, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  8. ^ Smith, Max (December 21, 2017). "Thomas wins recount in disputed Stafford Co. House race". WTOP-FM. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  9. ^ Baron, James (June 11, 2019). "Milde edges Thomas to win Republican nomination for 28th District House seat". The Free Lance–Star. Archived from the original on October 18, 2025. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  10. ^ "Democrat Cole defeats Milde in key 28th House District race". The Free Lance–Star. November 5, 2019. Archived from the original on May 18, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  11. ^ "Paul Milde, former Supervisor, to run for District 64 Delegate seat in Stafford County". Potomac Local News. November 29, 2022. Archived from the original on November 30, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Free Press candidate questionnaire: Paul Milde". Fredericksburg Free Press. August 18, 2025. Archived from the original on September 7, 2025. Retrieved October 19, 2025.
  13. ^ a b c d Boorstein, Michelle (September 15, 2005). "Stafford GOP Divided Over Role of Candidate's Criminal Record". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 12, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2025.
  14. ^ a b c Vozzella, Laura (June 6, 2019). "In Va. GOP primary for legislature, a candidate's criminal past becomes an issue". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 2, 2019. Retrieved October 19, 2025.
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