| Paul Milde | |
| State Delegate: | Virginia |
| District: | 64th |
| Term Start: | January 10, 2024 |
| Preceded: | Emily Brewer (redistricting) |
| Party: | Republican |
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]
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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2005 Board of Supervisors General Election Stafford County Aquia| url=https://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/view/40719|publisher=Virginia Department of Elections|accessdate=2023-12-30}}</ref> 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.[4] Milde, however, would not run in the 2017 Virginia House of Delegates election as he lost the Republican primary to Bob Thomas.[5]
Milde would again run for the Aquia District supervisor in 2021.[6] 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.[7]
Milde ran as a Republican candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates in 2017, however, he lost the primary election to Bob Thomas.[8] Thomas would continue to the general election and win the seat, serving as the delegate for Virginia's 28th district from 2018 to 2020.[9]
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.[10] Milde would continue to the general election but lost to Democrat, Joshua G. Cole.[11]
In November 2022, Milde announced he would run again for the House of Delegates in the recently redistricted 64th district.[12] 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.[13]