Paul Milde (politician)

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

Stafford Board of Supervisors
From 2006 to 2017, Milde served as the supervisor of the Aquia district on the Stafford County Board of Supervisors. Milde was first elected to the Board of Supervisors in 2005, defeating the incumbent,[Kandy A. Hilliard. 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. Milde, however, would not run in the 2017 Virginia House of Delegates election as he lost the Republican primary to Bob Thomas.

Milde would again run for the Aquia District supervisor in 2021. 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.

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. Thomas would continue to the general election and win the seat, serving as the delegate for Virginia's 28th district from 2018 to 2020.

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. Milde would continue to the general election but lost to Democrat, Joshua G. Cole.

In November 2022, Milde announced he would run again for the House of Delegates in the recently redistricted 64th district. 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.