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Joe Strada

R

Joe Strada is the Republican nominee for the open Florida 11th Congressional District seat. He describes himself as a business owner running on real-world experience rather than a political career, focused on immigration enforcement, government accountability, and skilled-worker shortages.[2]

Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.

Positions on the issues

  • SupportsExpand immigration enforcement and deportations

    Says Florida law enforcement needs more resources to address the effects of illegal immigration on public safety, the economy and infrastructure, and credits President Trump with closing the border.[3]

In their words — priorities

  • Immigration enforcement: says law enforcement needs more resources to address the effects of illegal immigration on public safety and the economy.[3]
  • Government accountability: says he would work to "root out bureaucrats and policies that enrich greedy politicians and fraudulent NGOs."[3]
  • Addressing skilled-worker shortages, citing a training program he developed at his company in response to labor shortages.[3]

Background

  • Earned a high school diploma from Lyman High School; his listed profession is business.[3]
  • Says he built a company and developed a training program to address labor shortages, which he says helped the company grow.[3]

Campaign money

Raised $5.2M · spent $3.0M · $2.2M cash on hand (through 2026-07-29) FEC filing ↗

Campaign website ↗

Also on the ballot for this seat: James Pericola, Ralph Groves · Compare side by side

Sources cited in this profile

  1. 2.James Pericola · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey Candidate's own words
  2. 3.Joe Strada · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey Candidate's own words