Mike Klein

According to his campaign survey, Klein is a fifth-generation Floridian who was raised in Gainesville in the 1970s.[3] He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1989 and later earned a graduate degree from the University of South Carolina's Darla Moore School of Business.[3] Klein served in the U.S. Army from 1985 to 2003; he says he was a Ranger-qualified Infantry officer in the 25th Infantry Division who led soldiers in combat in Operation Desert Storm.[3]

Klein says he has worked and lived internationally, building expertise in international business, economic development, university innovation and entrepreneurship.[3] He co-founded and chairs Warrior Centric Health, which he says works to improve care for the military and veteran community; he says he started it after his brother, an Army infantry officer, lost limbs to an IED.[3] Klein ran as an independent. He describes himself as the father of two "Gators" and says he has pledged not to take corporate PAC or special-interest money.[3] During the campaign, he emphasized removing corporate and special-interest money from politics.[2][3] He received 1.9% of the vote to Kat Cammack's 55.1%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[1]