U.S. House · Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District
Michael Alfonso
CandidateR
- Race
- U.S. House · Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District
- Result
- Michael Alfonso, projected winner
- Opponent
- Fred Clark (D)
- Research
- Basic
Party linenone
No recorded floor votes — not a current legislator in our records.
Said vs. did3 statements · 0 votes
He backs constitutional carry and our right to defend ourselves.
Stricter gun laws
Compare statements with votes ›On the ballotU.S. House · 7
2026-11-03
| Fred Clark D | challenger |
| Michael Alfonso R | challenger |
Defeated Kevin Hermening, Jessi Ebben, Niina Threlfall-Baum, and Donald Raihala in the Republican primary.
Said vs. did
Each documented position next to the recorded floor votes we map to the same issue. Votes are compared one at a time; no overall stance is inferred from them.
He backs constitutional carry and our right to defend ourselves.
His campaign site says he backs constitutional carry and will protect the Second Amendment against attempts to weaken it.[5]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
Like our Founding Fathers, Michael believes every person has an inherent right to life—from conception to natural death.
His campaign site describes him as pro-life from conception, praises the overturning of Roe v. Wade so states can protect the unborn, and says he opposes expanding mail-in abortion pills.[5]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
Michael Alfonso will support school choice, boost homeschooling protections
His campaign site says he will support school choice.[5]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
Biography
Michael Alfonso, a Republican, won the open seat for Wisconsin's 7th District on November 3, 2026, defeating Fred Clark, and will take office on January 3, 2027. He says he was raised in Vilas County and Wausau, studied mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, worked in construction and concrete, and produced The Dan Bongino Show podcast. He had not held elected office and won the August 2026 Republican primary with President Trump's endorsement.[1][2][3][4]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
According to his campaign website, Alfonso was raised in Vilas County and Wausau, Wisconsin, and his grandparents fled Cuba at the end of the Castro Revolution.[1] He paid his own way through the University of Wisconsin-Madison by working in construction and earned a Bachelor of Science in mathematics.[1][2] He married Evita Duffy at 22 and began married life in Hayward, Wisconsin, returning to the construction and concrete industry.[1]
About a year later, Alfonso became producer of The Dan Bongino Show podcast, according to his campaign website.[1][2] He has not held elected office.[2] He was endorsed by President Trump in the Republican primary; his father-in-law, Sean Duffy, held the 7th District seat until 2019.[3] He won the August 11, 2026 primary with 48.9% of the vote over Kevin Hermening and others and, according to WXPR before the general election, would be the youngest member of Congress if elected.[2][3] He won the November 3, 2026 general election with 56.4% of the vote to Fred Clark's 43.6%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[4]
In their own words
Priorities
- "Michael Alfonso will support school choice, boost homeschooling protections, and end Marxist race and gender indoctrination in classrooms."[5]
- "Michael Alfonso will fight to ban members of Congress from trading stocks."[5]
- "Michael Alfonso will lower costs, increase transparency, and prioritize patients"[5]
Campaign money$1.4M raised · 84% from individuals · FEC through 2026-07-22
Totals this cycle
Bars share one scale (raised = full). Cash on hand can include money carried over from earlier cycles.
Who gave
- Individuals $1.1M
- PACs & committees $211K
Largest committee contributions
- Majority Committee Pac--Mc PAC PAC$10K
- Boots Political Action Committee PAC$10K
- Raptor PAC PAC$10K
- New Majority Federal PAC PAC$10K
- Mr. Southern Missourian in the House PAC PAC$10K
- On Wisconsin PAC, Inc. PAC$10K
- American Council of Engineering Companies (Acec/Pac) PAC$6,000
- RVFPAC PAC$6,000
- International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139 PAC$5,500
- Delta Air Lines PAC PAC$5,000
Direct contributions only; outside spending is not included. Individual donors are itemized in the FEC’s receipts. All itemized receipts ↗ FEC filing ↗
Profile: /people/michael-alfonso
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Sources cited in this profile
- 1.Meet Michael Alfonso · Alfonso for Congress Candidate's own words
- 2.Michael Alfonso · Ballotpedia Reference
- 3.Alfonso wins Republican primary for 7th Congressional District seat · WXPR · 2026-08-11 News report
- 4.Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District U.S. House election results 2026 · NBC News News report
- 5.Michael Alfonso on the Issues That Matter · Alfonso for Congress (campaign site) Candidate's own words