Biography
Mike Klein is a no-party-affiliation candidate for Florida's 3rd District. A fifth-generation Floridian raised in Gainesville, he is a West Point graduate and Army combat veteran who served from 1985 to 2003. He is chairman of Warrior Centric Health and is running on a platform of removing corporate and special-interest money from politics.[1][2]
According to his campaign survey, Klein is a fifth-generation Floridian who was raised in Gainesville in the 1970s.[2] 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.[2] 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.[2]
Klein says he has worked and lived internationally, building expertise in international business, economic development, university innovation and entrepreneurship.[2] 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.[2] Klein is running 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.[2]
- 1.Florida's 3rd Congressional District election, 2026 · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
- 2.Mike Klein - Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey · 2026-09-25 Candidate's own words
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.
