The person behind the name
Michael Alfonso is a first-time candidate whose public record is, so far, a campaign: federal filings, a contested primary and a presidential endorsement.
Alfonso, 26, won the August 11, 2026 Republican primary in Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District, a northern Wisconsin seat that is open because its current member, U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, is running for governor. The Associated Press called the race at 9:16 p.m., the Wisconsin Examiner and Wisconsin Public Radio reported. He faces Democrat Fred Clark, a former state legislator, on November 3. [1][2][3][24][25]
He is the son-in-law of U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who represented the district from 2011 until he stepped down in September 2019, and is married to Evita Duffy-Alfonso, the daughter of Duffy and Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy. President Donald Trump endorsed him in late January 2026, calling him a “MAGA Warrior.” WPR noted that, if elected, Alfonso “would be among the youngest members of Congress.” [2][14][18][33]
Education and professional preparation
His campaign biography says he was raised in the district, “From the pine forests of Vilas County to the working-class city of Wausau,” and that he paid his way through the University of Wisconsin–Madison by working construction, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics. The Wisconsin Examiner separately reports that he worked in construction while a UW–Madison student. No university record of the degree was read for this profile. [1][10]
The campaign biography says that after graduating and marrying he returned to construction and concrete work in Hayward and, “a year later,” became the producer of The Dan Bongino Show. The Examiner reports that he moved to Florida, worked on the podcast for a year, and has since moved back to Hayward, Wisconsin. At a July 2026 primary debate he said he is currently employed as an accountant. The Daily Caller wrote that month that he had worked “as an accountant at a Catholic Church” and that he told the outlet he “has been working since he was 14.” [1][10][20][30]
A campaign built on an endorsement
Alfonso signed his statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission on October 28, 2025. WPR reported that he announced with a video about his grandparents fleeing communist Cuba and meeting his wife in high school, and quoted him: “Some say Congress needs older people with more experience, but let’s be honest, they’re the ones who created this mess.” [5][15]
Trump’s endorsement did not clear the field, and four other Republicans stayed on the primary ballot. The campaign’s own endorsement list includes House Speaker Mike Johnson and Wisconsin Reps. Bryan Steil, Scott Fitzgerald, Tony Wied and Derrick Van Orden. Wisconsin Watch reported in July 2026 that he had the backing of Johnson and four of the six Wisconsin Republican congressional incumbents. [13][20][22]
A note on where he lives. Campaign filings use a post office box in Hudson, Wisconsin, and WPR described him in November 2025 as “of Hudson.” The Examiner reported in July and August 2026 that he had moved back to Hayward. A committee’s mailing address is not a statement of residence, and this profile lists Hayward on the strength of the more recent reporting. WPR’s review of his voter registrations is summarized in the fuller record below. [1][6][15][20]
Life & public service
Nearly all of the documented milestones fall within a single year: from a statement of candidacy in October 2025 to a primary victory in August 2026.
January: Trump’s endorsement
President Trump endorsed him in the Republican primary, writing that Alfonso was a “MAGA Warrior” and “a young ‘STAR.’” Alfonso, then 25, called accepting it his “greatest honor.” [14]
March: New Richmond schools
On March 5 the U.S. Department of Education announced that its Office for Civil Rights had opened a Title IX investigation of the New Richmond School District. The Wisconsin Examiner reported that Alfonso had posted about the district’s bathroom policy at least five times in the previous month on his campaign Facebook page. The department’s release names no candidate, and neither source says the posts prompted the investigation. [21][26]
May: a skipped debate
He missed a Republican primary debate in Mercer while at a fundraiser with members of Wisconsin’s Republican congressional delegation, WPR reported. County party chairs and rivals criticized his absence and his family backing. [17]
July: the WJFW debate
He took part in a Republican primary debate hosted by WJFW Newswatch 12 on July 7, addressing concerns about his experience and saying he is employed as an accountant. [20]
July: pre-primary finance report
The committee reported $1,351,546.03 in receipts for the cycle and $663,408.47 in cash on hand as of July 22. [7]
August: the final week
He visited a dairy farm near Thorp on August 3 with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, the Tribune-Phonograph reported. Alpha News reported that he was billed to speak the next day at a New Richmond town hall hosted by Turning Point Action and Moms for Liberty. [31][32]
Accomplishments, in the record
Alfonso has never held public office, so there is no legislative or executive record to report. Federal Election Commission filings and election-administration decisions establish the following. Outcomes are described at the level supported by those records.
Registering a first campaign
Alfonso signed an FEC Form 2 statement of candidacy on October 28, 2025, as a Republican seeking the House seat from Wisconsin’s 7th District. The same day, Alfonso for Congress filed its statement of organization as his principal campaign committee, naming Katie Reid as treasurer and custodian of records and giving a post office box in Hudson, Wisconsin. [5][6]
The FEC lists his candidate ID as H6WI07223 and the committee’s as C00924902. The filings establish a candidacy and a committee. They say nothing about qualifications or residence. [4][6]
Commission rejects a signature challenge
The campaign of Republican rival Jessi Ebben challenged all 1,482 nominating signatures Alfonso submitted, arguing that his forms did not comply with a state law enacted in April that bars out-of-state residents from collecting signatures. Candidates needed at least 1,000 valid signatures. [18]
On June 10, 2026, the Wisconsin Elections Commission voted unanimously to reject the challenges and place Alfonso, Kevin Hermening and Democrat Fred Clark on the August ballot. Commission staff said the challenger had shown no evidence that any signature gatherer was ineligible, WPR reported. The commission’s own memo could not be reached for this review; the account rests on WPR and the Wisconsin Examiner. [18][19]
What the FEC reports show
The committee’s pre-primary report, filed July 30, 2026, shows $1,351,546.03 in receipts for the election cycle through July 22, 2026: $1,140,546.03 from individuals and $211,000.00 from other political committees. It reports no contributions or loans from the candidate and no debts. [4][7]
Disbursements for the cycle were $688,137.56, leaving $663,408.47 in cash on hand on July 22. The FEC’s filing index also shows year-end, April quarterly and July quarterly reports, and a series of 48-hour notices of contributions received, filed between July 26 and August 9. These figures cover the campaign committee only, not outside groups. [7][9][27]
A shared fundraising committee
Next Generation Victory registered with the FEC on May 7, 2026 as a joint fundraising committee based in Alexandria, Virginia. Its statement of organization lists two participants, Joe Mitchell for Congress and Alfonso for Congress, with Katie Reid as treasurer. [28]
An amended statement of organization for Alfonso for Congress, signed August 6, 2026, lists Next Generation Victory as a joint fundraising representative and updates the committee’s web address. Neither filing shows how much the joint committee has raised, and its financial reports were not read for this review. [8][28] The FEC’s candidate page also lists a leadership PAC that he sponsors, the Movement for Innovation, Conservatism, Honor, and Emerging Leadership Fund; that committee’s filings were not read either. [4]
Winning a five-candidate primary
Alfonso won the August 11, 2026 Republican primary over Kevin Hermening, Jessi Ebben, Niina Baum and Don Raihala. The Associated Press called the race at 9:16 p.m. with 59% of the vote counted, the Wisconsin Examiner reported; WPR identified Hermening as his closest challenger. [1][2][22]
The state calendar set August 26 as the last day for the commission’s chairperson to certify the primary. The commission’s results pages returned errors or stored older copies during this review, so no certified vote total is stated here. WPR reported that he “will represent the GOP on the November ballot,” and the Examiner that Clark “will face Republican candidate Michael Alfonso” in the general election. A September 10 WPR report still described him as running for the seat. [2][3][24][34]
Family & community
The campaign biography says Alfonso married Evita Duffy, whom it calls his best friend from high school, when he was 22, and that the couple began married life in Hayward. WPR identifies her as the daughter of Sean Duffy and Rachel Campos-Duffy. In a July 2026 interview he told the Daily Caller, “I just had a daughter.” [2][10][30]
The biography traces his politics to his grandfather’s escape from communist Cuba, a theme of his launch video and of his opening remarks at the July 2026 debate. [10][15][20]
The campaign describes his upbringing as “steeped in traditional Wisconsin values of faith, community, hard work, hockey, and American patriotism,” and its issues page refers to “a Christian society.” Neither page names a church or denomination, and this profile does not assert one. [10][11]
These sources do not establish military service or civic board memberships. This profile makes no claim about them. [10][11]
His mission for Wisconsin
Liberty. Opportunity. A brighter future.
The following summarizes the agenda on Michael Alfonso’s official campaign website, with two items from a July 2026 interview and debate. These are proposed priorities, not completed accomplishments. [11][12]
01Housing and the cost of living
Under the heading “Save the American Dream,” the campaign says he will rein in spending and cut red tape so that young families can own homes. The page names no bill and gives no figures. [11]
02Farms and food
Under “Make Farms & Families Strong Again,” the campaign says he will cut what it calls burdensome restrictions, support local agriculture and make healthy food affordable. The section is tagged “#MAHA.” [11]
03Education
School choice, stronger protections for homeschooling, and an end to what the page calls “Marxist race and gender indoctrination in classrooms.” [11]
04Abortion and end of life
The issues page, headed “100% Pro Life,” says he believes in a right to life “from conception to natural death,” opposes expanded access to abortion pills by mail and rejects efforts to expand assisted suicide. [11]
05Immigration and wages
The campaign says mass immigration, “including programs like H-1B,” hurts American workers and undercuts wages, and that immigration policy should not serve corporations. [11]
06Congress, guns and federal power
He says he will “fight to ban members of Congress from trading stocks.” The campaign also says he backs constitutional carry, will stop what it calls wasteful foreign spending, and will return power to the states and reduce the size of government. [11]
07Health-care costs
He told the Daily Caller that the country has “a chronic disease crisis” and that “one of the easy things we can do is just be healthier.” He backed moving food from farmers to local sellers and consumers, and promoted cranberries as a natural alternative to Red 40 dye. The campaign site separately promises lower costs and more transparency without naming a bill. [11][30]
08Iran, AI and PFAS
At the July 7 debate he repeated President Trump’s claim that the war was necessary to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons, said he did not know whether Congress should do more to regulate artificial intelligence, and said he would leave PFAS regulation to the states. [20]
How to assess a proposal. A campaign plan states an intention. Enactment, implementation costs, replacement revenue, and measured results are separate questions. These priorities should be read alongside the documented record above.
The fuller record
A useful profile includes policy tradeoffs, the limits of a claim, and responses to material criticism.
Experience and age
Alfonso is 26 and has never held office, and rivals and some county Republican chairs pressed the point during the primary. Sawyer County Republican chair John Righeimer told WPR in May 2026, “It seems like a machine behind him is force-feeding us someone who is not ready.” UW–Madison political scientist Barry Burden told Wisconsin Watch in July that Alfonso “really has not had any experience being employed or working in party politics in any meaningful way.” At the July 7 debate Alfonso answered by pointing to a YouTuber in his 20s — “did Nick Shirley have experience?” — and said, “Young people are capable of so much in a culture where we seek to make young people infantilized.” He told the Daily Caller, “what has experience ever gotten us in politics?” These are assessments, not findings; he won the primary that followed. [1][17][20][22][30]
Family ties and outside money
WPR reported in May 2026 that the Northwoods Future PAC had spent more than $1.5 million on advertising supporting Alfonso, and that it received $1 million from the old congressional campaign account of his father-in-law, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, and another $1 million from donor Richard Uihlein. Rivals called it nepotism. The Wisconsin Examiner, citing Politico, reported that Duffy’s push for a Trump endorsement had frustrated the White House; Duffy told Politico, “I show up for the American people and for my family, and I’ll never apologize for that.” Asked about the nepotism charge, Alfonso told the Daily Caller: “It’s rich. When people start losing in a race they’ll throw anything at you.” On the other side, American Future Fund Political Action reported $135,100 in advertising against him, according to State Affairs as cited by the Examiner. The figures are the outlets’; the PACs’ own FEC reports and the Politico article were not read for this review. [1][2][14][17][30]
Where he has lived and voted
The campaign biography says he was “raised right here” in the district. WPR reported in February 2026, from voter records, that Alfonso registered to vote in Ocean Breeze, Florida, in October 2024, still had an active registration there, and re-registered in Wisconsin 10 days before Trump’s endorsement at a home near Hayward owned by Sean Duffy and Rachel Campos-Duffy. The same report described out-of-district or out-of-state histories for three other candidates in both parties. His campaign did not respond to WPR. As WPR noted, House members “need only be at least 25 years old and live in the state.” The records do not show whether he voted in Florida in 2024. [10][16]
Debates skipped, one attended
WPR reported that Alfonso missed a Republican primary debate in Mercer in May 2026 because he was at a fundraiser with members of Wisconsin’s Republican congressional delegation, and that he later posted photographs from the event; its primary-night story also refers to a skipped debate in Phillips. The Wisconsin Examiner reported that in one case he was at a lobbyist event hosted by the Republican Party of Wisconsin in Washington, and that he said he would take part in only one local news forum. His campaign did not respond to WPR’s interview request. Alfonso wrote afterward, “It’s time to end the infighting, organize, raise resources, and WIN.” He took part in the July 7 debate hosted by WJFW Newswatch 12. In the general election, Clark’s campaign said in a September 9, 2026 release that Alfonso had agreed to one televised debate, with a Minnesota station, and to none with media located in the district. That is the opposing campaign’s account. WSAW-TV in Wausau reported the same day that Alfonso and Clark “have agreed to a debate ahead of the November election”; the text read for this review did not name the host station. No reply from Alfonso to Clark’s release was found as of the review date. [2][17][20][23][36][38]
A federal road-trip series
WPR reported that on May 8, 2026 Alfonso appeared with the Duffys in a trailer for a five-part U.S. Department of Transportation reality series, Who Are We? The Great American Road Trip, and that Duffy and Alfonso were criticized by Democrats and conservatives for their roles in it. The reports read for this profile carry no response from Alfonso about the series and do not establish what, if anything, the department spent on his appearance. [2][17]
What the campaign biography establishes
The degree, the construction jobs, the marriage and the podcast title come from the campaign’s own biography, which gives no dates. The Wisconsin Examiner independently reports the UW–Madison enrollment, the construction work and a year on Dan Bongino’s podcast; no university or employer record was read for this profile. The description of the show as “one of the nation’s top-rated podcasts” is the campaign’s. [1][10]
Questions & answers
Who is Michael Alfonso?
Michael Alfonso is a 26-year-old first-time candidate and the 2026 Republican nominee in Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District. He has worked in construction, as a podcast producer and, by his own account, as an accountant. He is the son-in-law of U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. [1][2][10]
What office is Michael Alfonso running for in 2026?
Who is Michael Alfonso running against?
He faces Democratic nominee Fred Clark, a forester and business owner from Bayfield who won a three-way Democratic primary on August 11, 2026. Clark represented the 81st District in the Wisconsin State Assembly, taking office in 2009 and leaving in 2015, according to Ballotpedia. The sources read for this profile name no other general-election candidate. [2][3][29][35][37]
When is the election?
What are Michael Alfonso’s main campaign priorities?
His campaign website lists housing affordability, farm and food policy, school choice, opposition to abortion, criticism of mass immigration and the H-1B program, a ban on congressional stock trading, gun rights and a smaller federal government. These are stated priorities, not accomplishments. [11]
What is Michael Alfonso’s professional background?
How is Michael Alfonso related to Sean Duffy?
The sources behind the story
Federal Election Commission filings and other government documents anchor the record. Original reporting supplies election results, biography and scrutiny. Campaign materials are used for the candidate’s own priorities and claims.
- 01Alfonso carries GOP primary in Wisconsin’s 7th CDWisconsin Examiner · Aug. 11, 2026
Primary-night report: the AP call at 9:16 p.m., the field, his age, jobs and move back to Hayward, and a late attack ad. It gives no vote totals.Independent reporting - 02Duffy’s Son-In-Law Claims Contentious GOP Primary In 7th DistrictWisconsin Public Radio / Urban Milwaukee · Aug. 12, 2026
Avery Martinez’s WPR report, read in Urban Milwaukee’s republication: Alfonso will be on the November ballot against Democrat Fred Clark. Summarizes the primary’s criticism of him. No vote totals.Independent reporting - 03Fred Clark wins the Democratic nomination in the 7th CDWisconsin Examiner · Aug. 12, 2026
Names Clark as the Democratic nominee who will face Alfonso, with election-night percentages for the Democratic field and Clark’s background. The percentages are unofficial.Independent reporting - 04ALFONSO, MICHAEL: candidate for House, Wisconsin 07 (H6WI07223)Federal Election Commission · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
FEC candidate page: ID, party, principal committee Alfonso for Congress (C00924902) and totals for Oct. 1, 2025 to July 22, 2026. Later reports may change the totals.Government / regulatory record - 05FEC Form 2, Statement of Candidacy: Michael AlfonsoFederal Election Commission · Filed Oct. 28, 2025
Signed Oct. 28, 2025. Declares a Republican candidacy for the House from Wisconsin’s 7th District and designates Alfonso for Congress as principal campaign committee.Government / regulatory record - 06FEC Form 1, Statement of Organization: Alfonso for CongressFederal Election Commission · Filed Oct. 28, 2025
Registers the principal campaign committee at a Hudson, Wisconsin post office box, with Katie Reid as treasurer and custodian of records. A committee mailing address is not a statement of residence.Government / regulatory record - 07FEC Form 3, Pre-Primary Report: Alfonso for CongressFederal Election Commission · Filed July 30, 2026
Covers July 1–22, 2026, with election-cycle totals: receipts, disbursements, cash on hand, no candidate loans and no debts. It does not cover spending by outside groups.Government / regulatory record - 08FEC Form 1 (amended), Statement of Organization: Alfonso for CongressFederal Election Commission · Filed Aug. 6, 2026
Amendment signed Aug. 6, 2026 lists Next Generation Victory (C00949909) as a joint fundraising representative and updates the committee’s web address.Government / regulatory record - 09Alfonso for Congress (C00924902): list of filingsFederal Election Commission · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Filing index: statements of organization and candidacy, year-end, April and July quarterly and pre-primary reports, and 48-hour contribution notices filed between July 26 and Aug. 9, 2026.Government / regulatory record - 10Meet MichaelAlfonso for Congress · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Campaign biography: upbringing, UW–Madison mathematics degree, construction work, marriage, the Bongino podcast job and family history in Cuba. These are the campaign’s own statements; it gives no dates.Campaign source - 11IssuesAlfonso for Congress · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Primary source for the candidate’s stated positions under twelve headings. The page names no bills and gives no cost figures.Campaign source - 12Michael Alfonso for Congress: campaign homepageAlfonso for Congress · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Campaign slogan, social-media links and the “Paid for by Alfonso for Congress” disclaimer with a Hudson, Wisconsin post office box.Campaign source - 13MediaAlfonso for Congress · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
The campaign’s own list of endorsements and press items. An endorsement list published by a campaign is a claim of support, not independent confirmation of each endorsement.Campaign source - 14President Donald Trump endorses Duffy’s son-in-law in Republican primary for 7th CDWisconsin Examiner · Jan. 29, 2026
Baylor Spears reports the endorsement and its wording, Alfonso’s age and podcast job, Sean Duffy’s statement to Politico and the early field. The Politico report itself was not read.Independent reporting - 157th Congressional District Race Filling UpWisconsin Public Radio / Urban Milwaukee · Nov. 4, 2025
Rich Kremer’s WPR report on the early field describes Alfonso, then 25, as “of Hudson” and quotes his launch video. It misspells his wife’s first name.Independent reporting - 16Four Candidates for Tiffany’s House Seat Lived Outside District or StateWisconsin Public Radio / Urban Milwaukee · Feb. 24, 2026
WPR’s review of voter-registration records for four candidates in both parties, including Alfonso’s Florida and Wisconsin registrations. His campaign did not respond. The underlying records were not read for this profile.Independent reporting - 17Can Trump And A Political Dynasty Still Pick A Northwoods Congressman?Wisconsin Public Radio / Urban Milwaukee · May 14, 2026
Rich Kremer’s WPR report on the Northwoods Future PAC, the $1 million from Sean Duffy’s old campaign account, the skipped Mercer debate and criticism from county Republican chairs. The campaign did not respond to an interview request.Independent reporting - 18Ballot Challenges Fail In 7th District GOP Primary FightWisconsin Public Radio / Urban Milwaukee · June 11, 2026
WPR’s account of the Wisconsin Elections Commission’s unanimous June 10 vote rejecting Jessi Ebben’s challenges, with signature counts from a commission staff memo. The memo itself was not reachable.Independent reporting - 19Elections Commission grants ballot access to 7th CD candidatesWisconsin Examiner · June 10, 2026
Henry Redman’s report of the same commission meeting: nominating signatures approved for Alfonso, Kevin Hermening and Democrat Fred Clark.Independent reporting - 20Trump loyalty, experience separate Republicans seeking 7th CD nominationWisconsin Examiner · July 8, 2026
Baylor Spears’s report on the primary debate hosted by WJFW Newswatch 12: Alfonso’s statements on experience, Iran, artificial intelligence and PFAS, and his earlier refusal to debate.Independent reporting - 21Department of Education launches investigation over Wisconsin school district’s bathroom policiesWisconsin Examiner · Mar. 6, 2026
Reports the federal Title IX investigation of the New Richmond School District and Alfonso’s campaign posts about the district. It does not say the posts caused the investigation.Independent reporting - 22Four Congressional Primary Races to Watch in WisconsinWisconsin Watch / Urban Milwaukee · July 20, 2026
Wisconsin Watch’s primary preview: the Republican field, fundraising, endorsements and political scientist Barry Burden’s assessment. Read in Urban Milwaukee’s republication.Independent reporting - 23Candidates Tout Endorsements as WI Primary Season Heats UpWisconsin Public Radio / Urban Milwaukee · Apr. 27, 2026
Anya van Wagtendonk’s WPR report notes that Alfonso declined debates after the Trump endorsement while rivals criticized what they called a premature coronation.Independent reporting - 24Calendar of Election Events, November 2025 – January 2027Wisconsin Elections Commission (copy hosted by the Town of Siren) · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
The commission’s official calendar: partisan primary Aug. 11, 2026; general election Nov. 3, 2026; Aug. 26 as the last day to certify the primary. Read on a municipal .gov copy because elections.wi.gov returned 403.Government / regulatory record - 25Thomas P. Tiffany: member profileOffice of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Official House record listing Tiffany, of Minocqua, as the sitting member for Wisconsin’s 7th District. It says nothing about his 2026 plans.Government / regulatory record - 26U.S. Department of Education Initiates Title IX Investigation into Wisconsin School District Over Alleged Use of Women’s Restrooms by Biological MenU.S. Department of Education · Mar. 5, 2026
Announces that the Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation of the New Richmond School District. It reports allegations, not findings, and names no candidate.Government / regulatory record - 27FEC Form 6, 48 Hour Notice of Contributions/Loans Received: Alfonso for CongressFederal Election Commission · Filed Aug. 9, 2026
One of the committee’s 48-hour notices of late contributions before the Aug. 11 primary. Contributor details were not read or used.Government / regulatory record - 28FEC Form 1, Statement of Organization: Next Generation VictoryFederal Election Commission · Filed May 7, 2026
Registers a joint fundraising committee in Alexandria, Virginia, with two participants, Joe Mitchell for Congress and Alfonso for Congress, and Katie Reid as treasurer. It shows no dollar amounts.Government / regulatory record - 29CLARK, FREDERIC: candidate for House, Wisconsin 07 (H6WI07207)Federal Election Commission · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
FEC candidate page confirming Clark’s registration as a Democratic candidate for the same seat. The financial totals did not display reliably when read and are not used.Government / regulatory record - 30GOP Candidate Seeking To Become First Rep Born In 2000s Vies To Notch Another MAHA Win In HeartlandDaily Caller · July 31, 2026
Anthony Iafrate’s interview with Alfonso, used for his own words on health costs, food policy, experience and the nepotism charge, and for the outlet’s description of his jobs. A conservative outlet; quotations are attributed to it.Independent reporting - 31Alfonso visits dairy farm, touting Trump endorsementCentral Wisconsin News (Tribune-Phonograph) · Aug. 6, 2026
Kevin O’Brien’s local report of a campaign stop near Thorp with Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. Only the opening paragraph was available online; the rest is in the print edition.Independent reporting - 32Riley Gaines, Michael Alfonso to speak at New Richmond rally amid controversy over boys in girls’ bathroomsAlpha News · Aug. 3, 2026
Preview of an Aug. 4 town hall hosted by Turning Point Action and Moms for Liberty, with a statement from Alfonso. A conservative outlet; it previews the event and does not establish that it took place as billed.Independent reporting - 33Rep. Sean Duffy’s last day—special election date setWisconsin Examiner · Sept. 23, 2019
Contemporaneous report that Duffy stepped down from the 7th District seat on Sept. 23, 2019. Used to settle conflicting dates in 2026 coverage.Independent reporting - 34Van Orden Touts Trump Health Care Agenda At GOP Midterm ConventionWisconsin Public Radio / Urban Milwaukee · Sept. 10, 2026
Rich Kremer’s WPR report from the Republican midterm convention in Dallas. Used only as the most recent independent mention, a week before this review, that Alfonso is running for the seat.Independent reporting - 35Fred ClarkBallotpedia · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Used for Clark’s Assembly district and years because the Wisconsin Legislature’s site refused automated fetches. As read, the page had not been updated after the Aug. 11 primary.Independent analysis / professional record - 36Fred Clark: Alfonso Should Debate in WisconsinFred Clark for Congress (press release, via Urban Milwaukee) · Sept. 9, 2026
The opposing campaign’s own release about general-election debates. It is an opponent’s account, carries no response from Alfonso and was not independently confirmed.Campaign source - 37Trump-endorsed Alfonso to face democrat Clark in race for deep-red house seatNorthern News Now · Aug. 12, 2026
A third independent report that Clark secured a place on the November ballot and will face Alfonso. Its rounded primary percentages are unofficial and are not repeated in the profile.Independent reporting - 38Alfonso and Clark agree to debate in race for 7th Congressional district seatWSAW-TV (NewsChannel 7, Wausau) · Sept. 9, 2026
Independent report that both general-election candidates agreed to a debate. The text read does not name the host station, date or place.Independent reporting
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