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Joe Strada

U.S. House District 11

2026 Florida U.S. House District 11 — General Election · November 3, 2026

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Last reviewed September 17, 2026

Overview

Founded in 2003 and based in Sanford, Florida, Strada Services specializes in on-the-job, paid training, employment opportunities and mentorship in high-demand trades. Frustrated by skilled-worker shortages, Joe and his sons developed a curriculum that would become the Strada Training Program.

Current race
2026 Florida U.S. House District 11 — General Election on November 3, 2026
Official candidacy
U.S. House District 11 · Republican · Candidate
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August 18, 2026

REPUBLICAN PARTY

Representative in Congress

District 11

Carey Baker

Ivette Palomo

Joe Strada

Nizam Razack

Tim Wilkins

Official and campaign contacts

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FEC committee ID: C00952713

FEC committee name: JOE STRADA FOR CONGRESS

Published email: [email protected]

Published email: [email protected]

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Experience

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A father, grandfather, and job creator who solves real problems.

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A father, grandfather, and job creator who solves real problems.

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A father, grandfather, and job creator who solves real problems.

A Businessman, Not a Politician.

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Joe Strada started in the skilled trades and grew a family-owned Central Florida company into thousands of careers and paid training pathways. He has met payroll, solved real problems, and answered to the people who count on him. He is a father and grandfather who believes Central Florida families deserve a representative who works the way they do.

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Joe Strada started in the skilled trades and grew a family-owned Central Florida company into thousands of careers and paid training pathways. He has met payroll, solved real problems, and answered to the people who count on him. He is a father and grandfather who believes Central Florida families deserve a representative who works the way they do.

Father, Grandfather, Neighbor

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Father, Grandfather, Neighbor

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Father, Grandfather, Neighbor

A Common-Sense Outsider, Not a Career Politician

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Joe is not seeking a career in politics. He is running because Congress needs more people who have signed the front of a paycheck, built something real, and lived with the consequences of policies written far from the job site.

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Joe is not seeking a career in politics. He is running because Congress needs more people who have signed the front of a paycheck, built something real, and lived with the consequences of policies written far from the job site.

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Joe’s Plan to Clean Up Washington:

Candidate position

Unlike career politicians, Joe Strada knows how to roll up his sleeves and get to work. Joe Strada is a self-made, successful businessman who has worked hard all of his life. He knows it’s wrong for politicians to profit off of their position. That’s why in Congress Joe will stop it!

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Unlike career politicians, Joe Strada knows how to roll up his sleeves and get to work. Joe Strada is a self-made, successful businessman who has worked hard all of his life. He knows it’s wrong for politicians to profit off of their position. That’s why in Congress Joe will stop it!

Strada Training Program

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We are vested in our employees’ growth and development now and in the future. Strada’s mission is to provide a stable career for driven individuals looking for a rewarding workplace and career satisfaction.

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We are vested in our employees’ growth and development now and in the future. Strada’s mission is to provide a stable career for driven individuals looking for a rewarding workplace and career satisfaction.

Joe’s Plan to Clean Up Washington:

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Joe’s Plan to Clean Up Washington:

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Joe’s Plan to Clean Up Washington:

SUPPORT A BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT

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SUPPORT A BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT

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SUPPORT A BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT

Balanced Budget

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Central Florida families cannot spend without limits, ignore the bill, and leave the balance to their children. Congress should not be allowed to do it either.

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Central Florida families cannot spend without limits, ignore the bill, and leave the balance to their children. Congress should not be allowed to do it either.

Enact Term Limits

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3Congress: Put Away the Credit CardBalanced BudgetCentral Florida families cannot spend without limits, ignore the bill, and leave the balance to their children. Congress should not be allowed to do it either.Joe supports a balanced budget amendment requiring Washington to live within its means, confront wasteful spending, and make honest decisions about national priorities. The national debt clock should be a warning, not a scoreboard.

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3Congress: Put Away the Credit CardBalanced BudgetCentral Florida families cannot spend without limits, ignore the bill, and leave the balance to their children. Congress should not be allowed to do it either.Joe supports a balanced budget amendment requiring Washington to live within its means, confront wasteful spending, and make honest decisions about national priorities. The national debt clock should be a warning, not a scoreboard.

Joe’s Plan to Clean Up the Washington Swamp

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1Congress Is Not a Stock ExchangeInvestigate Congressional Insider TradingWhen members of Congress make suspiciously well-timed trades, the American people deserve answers. Joe supports serious investigations into potential congressional insider trading and real accountability whenever a public official uses privileged information or public office for personal financial gain.

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1Congress Is Not a Stock ExchangeInvestigate Congressional Insider TradingWhen members of Congress make suspiciously well-timed trades, the American people deserve answers. Joe supports serious investigations into potential congressional insider trading and real accountability whenever a public official uses privileged information or public office for personal financial gain.

Investigate Congressional Insider Trading

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When members of Congress make suspiciously well-timed trades, the American people deserve answers. Joe supports serious investigations into potential congressional insider trading and real accountability whenever a public official uses privileged information or public office for personal financial gain.

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When members of Congress make suspiciously well-timed trades, the American people deserve answers. Joe supports serious investigations into potential congressional insider trading and real accountability whenever a public official uses privileged information or public office for personal financial gain.

Paid Training and Real Career Pathways

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Joe has long believed a four-year degree should not be the only respected path to a good life. He invested in paid training programs so people could learn a trade, earn while they learned, and begin a career without taking on heavy debt.

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Joe has long believed a four-year degree should not be the only respected path to a good life. He invested in paid training programs so people could learn a trade, earn while they learned, and begin a career without taking on heavy debt.

Investigate Congressional Insider Trading

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Supports investigations into potential congressional insider trading and accountability when public officials use privileged information or office for personal financial gain.

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Investigate Congressional Insider Trading

Enact Term Limits

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Supports firm congressional term limits.

  • Says the reform would reduce careerism and create more opportunities for new leaders.
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Enact Term Limits

Balanced Budget

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Supports a balanced-budget amendment requiring the federal government to live within its means.

  • Pairs the amendment with confronting wasteful spending and making explicit national-priority tradeoffs.
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Balanced Budget

Secure the Border

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Supports completing the border wall, restoring border enforcement, stopping illegal crossings, and prioritizing U.S. citizens in immigration policy.

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Secure the Border

Stop the Cartels and Fentanyl

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Supports treating cartel violence, human trafficking, and fentanyl trafficking as national-security threats.

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Stop the Cartels and Fentanyl

Restore Law and Order

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Supports law enforcement and stronger punishment for violent offenders as a public-safety strategy.

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Restore Law and Order

Slash Government Spending

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Prioritizes cutting federal waste, fraud, and bureaucracy before seeking additional taxpayer revenue.

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Slash Government Spending

Line-Item Veto Power

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Supports giving the President line-item veto authority to strike wasteful spending from larger bills.

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Line-Item Veto Power

Equal Laws for Congress

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Believes members of Congress should be subject to the same laws they enact for everyone else.

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Equal Laws for Congress

Unleash American Energy

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Supports expanded domestic energy production to lower costs and increase U.S. energy independence.

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Unleash American Energy

Cut Burdensome Regulations

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Supports reducing federal regulations on businesses to encourage growth, hiring, and competition.

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Cut Burdensome Regulations

Protect Social Security and Medicare

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Prioritizes protecting Social Security and Medicare benefits promised to seniors.

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Protect Social Security and Medicare

Rebuild American Manufacturing

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Supports bringing supply chains, factories, and manufacturing jobs back to the United States.

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Rebuild American Manufacturing

Buy American, Hire American

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Supports policies that reward companies for investing in American workers rather than outsourcing jobs.

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Buy American, Hire American

Stand Up to China

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Prioritizes protecting U.S. jobs, supply chains, farmland, technology, and national security in competition with China.

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Stand Up to China

Defend the Constitution

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Supports protections for free speech, religious liberty, due process, and the right to keep and bear arms.

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Defend the Constitution

Protect Religious Liberty

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Opposes government actions or discrimination that infringe on religious liberty.

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Protect Religious Liberty

Restore Parental Rights

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Believes parents should be the primary decision-makers in their children’s education.

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Restore Parental Rights

Keep Politics Out of the Classroom

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Supports refocusing schools on core academic subjects and ending taxpayer-funded political indoctrination.

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Keep Politics Out of the Classroom

Protect Women’s Sports

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Supports sex-based eligibility rules intended to keep male athletes out of women’s sports.

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Protect Women’s Sports

Secure Our Elections

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Supports voter identification, clean voter rolls, paper-ballot accountability, and other election-integrity measures.

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Secure Our Elections

Peace Through Strength

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Supports rebuilding military strength, deterring adversaries, supporting allies, and avoiding conflicts invited by perceived weakness.

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Peace Through Strength

Expand School Choice

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Supports allowing families to choose among public, charter, private, and homeschool options.

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Expand School Choice

Prioritize Veterans

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Prioritizes veterans’ healthcare, benefits, respect, and services.

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Prioritize Veterans

Build Roads and Reduce Traffic

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Prioritizes transportation infrastructure intended to keep pace with growth and improve mobility while controlling taxpayer costs.

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Build Roads and Reduce Traffic

Make America Healthy Again

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Prioritizes reducing chronic disease, increasing food and health transparency, and promoting healthier families.

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Make America Healthy Again

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Campaign finance

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FEC candidate totals April 1, 2026 through June 30, 2026.

Total receipts
$5,134,560.00
Total disbursements
$1,048,835.85
Cash on hand
$4,085,724.15
Committee debt
$5,000,000.00
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Candidate ID: H6FL11332

Name: STRADA, JOE

Office: House

State: FL

District: FL11

Coverage start: 2026-04-01

Coverage end: 2026-06-30

Total receipts: $5134560.00

Total disbursements: $1048835.85

Cash on hand: $4085724.15

Debts owed by committee: $5000000.00

Candidate contributions: $0.00

Loans made by candidate: $5000000.00

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Sources

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  1. Election record

    Florida candidate detail — account 91717

    Florida Division of Elections

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    Link checked September 14, 2026.

  2. Campaign-finance record

    STRADA, JOE — candidate overview

    Federal Election Commission

    Open Federal Election Commission

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  3. Official campaign contact filing

    JOE STRADA FOR CONGRESS — current Statement of Organization

    Federal Election Commission

    Open Federal Election Commission

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  4. Official ballot

    Official 2026 primary ballot artifact

    County Supervisor of Elections

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  5. Candidate-provided

    Joe Strada campaign source 2

    Joe Strada campaign

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    Joe Strada campaign

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    Joe Strada campaign source 3

    Joe Strada campaign

    Open Joe Strada campaign
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