GOP Candidate Seeking To Become First Rep Born In 2000s Vies To Notch Another MAHA Win In Heartland

Republican Wisconsin House candidate Michael Alfonso discussed the importance of supporting the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement as a new father in an interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Alfonso, 26, is endorsed by President Donald Trump as he vies in a five-candidate Aug. 11 GOP primary for a sprawling northwestern Wisconsin district the president won by more than 22 percentage points in the 2024 election. If elected, he would likely be the youngest member of Congress and the first member born in the 2000s.

“As a young guy, I just had a daughter. The rising costs of health care is one of those scary things that scares not just my generation, but even the older generation. Prescription drugs, you name it,” he told the DCNF. “But if we’re going to have a serious discussion about the rise of health care costs, we can talk about how us as a nation, we have an obese crisis.”

Alfonso added that he “believes” in the MAHA movement led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

“This idea of getting food from the farmers to the … local sellers to the local consumers. I stand behind that 100%.,” he stressed. “We have a chronic disease crisis. If we want to lower the cost of health care, one of the easy things we can do is just be healthier.”

The young candidate is running to represent Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District to replace incumbent Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany, who is instead running for governor. Alfonso’s father-in-law, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, represented the district from 2011 to 2019. Alfonso previously worked as the producer of The Dan Bongino Show, a popular conservative podcast, and as an accountant at a Catholic Church.

In addition to his support from Trump, Alfonso also received an endorsement from MAHA Action — a group aligned with the broader MAHA movement. The organization supported seven candidates at the time of the DCNF’s interview with Alfonso, a number that had grown to ten by Friday. All candidates it backs are Republicans.

A few MAHA-Action backed candidates including Republican Louisiana Senate nominee Julia Letlow and Republican Iowa gubernatorial nominee Zach Lahn already won contested primaries this cycle. Lahn’s win over a Trump-backed opponent was considered a major upset and came after he spent much of his primary campaign focusing on his support for the MAHA movement.

Alfonso told the DCNF of a solution he thinks can both make the American food supply healthier and benefit farmers in his district.