Michael J. Quirk
Michael J. Quirk is a no-party-affiliation candidate in Florida's 17th Congressional District. He has about 30 years of experience in cybersecurity, working on systems for banks, airlines and other critical infrastructure, and moved to Sarasota in 2024, where he founded the security firm Securipolis. His campaign says it takes no corporate PAC money.
Campaign finance (FEC filings through 10/14/2026): raised $32,488, spent $29,347, cash on hand $3,141; $100 from individual donors, $32,388 from the candidate. FEC filings ↗
Sources last checked 2026-09-18. Report an error ↗
Positions on the major issues
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No public positions on the major issues were found.
No public position found on 17 issues
We searched campaign sites, questionnaires, interviews, votes and official actions and did not find a clear stance on: Taxes & spending, Housing affordability, Immigration, Abortion, Guns, Health care, Social Security & Medicare, Education & school choice, Environment & water, Elections & voting, Crime & policing, Gender identity laws, Energy & utilities, Tariffs & trade, Ukraine, Trump administration, Veterans. This is reported as unknown rather than guessed from party affiliation; these issues are excluded from this candidate's match score.
Other issues this candidate has raised
- Campaign priorities — Quirk's platform centers on lowering household costs, addressing Florida's insurance and coastal evacuation problems, protecting privacy in the age of artificial intelligence, government reform such as open primaries and a ban on congressional stock trading, and requiring a congressional vote before military action. His campaign site was not reachable for direct reading; these priorities come from a candidate profile and his own campaign summary.