Press

For interviews, comment, or media requests, contact:

press@thurowforcongress.com
920-652-8263

About Mike Thurow

Mike Thurow is a union fire captain, HAZMAT technician, and father of four from Mequon, Wisconsin. He spent nearly a decade serving people at Healthcare for the Homeless before joining the Milwaukee Fire Department in 2013, rising to captain and leading a HAZMAT team. He earned FBI and Secret Service commendations for his response to an anthrax scare in Milwaukee. [VERIFY: see reviewer notes.] Now he is running as an independent for Congress in Wisconsin's 6th District, taking no corporate PAC money and answering to no party. His message is simple: when there's a fire, you don't pick who to save. You show up and do the work.

Quick Facts

  • Independent candidate for Congress, Wisconsin's 6th District

  • Union fire captain and HAZMAT technician, Milwaukee Fire Department, 13 years of service

  • Takes no corporate PAC money and no party money

  • Reform agenda: ban congressional stock trading, term limits, open primaries

  • General election: November 3, 2026

Download the Press Kit

  • [Download the full press kit (ZIP)] — bio, fact sheet, photos, and logo in one file

  • [Fact sheet (PDF)]

  • [Candidate bio (PDF)]

  • [Headshots (high resolution)]

  • [Action and event photos]

  • [Campaign logo]

Photos are free for editorial use with credit to the campaign or the listed photographer.

Press Releases

  • PR1

  • Pr2

In the News

[Links to coverage as it runs, newest first.]

Endorsements

  • Wisconsin Professional Firefighters (PFFW)

  • IAFF Local 215, Milwaukee

  • IAFF Local 400, Fond du Lac

  • IAFF Local 257

  • UAW Wisconsin State CAP Council

  • Wisconsin AFL-CIO

  • Forward Party

  • Working Class Heroes Fund

See endorsements page for full list.