Seth Harp

Seth Harp teaches seventh grade civics at Lincoln Middle School in Gainesville, covering government, citizenship and civic responsibility with students who are still years from voting.¹ His parents worked in nursing and teaching, and his campaign biography also describes military service among several generations of his family.¹

Before the classroom, Harp spent more than 25 years in broadcasting.¹ He began hosting a talk show at WKZO in Kalamazoo, Michigan, at 23, then worked as a program director, operations manager, station manager and host across six states.¹ His biography says he has managed nine radio stations and media organizations since 2001.¹ In the 1990s, he volunteered to help voters arrange transportation to polling places.¹

After moving to Florida, he worked as operations manager at ESPN Gainesville and as an adjunct professor in the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications.¹ He is now the Democratic nominee challenging Republican Kat Cammack for Florida's 3rd Congressional District.²

His platform combines proposals for affordable housing and healthcare with changes to government accountability.² He proposes higher taxes on large corporate purchases of homes, incentives for affordable construction and stronger protections against utility costs being shifted from data centers to residential customers.² He also supports improved teacher pay and access to career and technical education.²