Candidate · November 3, 2026
Seth Harp
On the ballot for U.S. House · Florida's 3rd District
- raised through Oct 14, 2026
- $172K
- cash on hand
- $44K
- issues with public statements
- 6
§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | U.S. House · Florida's 3rd District1, |
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| Party on the ballot | Democrat1, |
| Status | Challenger |
| Also on the ballot |
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§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Seth Harp teaches seventh-grade civics at Lincoln Middle School in Gainesville.6 He earned a bachelor's degree from Western Michigan University in 2001.7 He worked in radio and media for more than 25 years, starting as a talk show host at WKZO Radio in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and later working as a program director, operations manager, station manager and on-air host in six states.6 After moving to Florida, he was operations manager of ESPN Gainesville and later an adjunct professor in the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications.6
Why they say they're running
His campaign website says he is running so that every Floridian, whatever their background, can have a future built on freedom and opportunity.6 It says his campaign is rooted in public service, civic engagement, accountability and the belief that government should work for working people.6
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitesethharpforcongress.com7,
8 - Instagraminstagram.com/harpforcongress8
- Facebookfacebook.com/HarpForCongress8
- X (Twitter)x.com/harpforcongress8
§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Social Security and Medicare
His campaign website says he would raise the cap on earnings subject to the Social Security payroll tax to $250,000 to help secure benefits for future generations without cutting payments to retirees.9
Health Care
His campaign website says he supports guaranteeing affordable health care for every American so that no family goes bankrupt because of illness.9
Family and Social Policy
His campaign website says he would pass a bill it calls the CUBS Act to expand affordable child care through a sliding-scale subsidy for working families.9
Housing
His campaign website proposes a bill it calls the HEART Act, which would put escalating taxes on large-scale corporate purchases of homes and create incentives for builders to build affordable homes for first-time and middle-class buyers; it says the proposal targets Wall Street rather than small landlords.9
Technology, Privacy and AI
His campaign website proposes a plan it calls the FAIR Plan to treat broadband as critical infrastructure and work toward affordable internet service nationwide, with a target cost of $10 a month.9
Taxes and Budget
His campaign website proposes raising the corporate tax rate to 26%, which it says was the rate during President Reagan's second term, and using the revenue for programs such as Social Security, education, health care and veterans' services.9
- Raise it, for example to 25% or 28%, or back to the 35% top rate in place before 2018
- Keep it at 21%
- Lower it below 21% (for example, 15% for companies that make products in the US)
§4Money
Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.
Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.10
| Raised | $172,435 |
|---|---|
| Spent | $128,289 |
| Cash on hand | $44,145 |
| Debts owed by the campaign | $735 |