Michael Harbaugh
Michael Harbaugh (independent) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Ohio's 10th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Harbaugh completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Michael Harbaugh was born in Oak Park, Illinois. He earned a bachelor's degree from Ohio University in 2009. His career experience includes working as a business owner.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Ohio's 10th Congressional District election, 2024
Ohio's 10th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Democratic primary)
Ohio's 10th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Ohio District 10
Incumbent Michael Turner defeated Amy Cox and Michael Harbaugh in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 10 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Michael Turner (R) | 57.6 | 213,695 |
![]() | Amy Cox (D) ![]() | 39.2 | 145,420 | |
![]() | Michael Harbaugh (Independent) ![]() | 3.1 | 11,631 |
Total votes: 370,746 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 10
Amy Cox defeated David Esrati, Tony Pombo, and Joseph Kuzniar in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 10 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Amy Cox ![]() | 63.3 | 22,640 |
![]() | David Esrati ![]() | 21.7 | 7,767 | |
![]() | Tony Pombo ![]() | 9.2 | 3,296 | |
![]() | Joseph Kuzniar ![]() | 5.7 | 2,046 |
Total votes: 35,749 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kirk Benjamin (D)
- Manuel Foggie (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 10
Incumbent Michael Turner advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 10 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Michael Turner | 100.0 | 61,941 |
Total votes: 61,941 | ||||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Harbaugh in this election.
Pledges
Harbaugh signed the following pledges.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Michael Harbaugh completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Harbaugh's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|- We the People are getting ripped off by the Government and the Billionaire Class... Enough is Enough!
- This Campaign will fight for policies that return the wealth of this nation to the Working Class People of this country!
- Electing an Independent to Congress will shock the nation and inspire more everyday normal people to get elected to office and help take our country back from the corrupt people that run it now
Trillions of dollars have been wasted and the American Public has been Lied to in the last 20 yrs. for the War on Terror. The greatest crime is having wasted that money and not invested it in the American Working Class. By slashing our defense budget and investing that money here at home we can make the world a safer place to live in and provide for our own citizens basic needs.
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Campaign website
Harbaugh’s campaign website stated the following:
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Taking on the Rich and Powerful Fighting for these Priorities as As Your Elected Representative from Ohio District 10 Unions Right now, more than ever, the working class of this country needs representation at the negotiating table with Corporate America. The wealth of the biggest companies is being funneled up to CEO’s and stockholders and not back into the workers and main street America. It is far past time in America for our political leaders to take on Corporate America and go after them for under paying the American worker when they are making billions in profits. Society does not benefit when the money and wealth of a country is hoarded away by a small ruling class of elites. That always leads to tyranny and that concentration of wealth and power erodes democracy. Preventing large concentrations of wealth fosters Independent Families/People in society- Unions are on the front lines getting big wins for working class people where politicians cannot.
Healthcare Why can a lot of the world have good quality affordable healthcare but we can’t? The correct answer is that greedy rich criminals with Big Pharma have bought our politicians off. President Trump and Biden could have used Emergency Powers to grant every citizen access to Universal Healthcare during the Pandemic. The two corrupt parties chose not to, and an estimated 335,000 deaths resulted that could have been prevented by simply having a universal healthcare system Did you know that Big Pharma makes more money selling drugs to America then they do the rest of the world combined due to insane price gouging? As the Parent of a Type 1 Diabetic toddler, I have some “skin in the game” when it comes to advocating for lower drug prices. Profit as the main pillar of our healthcare system creates Hesitancy and breeds distrust. It leaves everyone asking “Is this drug, medical procedure, or advice given to me actually the best for my health or are they just trying to make money off of me?” Our politicians are bought and paid for to not challenge the status quo, we have to stop them.
Crime and Punishment In this country we will throw people in jail for smoking a joint but won’t jail war criminal politicians lying a nation into war. In this country we kick 5 million people out of their homes yet do not prosecute the very people on Wall St who were responsible for the housing crash in 2008. It’s obvious the rich and the powerful have a different set of laws then the working class of this country and they need to be held accountable. The best way forward to reduce crime in society is to INVEST in the basic needs of the working class. The government should be assisting people with affordable housing, providing high quality education, jobs programs, lowering the cost food/gas/utilities, quality of life infrastructure projects and healthcare to name a few. Commonsense Police Reform would greatly increase the trust and crime prevention capabilities in neighborhoods.
U.S. Government Power, War, and Foreign Policy A criminal gang attacked the U.S. on 9/11 and the response of our country’s leaders was to declaree War on the entire world and our U.S. Constitution. How many civil liberties did we give up?, How many deaths and injuries did we suffer and cause?, How much wealth was stolen from U.S. taxpayers by the Military Industrial Complex?… American People and the world deserve to not be terrorized by the War On Terror any longer. Republicans and Democrats lied the U.S. into the Iraq and Afghanistan War. Trillions of dollars of our tax money was spent on these wars since 9/11 that could have been used here in America for Healthcare, Education, Infrastructure and protecting the Environment. I will stand with our Veterans and fight for increased benefits and pay while promising to never vote to send one soul overseas to fight.
Environment and Food Supply I’ve never met one person Republican or Democrat that says it is OK for the biggest polluters to get away with poisoning our environment and harming our fellow citizens. Big rich polluting industries buy off the politicians at the local, state, and national level to be able to pollute with impunity and cover up their crimes. The U.S. needs to charge criminally MANY companies that have come into our communities and negligently polluted the land of the working class people for decades. We must transition to a clean, renewable, less reliant on fossil fuel economy and country BUT we cannot do that while sacrificing the working class of this country. The government needs to step in and provide people with jobs and financial assistance if they are going to take away peoples livelihood, no one left behind, a JUST environmental transition. Need to transition to a local/regional dominated food production system made up of independent small farms and take on Big Agriculture to stand up for the American farmer.
Political Process and Candidates The Republican and Democratic Party conspire against Independent and 3rd party candidates and undermine their own party candidates when it is not someone the Party leaders have chosen. We have seen how they exclude 3rd party candidates from the presidential debates. They went after Ron Paul in 2012/Trump in 2016 and Ralph Nader/2000 and Bernie Sanders in 2016 & 2020 We have billionaires that are controlling our political process by using their massive wealth and resources to buy up the media, buy up all the candidates, and as a result have an UNDEMOCRATIC AMOUNT OF POWER OVER US. It’s not fair and its not right, we have to stop them.
Education Our General Education system is underfunded and not working. Kids are graduating from high school without basic knowledge of important subjects and life skills. With that lack of knowledge comes a life full of financial burdens and life problems that could otherwise be eliminated thru a more functional general education system. Our teachers and students should be our nations highest spending priority. Federal government needs to fund education completely rather then pass that onto the working class thru property tax levies year after year. Need to offer students more valuable educational pathways to students most at risk of dropping out.
Big Tech and Government Social Media companies censor free speech thru their algorithms online and are in bed with Corporate America and our politicians… the internet and social media should be a Public Square and not able to be controlled and censored by private corporations without a VOTE from the citizens. In addition our data online is being collected and making companies insane profits while the American people do not share in any of those profits coming off of our backs and without our permission. Artificial Intelligence is HERE and it can either liberate us or enslave us, its up to our leaders in government to protect us from the threats of AI because Corporate America will certainly not. We need to dismantle the surveillance state created since 9/11.
Healing Wounds to Strengthen U.S. Society and Global Politics
Lessening the Divides to Unite Together on Economic and Social Issues I believe that our personal freedoms should not infringed upon by this corrupt government at this time because there is so much DISTRUST/DISGUST with the government right now in the general population. To continue to take away people’s rights at a time like this, at a time of the highest levels of government corruption in our nations history, will shatter and split working class people beyond repair. In my opinion, we cannot risk fracturing society anymore. There are so many Economic and Social Issues working class people agree upon… we urgently need to come together on those first to take on the forces that want to separate and divide us.
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—Michael Harbaugh’s campaign website (2024)[3] |
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 11, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Michael Harbaugh’s campaign website, “Platform,” accessed September 27, 2024