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City of St. Petersburg
Mike Harting
City Council, District 3, City of St. Petersburg, Florida (elected Nov 5, 2024 runoff over Pete Boland with 50.38%; sworn in Jan 2, 2025; term to Jan 4, 2029; succeeded term-limited Republican Ed Montanari)
Democrat
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
50
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F
Raw: 2 of 4 dynamic max
· 2 of 30 answered
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✝ God First
2/ 70
🏛️ Local First
0/ 30
National Rank
#5,065 of 8,966 · bottom 43.5% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Official Profile
Religion: NO EVIDENCE FOUND
Background: Mike Harting — founder/CEO of 3 Daughters Brewing (named for daughters Meadow, Livvi, Madi with wife Leigh). University of Florida finance graduate; former Outback Steakhouse JVP; co-owner of Bella Brava; USF adjunct professor. Father retired as Lt. Col. (1st Cavalry, Vietnam vet); family moved to St. Pete via MacDill AFB in the 1980s. Registered without party affiliation; endorsement coalition spanned R (former Mayor Rick Baker, ex-Sen. Jeff Brandes, Blackmon) and D (Sen. Darryl Rouson, Councilmember Driscoll). Narrowly defeated Pete Boland Nov 5 2024 runoff to replace term-limited Republican Ed Montanari; sworn in Jan 2, 2025.
[2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement] Web-verified sitting District 3 Councilmember (stpete.org D3 bio + Florida Politics Nov 2024 runoff coverage + Bay News 9 swearing-in). Sweep of stpete.org, mike4stpete.com, Florida Politics, Ballotpedia, Bay News 9, WUSF, St. Pete Catalyst, Tampa Bay Business & Wealth, San Pedro Gazette. HARD evidence — 1 TRUE / 1 FALSE / 28 NULL after exhaustive sweep. TRUE: biblical_marriage.4 — Oct 9 2025 Harting was the LONE NO vote on Driscoll's Harmony (Pride colors) + History flag resolution, arguing the existing city flag should represent all 280,000 St. Pete residents equally and that 'inclusive' was being misapplied to elevate two specific subgroups; the resolution was withdrawn before a final binding roll-call but his on-the-record opposition is documented in both WUSF and St. Pete Catalyst coverage — clears TRUE per the rubric. FALSE: economic_stewardship.2 — voted AYE on the FY2025-26 budget at 6.4525 millage (3.93% above rollback) without on-record restraint advocacy at adoption; only Driscoll + Givens dissented; his Dec 2025 'budget stress test' request post-dated the adoption and was reactive to anticipated state property-tax cuts (St. Pete Catalyst). NULL HOLDS: christian_liberty.0 NULL — no public Christian profession in bio, campaign site, or press coverage; absence of profession is NULL, NOT FALSE. public_justice.0 NULL — no affirmative sustained pro-LE program in first ~18 months in seat; honest hold. border_immigration NULL — no on-record statement on SPPD 287(g) located despite Feb 2026 public-comment campaign. religion NULL — registered without party affiliation, no faith profession found. All other 26 cells NULL after sweep — no statements on life, marriage q0-3, family/schools, religious liberty, election integrity, refuse-state-overreach, broader border, or 2A located.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
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Candidate (if District Attorney) has committed to prosecuting illegal abortion procedures; (if mayor/council) has supported pro-life city resolutions or refused to declare 'sanctuary city for abortion'
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Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
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Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
N/A · out of tier
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
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Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes city/county trans-affirming policies (bathroom mandates on private businesses, Pride flag raisings at city hall, pronouns-required HR rules)
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Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (school board) opts the district into school-choice transfers + protects homeschool freedom + opposes truancy-based criminal referrals
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Candidate (school board) requires parental notification before any gender/sexuality counseling of minors; (mayor/council) opposes city programs facilitating minor medical procedures without parents
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Candidate (school board) has voted to remove CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology materials from district curriculum and library shelves
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Candidate (mayor/council/library board) supports local enforcement of age-verification + removes sexualized content from library children's sections
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
N/A · out of tier
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
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Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city/county/school board) opposes mandatory pronoun policies for staff + employees + students
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Candidate (mayor/council) supports city/county Christian displays (Ten Commandments, Nativity scenes), invocation prayer at meetings, Sunday-closure where chosen by community
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Candidate opposes city-funded non-Christian religious displays/programming (Ramadan illumination, etc.) at city facilities
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Candidate (city/county) opposes city participation in CBDC pilot programs + supports cash-acceptance ordinances for local businesses
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
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Candidate (mayor/council) has voted against deficit-bond issuances for non-capital city expenditures + supports balanced city budgets without service cuts via tax increases on residents
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city/county) has voted to remove city pension/treasury investment in ESG-aligned funds + opposes city participation in WEF-aligned sister-city programs
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city clerk/county election official) supports hand-counted paper ballots at local precincts where state law permits
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Candidate (city clerk/election official) enforces state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at local precincts
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Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city clerk/council) refused acceptance of private election-administration grants ('Zuckerbucks')
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Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (DA/sheriff) cooperates with ICE detainers + transfers; (mayor/council) supports local cooperation with ICE rather than sanctuary policies
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Candidate (city/county) has voted against local sanctuary-city ordinances + supports city cooperation with federal immigration enforcement
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Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (mayor/council) opposes local gun-registry ordinances + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
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Candidate (city/council) opposes local-ordinance red-flag/magazine/AWB analogs + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
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Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has publicly backed law enforcement and opposed defunding/dismantling police
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Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
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Candidate supports victim restitution and proportional punishment of evildoers
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Candidate refuses to treat violent crime as a "public health" excuse to avoid punishment
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Candidate affirms the magistrate's God-ordained duty to bear the sword (Rom. 13:4)
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Official has asserted local control against unconstitutional state mandates
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Official has declined state strings that compel ungodly or unconstitutional local policy
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Official has protected local citizens from state overreach (lockdowns, mandates, ESG)
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Official affirms subsidiarity — decisions made at the lowest competent level
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Official has refused to enforce unconstitutional state directives
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Oct 9, 2025 — Harting was the LONE NO vote on Driscoll's Harmony (Pride colors) + History flag resolution, arguing the existing city flag should represent all 280,000 St. Pete residents equally and that 'inclusive' was being misapplied to elevate two specific subgroups (Pride + Black-history). Resolution withdrawn before final binding roll-call, but his on-record opposition is documented Unclassified
Oct 9, 2025 — Harting was the LONE NO vote on Driscoll's Harmony (Pride colors) + History flag resolution, arguing the existing city flag should represent all 280,000 St. Pete residents equally and that 'inclusive' was being misapplied to elevate two specific subgroups (Pride + Black-history). Resolution withdrawn before final binding roll-call, but his on-record opposition is documented
- [2]Oct 9, 2025 — Harting was the LONE NO vote on Driscoll's Harmony (Pride colors) + History flag resolution, arguing the existing city flag should represent all 280,000 St. Pete residents equally and that 'inclusive' was being misapplied to elevate two specific subgroups (Pride + Black-history). Resolution withdrawn before final binding roll-call, but his on-record opposition is documented Unclassified
Oct 9, 2025 — Harting was the LONE NO vote on Driscoll's Harmony (Pride colors) + History flag resolution, arguing the existing city flag should represent all 280,000 St. Pete residents equally and that 'inclusive' was being misapplied to elevate two specific subgroups (Pride + Black-history). Resolution withdrawn before final binding roll-call, but his on-record opposition is documented
- [3]Voted AYE on the FY2025-26 budget at 6.4525 millage (3.93% above rollback); only Driscoll + Givens dissented. His Dec 2025 'budget stress test' request post-dated adoption and was reactive to anticipated state-level property-tax cuts, not pre-adoption restraint advocacy Unclassified
Voted AYE on the FY2025-26 budget at 6.4525 millage (3.93% above rollback); only Driscoll + Givens dissented. His Dec 2025 'budget stress test' request post-dated adoption and was reactive to anticipated state-level property-tax cuts, not pre-adoption restraint advocacy
- [4]Voted AYE on the FY2025-26 budget at 6.4525 millage (3.93% above rollback); only Driscoll + Givens dissented. His Dec 2025 'budget stress test' request post-dated adoption and was reactive to anticipated state-level property-tax cuts, not pre-adoption restraint advocacy Unclassified
Voted AYE on the FY2025-26 budget at 6.4525 millage (3.93% above rollback); only Driscoll + Givens dissented. His Dec 2025 'budget stress test' request post-dated adoption and was reactive to anticipated state-level property-tax cuts, not pre-adoption restraint advocacy
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