Biography & Campaign Analysis
Background
Kat Cammack was born Kathryn Christine Cammack on February 16, 1988, in Denver, Colorado, and was raised on a 55-acre cattle ranch. She graduated from Douglas County High School in Castle Rock, Colorado, in 2006.
Cammack earned a Bachelor of Arts in international relations from the Metropolitan State University of Denver and a Master of Science in national defense and strategic studies from the Naval War College. She is married to Matt Harrison, a firefighter, and gave birth to a daughter in August 2025.
Career
Kat Cammack has said that her family's experience with the federal Home Affordable Modification Program in 2011 inspired her interest in politics.
She interned with U.S. Representative Mike Coffman in 2009, later joined Ted Yoho's congressional campaign, and served as Yoho's deputy chief of staff from 2013 to 2019. She also operates an independent political consulting firm.
Yoho retired in 2020, fulfilling a pledge to serve four terms, and Cammack announced her candidacy for his seat in December 2019, then defeated Democrat Adam Christensen and took office on January 3, 2021.
Cammack was re-elected in 2022 with 62.5% of the vote against Democrat Danielle Hawk and again in 2024 with 61.6%.
In the 119th Congress she serves on the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Energy and Commerce, including its Subcommittee on Health and its Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
She is co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus and a member of the Republican Study Committee, and she nominated Kevin McCarthy in the 2023 election for Speaker of the House.
2026 race
Florida's 3rd congressional district covers a twelve-county area that includes much of North Central Florida, and Kat Cammack is the Republican incumbent and her party's nominee for 2026.
The Democratic nominee is Seth Harp, a radio sports show host, who won the Democratic primary with 45.2% of the vote against Tom Wells, the party's 2024 nominee, along with Troy Albers and George Hubac.
Cammack faces Harp and independent candidate Mike Klein, a veteran and nonprofit executive, in the general election on November 3, 2026.