Ken Harbaugh


Ken Harbaugh is a former United States Navy pilot and nonprofit executive. Harbaugh was the Democratic Party nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives representing Ohio's 7th congressional district in the 2018 election.

Early life, education, and military service

Harbaugh, who grew up in a military family, earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Duke University in 1996 and a Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School in 2008, and studied at Oxford University while an undergraduate at Duke. He served for nine years in the United States Navy as a naval aviator. His qualifications include Electronic Warfare Aircraft Commander, the lead pilot of an EP-3A Aries II electronic reconnaissance aircraft.

Nonprofit career

In 2007, Harbaugh co-founded The Mission Continues, a nonprofit focusing on veterans issues, with Eric Greitens, who went on to become the Republican Governor of Missouri. The organization was included in Joe Klein's book Charlie Mike.
He is the former president of Team Rubicon, a nonprofit that deploys military veterans worldwide as emergency first responders.

Personal life

Harbaugh and his wife, Annmarie, have two daughters and a son. In 2009, the family moved from Connecticut to Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and then moved to California in 2014. They moved back to Ohio in 2016, purchasing a home in Avon.