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Camden T. Bedinghaus
Nonpartisan · Florida · 2026Per Suncoast Searchlight, Bedinghaus is the 23-year-old director of the Turning Point USA Manatee County Hub and works as an independent journalist for Coastal Conservative News; his personal website describes him as a Christian conservative author, speaker, and independent journalist.
Priorities
- Declare a 'reading emergency' and refocus on common-sense academics, citing that nearly half of district students cannot read at grade level, per camforschoolboard.com
- Accountability and transparency, including more parental access to information (a parent portal to view lesson plans), per camforschoolboard.com and Suncoast Searchlight
- Teach real-world skills such as personal finance, budgeting, and economics, per camforschoolboard.com
On the ballot
Manatee County School Board District 5 · Florida · 2026
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