Andrew P. Harris

Andrew P. Harris

Infobox State Senator
name = Andrew P. Harris
birth_date = Birth date and age|1957|1|25|mf=y
birth_place = Brooklyn, New York
party = Republican
spouse = Sylvia Harris
profession = Physician
religion = Roman Catholic
honorific-suffix =


state_senate = Maryland
district = 7th
term_start = January 8, 2003
term_end =
preceded2 = F. Vernon Boozer
succeeded2 = Allan H. Kittleman
state_senate2 = Maryland
district2 = 9th
term_start2 = January 13, 1999
term_end2 = January 8, 2003

Andrew P. Harris (born January 25, 1957) is an American physician and politician who currently serves in the Senate of the Maryland General Assembly. Harris is the Republican nominee for Congress representing Maryland's 1st congressional district after defeating incumbent Wayne Gilchrest in the primary election.

Early life, career, and family

Harris was born in Brooklyn, New York, and earned his B.S. in biology from the Johns Hopkins University in 1977. In 1980, he received his M.D., also from Hopkins.The University's Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public health conferred the M.H.S. in 1995 in Health Policy & Management and also Health Finance & Management. [http://andyharris08.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=26 Andy Harris for Congress: Biography] Retrieved August 6, 2007]

Harris served in the Navy Medical Corps and the U.S. Naval Reserve as a Lt. Commander on active duty during Operation Desert Storm, and currently serves as a Commander.

He has worked as an Anesthesiologist, as an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, and as Chief of Obstetric Anesthesiology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Harris also served as Commanding officer for the Johns Hopkins Naval Reserve Medical Unit from 1989 to 1992.

Harris and his wife Sylvia have five children and reside in Cockeysville, Maryland.

Maryland General Assembly

Andrew Harris was first elected to the Maryland Senate in 1999 for District 9 for Baltimore County. [ [http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/1998/results_1998/gasse.html Maryland State Board of Elections - 1998 election results] ] He defeated his predecessor, F. Vernon Boozer, in the 1998 primary election. [ [http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/1998/results_1998/passe.html Maryland State Board of Elections - 1998 election results (primary)] ] In the general election he defeated Democratic challenger Anthony O. Blades.

His district was later redrawn to be District 7, representing Baltimore County and Harford County. He defeated Democratic challenger Diane DeCarlo in the general election in 2002. [ [http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2002/results/g_state_senator.html Maryland State Board of Elections - 2002 election results] ] In 2006, he won re-election, this time defeating Patricia A. Foerster. [ [http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2006/results/general/office_State_Senator.html Maryland State Board of Elections - 2006 election results] ]

Harris was the Minority Whip from 2003-06.

In 2007, Harris submitted a bill to the Maryland State Senate to limit the scope of eminent domain. [ [http://mlis.state.md.us/2006rs/billfile/sb0035.htm Maryland General Assembly - Senate Bill 35] ] Currently, the law allows the government to confiscate private property under certain circumstances and transfer it to private corporations for development, as per the Supreme Court ruling in the "Kelo" case in Connecticut. [ [http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/04pdf/04-108.pdf Supreme Court of the United States, opinion - Kelo vs. City of New London] ]

Community

Andy Harris has been an active member in the community as a member of the Knights of Columbus [http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa02793.html Maryland Senate Archives Biography] Retrieved August 6, 2007] , an officer in the Thornleigh Neighborhood Improvement Association (vice-president, 1984-85; president, 1985-86), a member of the Board of Directors of the Sherwood Community Association, 1987-91, and served as Vice President of St. Joseph's School Home-School Association from 1992-94. Also, he has been on the Board of Directors of the Maryland Leadership Council, 1995-98, a member of the North Central Republican Club (treasurer, 1997-98; vice-president, 1998), and finally as a Delegate to the Republican Party National Convention, 2004.

Harris has received the Laughlin Award for Distinguished Public Officer, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland in 2001.

2008 Congressional campaign

Harris defeated incumbent Republican Wayne Gilchrest and State Senator E.J. Pipkin in the Republican primary for Maryland's 1st congressional district. Harris explained that he was upset with Gilchrest's decision to support a Democratic bill setting a time table for troop withdrawal from Iraq and suspected that many of his constituents also felt that way. Andy Harris was endorsed by the Club for Growth [ [http://andyharris08.org/news/club-for-growth-endorses-andy-harris.html Club for Growth Endorses Andy Harris] "Andy Harris For Congress" Press Release. August 13, 2007. Retrieved August 17, 2007] , former Governor Bob Ehrlich [ [http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071019/METRO/110190065 Ehrlich supports Harris for seat] ASSOCIATED PRESS October 19, 2007. Retrieved October 19, 2007 ] , seven of ten state senators who represent parts of the district, and House Minority leader Anthony J. O'Donnell. [ [http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20071002/pl_cq_politics/elevenrepublicanincumbentshavetowatchtheirbacksinhouseprimaries_1 Eleven Republican Incumbents Have to Watch Their Backs in House Primaries] By CQ Staff. October 2, 2007. Retrieved October 19,2007]

Election results

###@@@KEY@@@###! Year! Office! Election!! Subject! Party! Votes! %!! Opponent! Party! Votes! %!! Opponent! Party! Votes! %
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1998
Maryland Senate, District 9cite web| url=http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/1998/results_1998/passe.html| title=State Senate Results |publisher=Maryland State Board of Elections Retrieved on Oct. 9, 2007]
General
party shading/Republican |Andy Harris
party shading/Republican |Republican
party shading/Republican |24,814
party shading/Republican |61%|
party shading/Democratic |Anthony O. Blades
party shading/Democratic |Democratic
party shading/Democratic |15,780
party shading/Democratic |39%|
colspan="4"
-
2002
Maryland Senate, District 7cite web| url=http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2002/results/g_state_senator.html| title=State Senate Results |publisher=Maryland State Board of Elections Retrieved on Oct. 9, 2007]
General
party shading/Republican |Andy Harris
party shading/Republican |Republican
party shading/Republican |23,374
party shading/Republican |57.8%|
party shading/Democratic |Dianne DeCarlo
party shading/Democratic |Democratic
party shading/Democratic |16,991
party shading/Democratic |42.1%|
Write-ins|
44
0.1%
-
2006
Maryland Senate, District 7cite web| url=http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2006/results/general/office_State_Senator.html| title=State Senate Results |publisher=Maryland State Board of Elections Retrieved on Oct. 9, 2007]
General
party shading/Republican |Andy Harris
party shading/Republican |Republican
party shading/Republican |23,453
party shading/Republican |56.6%|
party shading/Democratic |Patricia A. Foerster
party shading/Democratic |Democratic
party shading/Democratic |17,972
party shading/Democratic |43.3%|
Write-ins|
35
0.1%
-
2008
United States House of Representatives, Maryland's 1st congressional districtcite web| url=http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2008/results/primary/office_Representative_in_Congress.html| title=Representative in Congress Results |publisher=Maryland State Board of Elections Retrieved on April 11, 2008]
Primary
party shading/Republican |Andy Harris
party shading/Republican |Republican
party shading/Republican |33,627
party shading/Republican |43.4%|
party shading/Republican |Wayne Gilchrest
party shading/Republican |Republican
party shading/Republican |25,624
party shading/Republican |33.1%|
party shading/Republican |E.J. Pipkin
party shading/Republican |Republican
party shading/Republican |15,700
party shading/Republican |20.3%

References and notes

External links

* [http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa02793.html Official Biography] from the "Maryland State Archives"
* [http://andyharris08.org/ Andy Harris for Congress]
* [http://www.harrisforsenate.org/ State Senate Campaign Site]


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