Andrew P. Harris

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Dr. Andrew P. Harris
Member of the Maryland State Senate
from the 7th district
Incumbent
Assumed office 
January 8, 2003
Member of the Maryland State Senate
from the 9th district
In office
January 13, 1999 – January 8, 2003
Preceded by F. Vernon Boozer
Succeeded by Allan H. Kittleman
Born January 25, 1957 (1957-01-25) (age 51)
Brooklyn, New York
Political party Republican
Spouse Sylvia Harris
Profession Physician
Religion Roman Catholic

Andrew P. Harris, M.D. (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.[1]

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[edit] Early life, career, and family

Harris was born in Brooklyn, New York, and earned his B.A. 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.[2]

Harris served in the Navy Medical Corps and the U.S. Naval Reserve as a Lt. Commander in active service during Operation Desert Storm, and currently serves as a Commander.[2]

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.[2]


Dr. Harris and his wife Sylvia have five children and reside in Cockeysville, Maryland.[2]

His father, Zoltán Harris, was born in Miskolc, Hungary in 1911 and emigrated to the United States in 1950. Zoltán Harris was also an anesthesiologist.

His mother, Irene Harris, was born in Poland.

Andrew Harris was raised in Laurelton, Queens in New York City. He has two brothers, Steven and Gregory, and one half brother Gabor (Eddie).

[edit] Maryland General Assembly

Andrew Harris was first elected to the Maryland Senate in 1999 for District 9 for Baltimore County.[3] He defeated his predecessor, F. Vernon Boozer, in the 1998 primary election.[4] 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.[5] In 2006, he won re-election, this time defeating Patricia A. Foerster.[6]

Harris was the Minority Whip from 2003-06.[2]

In 2007, Harris submitted a bill to the Maryland State Senate to limit the scope of eminent domain.[7] Currently, the law allows the government to condemn 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.[8]

[edit] Community

Andy Harris has been an active member in the community as a member of the Knights of Columbus[9], 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)[2], and finally as a Delegate to the Republican Party National Convention, 2004.[9]

Harris has received the Laughlin Award for Distinguished Public Officer, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland in 2001.[9]

[edit] 2008 Congressional campaign

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Harris defeated incumbent Republican Wayne Gilchrest and State Senator E.J. Pipkin in the Republican primary for Maryland's 1st congressional district.[1] 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[10], former Governor Bob Ehrlich[11], seven of eight state senators who represent parts of the district, and House Minority leader Anthony J. O'Donnell.[12]

[edit] Election results

Year Office Election Subject Party Votes  % Opponent Party Votes  % Opponent Party Votes  %
1998 Maryland Senate, District 9[13] General Andy Harris Republican 24,814 61% Anthony O. Blades Democratic 15,780 39%
2002 Maryland Senate, District 7[14] General Andy Harris Republican 23,374 57.8% Dianne DeCarlo Democratic 16,991 42.1% Write-ins 44 0.1%
2006 Maryland Senate, District 7[15] General Andy Harris Republican 23,453 56.6% Patricia A. Foerster Democratic 17,972 43.3% Write-ins 35 0.1%
2008 United States House of Representatives, Maryland's 1st congressional district[1] Primary Andy Harris Republican 33,627 43.4% Wayne Gilchrest Republican 25,624 33.1% E.J. Pipkin Republican 15,700 20.3%

[edit] References and notes

  1. ^ a b c Representative in Congress Results. Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved on April 11, 2008
  2. ^ a b c d e f Andy Harris for Congress: Biography Retrieved August 6, 2007
  3. ^ Maryland State Board of Elections - 1998 election results
  4. ^ Maryland State Board of Elections - 1998 election results (primary)
  5. ^ Maryland State Board of Elections - 2002 election results
  6. ^ Maryland State Board of Elections - 2006 election results
  7. ^ Maryland General Assembly - Senate Bill 35
  8. ^ Supreme Court of the United States, opinion - Kelo vs. City of New London
  9. ^ a b c Maryland Senate Archives Biography Retrieved August 6, 2007
  10. ^ Club for Growth Endorses Andy Harris Andy Harris For Congress Press Release. August 13, 2007. Retrieved August 17, 2007
  11. ^ Ehrlich supports Harris for seat ASSOCIATED PRESS October 19, 2007. Retrieved October 19, 2007
  12. ^ Eleven Republican Incumbents Have to Watch Their Backs in House Primaries By CQ Staff. October 2, 2007. Retrieved October 19,2007
  13. ^ State Senate Results. Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved on Oct. 9, 2007
  14. ^ State Senate Results. Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved on Oct. 9, 2007
  15. ^ State Senate Results. Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved on Oct. 9, 2007

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