Anesthesiologist and Maryland state legislator elected to US Congress in 2010, succeeding Frank Kratovil. Conservative Republican; generally anti-abortion rights, pro-gun rights, pro-offshore drilling. Campaigned calling for reduced capital gains and estate taxes, Constitutional amendments to require balanced federal budgets and ban gay marriage, and repeal of 2010 health care reform.
[1] St. Joseph Parish, Cockeysville, MD
Father: Zoltán Harris (anesthesiologist)
Mother: Irene Harris
Wife: Sylvia Harris ("Cookie", m. 1980, five children)
Son: Joseph
Daughter: Rebecca
Daughter: Irene
Daughter: Jessica
Son: Daniel
University: BS Biology, Johns Hopkins University (1977)
Medical School: MD, Johns Hopkins University (1980)
University: MHS Health Policy & Management, Johns Hopkins University (1995)
US Congressman, Maryland 1st (2011-)
Maryland State Senate 7th (2003-11)
Maryland State Senate 9th (1998-2003)
American Legion
American Society of Anesthesiologists
Knights of Columbus
National Republican Senatorial Committee
Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology
Steele for Maryland
Hungarian Ancestry Paternal
Polish Ancestry Maternal
Official Website:
http://harris.house.gov/