The climate was much more favorable for Republicans in 2010, as the tea party wave swept them into power. Harris ran so far to the right during his primary that Gilchrest endorsed the Democrat, and Harris lost in the general election to Frank Kratovil. Wayne Gilchrest, challenging the Vietnam War veteran for being insufficiently supportive of the war in Iraq. He again primaried a Republican, this time taking on moderate GOP Rep. In 2008, Harris made his first run for federal office. Harris, then a state senator, called it “poison” and made national headlines by threatening to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars from the university if anybody pressed play. One of his first high-profile battles was with the University of Maryland over a student group’s plan to screen an explicit film on campus.
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Yet Harris, who has served in Congress since 2010, first ran for the state Senate in 1998 in a primary against the GOP’s minority leader, challenging him as too moderate for his lack of a full commitment to a late-term abortion bill. Harris’s rhetorical slide to the center in the closing months of his current campaign reflects a nationwide move by House Republicans, who spent every election cycle since 2010 vowing to repeal Obamacare but are now feeling heat from constituents. Though his voting record suggests otherwise, Harris said at a debate with Colvin in Easton, Maryland, that he will stand up to President Donald Trump when need be. Having run for Congress as an opponent of the Affordable Care Act, Harris is now a strong defender of making sure that insurance companies don’t discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions. On Tuesday, Harris is facing Democrat Jesse Colvin, an Army Ranger whose campaign ad, which features Colvin and his Republican wife, a former police officer, at a shooting range, picked up significant media attention in the region. “While Marylanders remain appalled by the hate-filled attacks against Jewish Americans in Pittsburgh last week, Congressman Harris owes it to his constituents to condemn Steve King,” Baltimore County Democratic Central Committee chair Tara Ebersole said in a recent statement. Now, as King faces a backlash for his white supremacist ties, Harris has receded into the background, sticking as close as possible to Maryland’s moderate Republican governor, Larry Hogan, for cover.īut with the election fast approaching, local Democrats are drawing attention to Harris’s ties to King. In the decades since, Harris and King have become partners in the right-wing Freedom Caucus and have mutual adoration for eastern European fascists.
Harris, a Republican who represents Maryland’s Eastern Shore and parts of the Baltimore suburbs, rose to prominence while taking positions so extreme that he managed to make headlines as a state legislator. Steve King, is attempting to transform himself into the very type of moderate he beat a decade ago on his march to power. Andy Harris, a close friend and ally of embattled Iowa Rep. He should revisit the term limit promise he broke, because Marylanders can’t afford another two years of Andy Harris.Facing his first serious threat to re-election, Maryland Rep. “Andy Harris continues to demonstrate that he puts himself first over the communities he represents, taking mind-boggling stands against recognizing national tragedies and refusing to fight for Eastern Shore communities during the bipartisan budget process. While some Republicans helped pass the budget bills (361-69 and 260-171) and get projects in their communities funded, Andy Harris put himself over his district, almost costing the Eastern Shore millions in funding for long sought after projects. Senators and no thanks to MD-01’s Member of Congress.
Voted against the bipartisan budget deal that sent millions in investments to local projects in Maryland – no thanks to Andy Harris.įortunately, the Eastern Shore ultimately received $9.5 million in direct federal funding for local projects, thanks to Maryland’s Democratic U.S. Voted against a bill to designate a memorial honoring the victims of the 2019 El Paso shooting. Voted against a bill to promote public education about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Andy Harris continues to demonstrate how his bizarre personal crusades come first over the needs of his district and commonsense bipartisan legislation. Harris’ March defined by inaction that almost cost the Eastern Shore millions of dollars, and votes against bipartisan bills to recognize tragedies
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