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Katherine Harris (born April 5 1957), American politician, The Wicked Witch from The South, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing the 13th District of Florida. She was born in Key West, Florida, was educated at the University of Madrid in Spain, Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia and at Harvard University, and was a real estate broker, a member of the Florida State Senate and Florida Secretary of State (1999-2002) before entering the House.
While she was Secretary of State, Harris presided over the contested Presidential election of 2000 in Florida. It was Harris who certified that the Republican candidate, George W. Bush, had carried the State of Florida, thus giving him the election over Al Gore. Her ruling was challenged, and was overturned on appeal by the Florida Supreme Court, but was upheld upon further appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Harris has been accused of acting in a partisan manner in conducting the Florida election count. No allegations of misconduct have been proved. Her book, Center of the Storm, gives her version of events.
In a 2004 speech in Venice, Florida, she claimed that a "Middle Eastern man" was arrested for attempting to blow up the power grid in Carmel, Indiana; in fact, there is no record that such an arrest was made.
External link
- House website
- House district map
- Katherine Harris weighs Senate run
- The Case Against Florida's Electors (website detailing misconduct charges against Harris)
- Katherine Harris shakes caricature (Fox News article defending Harris's record)
