Jeff Harris (Missouri)
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Jeff Harris (born October 7, 1964 is an attorney and a Missouri Democratic politician. He currently serves as Minority Floor Leader. He is married to Katherine Harris, and resides in Columbia, Missouri.
He was born in Columbia, and graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1987, and from Cornell University with a J.D. in 1991. He was on the board of editors of the Cornell Law Review while at that school.
He is a member of the Missouri United Methodist Church, the Elks Club, the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, the Prevent Child Abuse Missouri Board, the Missouri Kidney Program Advisory Board, the Democratic Leadership Council, and the Commission on the Future of Higher Education.
He was first elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 2002, and won reelection in 2004. He currently is an ex officio member of all committees given his status as Minority Floor Leader.
He is considering a run for Missouri Attorney General in 2008, when Jay Nixon, the current Attorney General will be running for Governor.[citation needed]
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- Official Manual, State of Missouri, 2005-2006. Jefferson City, MO: Secretary of State.
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