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{{short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Marian Harris
| image name=
| state_house=Ohio
| state=Ohio
| district=19th
| term=January 5, 2009-December 31, 2010
| preceded=[[Larry L. Flowers]]
| succeeded=[[Anne Gonzales]]
|birth_date=
|birth_place=[[New York, New York]]
| death_date=
| death_place=
| alma_mater=[[Mount Holyoke College]], [[Ohio Dominican University]]
| profession=Educator, Medical Researcher, Legislative Aide
| residence= [[Columbus, Ohio]]
| religion=
| party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|}}

'''Marian Harris''' is a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] politician who served in the [[Ohio House of Representatives]] from 2009 - 2010, representing the 19th district.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marian Harris {{!}} Ohio Statehouse|url=http://www.ohiostatehouse.org/museum/ladies-gallery/marian-harris|access-date=2021-04-14|website=www.ohiostatehouse.org}}</ref>

A former [[educator]] and aide to [[United States Senator]] [[Howard Metzenbaum]], Harris ran against Representative [[Larry L. Flowers]] in 2006 for a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives. Although unsuccessful in her first attempt, Harris performed better than what was expected, coming very close to ousting Flowers. As a result, she tried again for the seat two years later, in 2008.

With Flowers out of the seat due to [[term limits]], Harris was seen as a potential victor in obtaining a seat that had been held long by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]], including former Republican [[List of Speakers of the Ohio House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]] [[Jo Ann Davidson]]. Harris faced newcomer Brad Lewis, in the general election, in what became a very contested race. The race wasn't decided until a month after election day. After all provisional ballots had been tallied, Harris was announced the winner over Lewis by 735 votes.<ref>{{cite news | first = Jim | last = Nash | title = Kilroy is headed to Congress | date = 2008-12-08 | url = http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/12/07/election.html?sid=101 | work = [[Columbus Dispatch]] | accessdate = 2011-06-08}}</ref> She went on to take her seat on January 5, 2009.

In the House, Harris was often one of the more liberal members of the delegation, supporting [[Labour movement|labor]], anti-bias, [[domestic violence]], children's issues and other Democratic initiatives. As a result, Harris quickly became a top tier target for Republicans for the 2010 cycle. For their candidate, Republicans ran [[Anne Gonzales]] a popular mayor of [[Westerville, Ohio]] with conservative credentials. Again, Harris was in one of the more contested and closest watched races of the year.

Within an overwhelmingly Republican year, Harris was defeated by Gonzales, and the Democrats lost their majority in the Ohio House.<ref>{{cite news | first = Ann | last = Sanner | title = Democrats lose control of Ohio House | date = 2010-11-03 | url = http://morningjournal.com/articles/2010/11/03/news/doc4cd105e2ecdd9895502116.txt | work = Morning Journal | accessdate = 2011-06-08}}</ref> As a result, Harris was a one-term Representative.

Following her defeat, Harris remained in Columbus, where she is working to elect other Democratic candidates and serving as co-president of the [[National Council of Jewish Women]] Columbus while looking for employment.

Harris entered the 2017 race for the Columbus City Council, but withdrew her nomination in February 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rouan|first=Rick|title=Marian Harris drops out of Columbus City Council race|url=https://www.dispatch.com/news/20170215/marian-harris-drops-out-of-columbus-city-council-race|access-date=2021-04-14|website=The Columbus Dispatch|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://ohioladiesgallery.org/PublicOfficial.aspx?personId=108245 The Ohio Ladies' Gallery: Rep. Marrian Harris (D-Columbus)]

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