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	Katherine Harris wins House seat
		Katherine Harris, the former Florida secretary of state who played a pivotal role in the disputed 2000 presidential election and author of a new book on the subject, won her bid for a seat in the House of Representatives tonight – instantly making her one of the most visible women in Washington.
		Harris' national trial as the secretary of state who certified George W. Bush’s electoral victory in Florida in 2000 is chronicled in Harris' new book, "Center of the Storm," published by WND Books, a partnership of WorldNetDaily and Thomas Nelson Publishers.
		Harris represented part of the district after she won a state Senate seat from Sarasota in 1994 before she was elected as secretary of state in 1998.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=29564 (388 words)

	Katherine Harris - Congresspedia
		Harris considered running for the seat of retiring Senator Bob Graham in 2004, but was reportedly dissuaded under pressure from the Bush White House to allow Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Mel Martinez to run for the open seat.
		Harris said in April 2006 that she was introduced to Wade by then-Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.).
		Harris, however, claimed that she could neither return it nor give it to charity, for it was given to her during her congressional races and had been spent.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Katherine_Harris (4346 words)

	Orlando Sentinel - Central Florida Political Pulse: Katherine Harris archives
		Harris is not exactly a candidate Republicans are looking to showcase this fall -- after she has drawn attention chiefly for the revolving-door she's created for campaign staff and for her ties to a Washington lobbyist under investigation by federal authorities.
		Harris insisted that her campaign had nothing to do with planting the question, but several current and former staffers have told the Orlando Sentinel that the woman who asked it was a local co-chair for the Harris campaign in the Tampa Bay area.
		In a news release, Harris said prosecutors told her that she was "not a target of the investigation" surrounding Mitchell Wade, a defense contractor who has pleaded guilty to bribing a California congressman and funneling $32,000 in illegal campaign contributions to Harris in 2004.
	blogs.orlandosentinel.com /news_politics/katherine_harris/index.html (7520 words)

	Katherine Harris - dKosopedia
		Katherine Harris represents the 13th Congressional District of Florida District 13 in the U.S. House of Representatives.
		Harris achieved infamy during the 2000 presidential election, when as Florida's secretary of state she was responsible for certifying the disputed deciding votes in the election of George W. Bush.
		Harris has admitted to receiving $32,000 of illegal campaign contributions from Mitchell Wade, the CEO of MZM, a corrupt defense contractor who admitted bribing former U.S. Congressman Randy Cunningham.
	www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Katherine_Harris (493 words)

	Katherine Harris weighs Senate run
		Harris, a rising star among Republicans and a villain to Democrats, said she is weighing a tough choice for her and her family, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
		Harris is the author of "Center of the Storm,", published by WND Books, which tells how she dealt with the controversy surrounding the 2000 presidential election and the part she played as Florida's secretary of state.
		After her election to the House in 2002, Harris immediately was tapped by Republican leadership to serve as assistant majority whip.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35487 (705 words)

	Katherine Harris — FactMonster.com
		Katherine Harris undoubtedly played a pivotal role in determining the winner of the 2000 presidential election.
		Harris is a fourth-generation Floridian who hails from a prominent family.
		Katherine HARRIS - HARRIS, Katherine (1957—) HARRIS, Katherine, a Representative from Florida; born in Key West,...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0877742.html (361 words)

	Source: Katherine Harris won't run for Senate - Salon.com
		Harris decided instead to run for re-election, according to a Republican source in Florida close to the situation, speaking on condition of anonymity.
		Harris has said she's been encouraged to seek retiring Democratic Sen. Bob Graham's seat, buoyed by favorable polls showing her as the early front-runner.
		Harris said all along that she simply followed the letter of the law, but she became a darling of Republican activists afterward and was elected last year to Congress.
	dir.salon.com /story/news/wire/2004/01/16/harris/index.html (652 words)

	CNN.com - Then & Now: Katherine Harris - Mar 28, 2005
		Katherine Harris was thrust into the spotlight during the 2000 election dispute in Florida.
		Katherine Harris goes from figure in 2000 election dispute to member of Congress.
		Harris -- who was co-chairwoman of George W. Bush's 2000 campaign in Florida -- oversaw her state's election tally, eventually certifying the GOP candidate as the winner by 537 votes over Vice President Al Gore.
	www.cnn.com /2005/US/03/24/CNN25.tan.harris/index.html (825 words)

	MiamiHerald.com \| 07/14/2006 \| Story of 'Joe's dead intern' began Harris' slide, insiders say (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When Katherine Harris attacked a TV pundit, insiders say the incident revealed the depth of problems with her campaign -- which was hit again by six staff departures.
		Harris, through a spokeswoman, denied Scarborough's account, saying she ''would never insinuate publicly or privately'' that he did anything untoward.
		As questions surfaced about Harris' connections to Wade, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina, head of Republican senatorial campaigns, approached Scarborough to run because he was one of the few who could match Harris' star power and fundraising in a Republican primary.
	www.miami.com /mld/miamiherald/15034557.htm (1134 words)

	Rep. Katherine Harris Blog
		Harris illuminated fundamental differences that demonstrate how out of touch Bill Nelson is with mainstream Florida on critical issues involving our security and the welfare of our seniors.
		During her term in the Florida state senate, Congresswoman Harris passed over one hundred bills, while serving as chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce and Economic Opportunities and as vice-chair of the Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance and the Senate Committee on Governmental Reform.
		Congresswoman Harris also led the transformation of the Gulf of Mexico States Accord into a vibrant partnership that has made tremendous strides towards its objective of unifying the Gulf region through the enhancement of investment, trade and tourism, as well as through the promotion of economic, transportation, academic and cultural exchanges between its member states.
	www.newsbull.com /m.asp?id=1180 (933 words)

	ABC News: Katherine Harris Campaign Loses Core Staff (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Katherine Harris, R-Sarasota, smiles during a news conference where she announced her candidacy for U.S. Senate in this 2004 file photo.
		Harris' U.S. Senate campaign lost what was left of its core team on April 1, 2006 when a top adviser, campaign manager and communications director resigned.
		Harris, a Republican congresswoman challenging incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, said Saturday she would introduce new members of her campaign early in the week.
	abcnews.go.com /Politics/wireStory?id=1796555 (379 words)

	Katherine Harris
		Harris managed to deflect any blame by returning the money three years after the fact, even though prosecutors had described her 1994 campaign manager as an unindicted co-conspirator in the scheme.
		Harris went on to win the election for Secretary of State after spending more than $1 million of her own money, making it the most expensive state campaign in Florida history.
		In the end, after Katherine's mother accused her siblings of fraud and conspiracy, Katherine's side of the family is now shunned by the others.
	www.nndb.com /people/067/000038950 (907 words)

	Katherine Harris for Senate
		Harris is prone to tantrums, wants to be treated like a princess, micromanages, fixates on minutia while ignoring the big picture, and sometimes does exactly the opposite of what advisers tell her with bad results that they have to clean up later, staff members said.
		Harris latched on to the president for several minutes and was observed to speak animatedly with him as they both felt each other out over her controversial decision to attempt to unseat Democratic Senator Bill Nelson in the upcoming election.
		Harris, 49, was lampooned by the Democrats as the heavily made-up Cruella De Vil of the Florida GOP during the 2000 recount, when as secretary of state she certified President Bush's 537-vote victory and handed him the White House.
	electharris.blogspot.com (11705 words)

	Indict Katherine Harris
		Inspect General Dwight Chastain said Harris' office was in violation of a state law that requires the inspector general to report directly to the head of an agency.
		Harris fired her inspector general this week after he balked at changing a report on the department's financial operations.
		In the report, Chastain said, he noted that Harris' office was in violation of a state law that requires the inspector general to report directly to the head of an agency.
	archive.democrats.com /display.cfm?id=246 (542 words)

	Hotline On Call: Katherine Harris's Campaign Staff To Resign
		On Monday, Katherine Harris undergoes surgery for a previously described medical condition.
		While Harris may be in deep trouble, that should not excuse the players who helped to put her there.
		Harris may be a disaster as a candidate.
	hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com /archives/2006/07/harris_staff_to.html (939 words)

	Katherine Harris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Katherine Harris (born April 5, 1957, Key West, Florida) is a second-term Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing Florida's 13th congressional district (map).
		Harris ran for re-election to her House seat in 2004; she was re-elected with a margin four points lower than her previous showing.
		In May of 2006, Harris' campaign spokesman Chris Ingram acknowledged that she had also had a previous dinner with Wade in the same restaurant in March of 2004, when the $32,000 in illegal donations had been given to her campaign.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Katherine_Harris (4392 words)

	TPMmuckraker: Katherine Harris Archives
		Harris "hasn't kept any of her promises" regarding her behavior, including promises "not to have tantrums, not to berate staff, not to micromanage and nitpick and not to get flustered on inconsequential details," he said.
		Harris is prone to tantrums, wants to be treated like a princess, micromanages, fixates on minutia while ignoring the big picture, and sometimes does exactly the opposite of what advisers tell her with bad results that they have to clean up later, staff members said....
		Harris hired a top-gun lawyer two weeks ago, after she was named as a recipient of illegal campaign donations from MZM Inc. CEO Mitchell Wade, who has pleaded guilty to bribery and conspiracy.
	www.tpmmuckraker.com /archives/cats/katherine_harris (12239 words)

	Bradenton Herald \| 07/27/2006 \| Harris staffer joins opponent's campaign (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Katherine Harris' former communications director has joined the campaign of one of her Republican opponents for the U.S. Senate, LeRoy Collins Jr.
		"Governor Bush was right when he said, '(Katherine Harris) can't win.' At 30 points down in the polls, it is safe to say a vote for her in the primary is as good as a vote for Bill Nelson.
		Harris' campaign has seen two separate waves of staff departures since she began her run for the Senate about a year ago.
	www.bradenton.com /mld/bradenton/news/politics/15130828.htm (281 words)

	Senate Contender in Florida Presses On - New York Times
		Harris, the former Florida secretary of state best — or worst — remembered for her role in the state's election recount of 2000.
		Harris is undeterred — by this or by the perception that her role in 2000 makes her too divisive to lure the swing voters necessary to defeat the incumbent Democrat, Bill Nelson.
		Harris has become something of a pariah among many of the people whose power she indirectly helped ensure five and a half years ago, as overseer of the recount that sealed George W. Bush's victory.
	www.nytimes.com /2006/06/07/washington/07harris.html?ex=1307332800&en=ad13f16b5a186d3c&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (1098 words)

	Jacksonville.com: Katherine Harris: No regrets over role in Florida results 7/19/02
		SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris told a small crowd of Republican loyalists that in her bid for a seat in Congress she expects to be targeted by the national Democratic Party.
		SAN ANTONIO - Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris told a small crowd of Republican loyalists that in her bid for a seat in Congress she expects to be targeted by the national Democratic Party.
		Harris, who served two terms in the Florida Legislature before being elected secretary of state, provided San Antonians with a preview of her book, "Center of the Storm: Practicing Principled Leadership in Times of Crisis," slated for release in September.
	www.jacksonville.com /tu-online/apnews/stories/071902/D7KRTUHG0.html (421 words)

	Katherine Harris' 'W' Files, Bush Campaign Material Found On Her Office Computer - CBS News
		Harris' spokesman, David Host, said the "talking points" speech was sent by someone outside Harris' office and that she never delivered the remarks.
		Harris agreed to allow news organizations to check the hard drives of four computers in her office after a report in The New York Times questioned whether Republican operatives influenced how Harris told elections officials to treat overseas absentee ballots.
		Harris released the computer files after the Times reported that a draft memo to Harris from her staff after the election said overses ballots had to be postmarked or signed and dated by Election Day.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2001/08/08/politics/main305435.shtml (906 words)

	katherine harris
		Senator Katherine Harris: fighting for a better Florida." VIDEO: The words "Karen Gievers: liberal lobbyist" followed by "Gievers: hiding her past," then "led ultra liberal feminist group" and finally "Gievers: lobbied for largest tax increase in Florida history" appear over a fl and white picture of the Democratic candidate.
		Harris bases the "liberal" label in part on Gievers' endorsement by the National Organization for Women and her connection to GWEN's List Inc., which promotes the election of women in Florida.
		Harris cites a 1994 newspaper column that states the group only supports Democrats who are pro-choice on abortion and "somewhat liberal on women's issues." Gievers is former president of GWEN's List.
	www.redrat.net /gorebush/harris.htm (629 words)

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