Erika Harold

Erika Harold
Harold in St. Louis, Missouri, in January 2014
Born
Erika Natalie Louise Harold

(1980-02-20) February 20, 1980 (age 44)
EducationUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BA)
Harvard University (JD)
TitleMiss Illinois 2002
Miss America 2003
PredecessorKatie Harman
SuccessorEricka Dunlap
Political partyRepublican

Erika Natalie Louise Harold (born February 20, 1980) is an American attorney, politician, and former Miss America.

Harold was Miss Illinois 2002 and Miss America 2003. Her pageant platform was combating bullying. In 2014, she was a candidate in the Republican primary for the 13th Congressional District seat in the State of Illinois, ultimately losing the nomination to the incumbent, Rodney Davis.[1] In the 2018 election, she was the Republican nominee for Illinois Attorney General.[2]

  1. ^ "Former Miss America Erika Harold joins Congressional race in Illinois". The Washington Times. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  2. ^ ABC 7 News. "Erika Harold wins GOP Attorney General nomination, Kwame Raoul leads Democrats". Retrieved March 20, 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)